This course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP SP certification. It introduces the concepts of Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and describes its implementation as well as exploring the MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) services built on the MPLS technology.

The course enables learners to use the technology principles of basic Quality of Service, and Quality of Service with MPLS to implement advanced features and functions. The focus of the course is on technology issues of MPLS and on best practices for implementing QoS from the Service Providers perspective and how to configure some of those features and functions in an existing routed environment.

Module 1: Multiprotocol Label Switching

• Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco IP NGN Architecture
• Lesson 2: Introducing MPLS
• Lesson 3: Introducing MPLS Applications
• Lesson 4: Label Distribution Protocol
• Lesson 5: Introducing MPLS Forwarding
• Lesson 6: Operating MPLS Forwarding
• Lesson 7: Implementing MPLS in the Service Provider Core

Module 2: MPLS Traffic Engineering

• Lesson 1: Introducing MPLS Traffic Engineering Components
• Lesson 2: MPLS Traffic Engineering Operations
• Lesson 3: Implementing MPLS TE
• Lesson 4: Protecting MPLS TE Traffic

Module 3: QoS in the Service Provider Network

• Lesson 1: Understanding QoS
• Lesson 2: Implementing QoS in the SP Network
• Hardware Lab 3: The Need for QoS
• Lesson 3: Implementing MPLS Support for QoS

Module 4: QoS Classification and Marking

• Lesson 1: Understanding Classification and Marking
• Lesson 2: Using Modular QoS CLI
• Lesson 3: Implementing Advanced QoS Techniques

Module 5: QoS Congestion Management and Avoidance

• Lesson 1: Managing Congestion
• Lesson 2: Implementing Congestion Avoidance

Module 6: QoS Traffic Policing and Shaping

• Lesson 1: Understanding Traffic Policing and Shaping
• Lesson 2: Implementing Traffic Policing
• Lesson 3: Implementing Traffic Shaping

• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

• SPNGNG1, SPNGN2, SPROUTE and SPADVROUTE Recommended