Course Details
Overview
The Cisco ASR 5000 Comprehensive Four-Day Technical Training, GGSN version 12.2 instructor-led course offered by Learning Services provides detailed instruction on how to manage, monitor, configure, and administer the Cisco® ASR 5000 to function as a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) in a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network environment. This course also provides supervised, hands-on training for performing basic diagnostics and troubleshooting of GGSN network functions.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Understand and use the StarOS command line interface (CLI)
- Understand contexts and context selection processes
- Perform initial system configuration, including administrative users, hardware redundancy, and remote management functions
- Perform basic data service configuration for both basic IP and PPP PDP context support
- Understand and implement enhanced functionality such as:
- QoS traffic policing
- OSPF v2 routing
- Lawful Intercept
- Apply software upgrades, session and feature use licenses, and configuration files
- Configure bulk statistics and systems/event logging
- Monitor subscriber connections
- Monitor protocols used in subscriber connections
- View component LEDs using the CLI or Element Manager system
- Issue CLI “show” commands to:
- Verify configuration
- Monitor system hardware and software status
- Use the Element Manager system for SNMP alarm management
- Configure the system to support subscriber connections
- Troubleshoot errors
Outline
- Module 1: SGSN and GGSN Services Overview
- Module 2: ASR 5000 Hardware Overview
- Module 3: ASR 5000 Software Overview
- Module 4: Initial System Configuration
- Module 5: Understanding the StarOS Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Module 6: Configuring System and Management Parameters
- Module 7: Configuration Terminology
- Module 8: Configuring GGSN Services for IP and PDP Context Processing
- Module 9: Configuring GTPP Billing
- Module 10: Understanding and Performing Software Upgrades
- Module 11: Configuring Threshold Crossing Alarms
- Module 12: Configuring Bulk Statistics
- Module 13: Understanding Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping
- Module 14: Routing Protocols on the ASR 5000
- Module 15: Hardware Troubleshooting Commands
- Module 16: Software Troubleshooting Commands
- Module 17: ASR 5000 System Logging
- Module 18: ASR 5000 Alarms and Traps
Lab Outline
- Lab 1: Command Line Interface Familiarization
- Lab 2: Configuring GGSN Services
- Lab 3: Software Upgrade
- Lab 4: Configuring Threshold Crossing Alarms
- Lab 5: ASR 5000 Troubleshooting Commands
- Lab 6: GGSN Debugging Exercise
Target Audience
This course is designed for participants from any of the following disciplines who are responsible for the planning, configuration, and management of the ASR 5000:
- Network engineering
- Network consulting
- Field engineering
- Technical support personnel
- Channel partners, resellers
Pre-Requisites
Following are the prerequisites for this course:
- Participants must have a thorough understanding of IP routing, networking protocols, and a basic working knowledge of applicable GPRS and/or UMTS network operation.
Participant Material Requirements
Participants are required to bring the following materials to this training course:
- Laptop or notebook computer with:
- Terminal emulation program (such as PuTTY, available at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) capable of Telnet and SSH
- IEEE 802.11 (A,B,G,N) Wi-Fi interface.