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CCNP ROUTE: Implementing Cisco IP Routing Course This course is delivered online over 12 weeks, during which participants review chapter

material in their book and complete learning activities at a time that is convenient for them.

Scheduled Live Instructor Coaching Sessions optional, but participation is strongly

suggested provide direct interaction with the instructor.

Participants spend approximately 10-12 hours per week, on average; reading from the

course book, taking chapter exams online and completing labs. The day and time for the

coaching sessions is determined during the course orientation.

Description: CCNP ROUTE: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (300-101) is designed to help cable

professionals prepare for Cisco CCNP certification. The ROUTE course is a component of

the CCNP curriculum.

The ROUTE course is designed for cable network engineers with at least one year of

professional work experience, who are ready to advance their skills and work independently

on complex network solutions. Cable professionals will learn to plan, configure and verify

the implementation of networks using various routing solutions using a wide range of

routing protocols. The course also covers enterprise Internet connectivity and protocol

hardening.

Prerequisites:

CCNA certification, or

Intermediate level routing & switching experience

Included:

Remote access to actual Cisco routers

Cisco CCNP ROUTE textbook

SCTE Course Certificate

6 Recertification Units (RUs) toward SCTE certification renewal

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to implement:

Recognize network principles such as protocol operation (e.g., IPv6), protocol

migration and general network challenges.

Plan and document the configuration and verification of routing protocols and their

optimization in enterprise networks.

Identify the technologies, components, and metrics of EIGRP used to implement and

verify EIGRP routing in diverse, large-scale internetworks based on requirements.

Configure and verify EIGRP for IPv6.

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Identify, analyze, and match OSPF multi area routing functions and benefits for

routing efficiencies in network operations in order to implement and verify OSPF

routing in a complex enterprise network.

Configure and verify OSPF for IPv6.

Implement and verify a redistribution solution in a multi-protocol network that uses

Cisco IOS features to control path selection and provides a loop-free topology

according to a given network design and requirements.

Evaluate common network performance issues and identify the tools needed to

provide Layer 3 path control that uses Cisco IOS features to control the path.

Implement and verify a Layer 3 solution using BGP to connect an enterprise network

to a service provider.

Configure and verify eBGP (IPv4 and IPv6 address families).

Understand layer 2 and layer 3 enterprise Internet connectivity, security and

infrastructure services.

ISBN-10: 1-58720-456-8/ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-456-2

Course Outline:

Chapter 1: Basic Network and Routing Concepts

Differentiating Between Dynamic Routing Protocols:

o Learn about the Enterprise Network Infrastructure

o Explore dynamic routing protocols in the Enterprise Network Infrastructure

o Learn which dynamic routing protocol to use

o Compare IGP and EGP routing protocols

o Learn the importance of convergence

o Configure route summarization

o Describe what influences routing protocol scalability

Learn how different traffic types, network types, and overlaying network

technologies influence routing:

o Differentiate traffic types

o Differentiate IPv6 address types

o Describe ICMPv6 neighbor discovery

Differentiating between the various branch connectivity options and describe their

impact on routing protocols:

o Identify options for connecting branch offices and remote locations

o Describe the use of static and default static routes

o Describe basic PPP & Frame Relay configuration on point-to-point serial links

o Explain Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) Lite

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o Describe the interaction of routing protocols over MPLS VPNs

o Explain the use of GRE for branch connectivity

o Describe Dynamic Multipoint virtual private networks

o Describe multipoint GRE tunnels

o Describe the Next Hop Resolution Protocol

o Identify the role of IPsec in DMVPN solutions

Learn how to configure Routing Information Protocol - next generation (RIPng)

o Compare IPv4 RIP with IPv6 RIPng

o Configure and verify RIPng

Chapter 2: EIGRP Implementation

Learn about establishing EIGRP Neighbor Relationships:

o EIGRP Characteristics

o EIGRP Reliable Transport (RTP) and operational overview

o Configuring and Verifying Basic EIGRP for IPv4

o EIGRP Timers

o EIGRP Adjacencies in a Frame Relay Network, Layer 3 & Layer-2 MPLS VPN

Explore The building the EIGRP Topology Table:

o EIGRP neighbors routing Information exchange

o How EIGRP chooses the best path through the network

o Calculate EIGRP metric

o Feasibility condition prevents loops in EIGRP networks

o Understand EIGRP path selection process

Learn how to optimize EIGRP behavior:

o EIGRP queries

o Describe how stub routing can be used to reduce the amount of queries when

EIGRP goes active

o Stuck-in-active issue (SIA)

o Explain how using summary routes lessen the impact of query scope when

EIGRP goes active

o Describe load-balancing options with EIGRP

Configure EIGRP for IPv6:

o Learn the differences, and similarities, of EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6

o Configure basic EIGRP for IPv6 settings

o Configure and Verify EIGRP for IPv6 summarization

o Verify basic EIGRP for IPv6 settings

Explore named EIGRP configuration, also known as address families:

o Describe how EIGRP named configuration is different from the classic EIGRP

configuration

o Explain what is configured under different address family configuration modes

o Compare examples of classic and named EIGRP configuration

o Configuring and verifying EIGRP for IPv6

Chapter 3: Open Short Path First

Learn basic OSPF configuration and OSPF adjacencies:

o Explain why would you choose OSPF over other routing protocols

o Describe basic operation steps with link-state protocols

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o Describe OSPF areas and router types in OSPF

o Explain what the design limitations of OSPF are

o List and describe OSPF message types

o Describe OSPF neighbor relationship over point-to-point link

o Describe OSPF neighbor relationship behavior on MPLS VPN

o Describe OSPF neighbor relationship behavior over L2 MPLS VPN

o List and describe OSPF neighbor states and network types

o Configure passive interfaces

Explain how OSPF builds the routing table:

o List and describe different Link State Advertisements (LSA) types

o Describe the exchange of information in a network without a designated

router (DR) and backup designated router (BDR)

o Describe the exchange of information in a network with a designated router

o Explain SPF algorithms

o Describe how the cost of intra-area routes and interarea routes are calculated

o Describe rules selecting between intra-area and interarea routes

Configure summarization and stub areas in OSPF:

o Describe the properties of OSPF route summarization

o Configure summarization on and ABR and ASBR

o Configure the cost of OSPF default route

o Describe how you can use default routes and stub routing to direct traffic

toward the Internet

o Describe the NSSA areas

o Configure the default route using the default-information originate

command

Configure OSPFv3 for IPv6 and IPv4:

o Learn about implementing OSPFv3 in a dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) environment

o Configure external route summarization and load balancing in OSPFv3

o Explain the limitations and where you need to be careful when configuring

OSPFv3

Chapter 4: Manipulating Routing Updates

Explore using Multiple IP Routing Protocols on a Network:

o Describe the need for using more than one protocol in a network

o Describe how routing protocols interact

o Describe solutions for operating in a multiple routing protocol environment

Learn how to implementing Route Redistribution:

o Describe the need for route redistribution

o Identify some considerations for route redistribution

o Describe how to configure and verify route redistribution

o Identify the different types of route redistribution

Explore the concept of controlling route message traffic:

o Describe the general mechanics and need for route filtering

o Identify how to use and configure distribute lists

o Identify how to use and configure prefix lists

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o Identify how to use and configure route maps

o Describe how to modify administrative distance

Chapter 5: Path Control Implementation

Explore Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF):

o Describe the different switching mechanisms that a Cisco router uses

o Describe how CEF works

o Describe how to verify that CEF is working and how to view the contents of

the CEF tables

o Describe how to enable and disable CEF on each interface or globally

Learn about Path Control techniques:

o Identify the need for path control

o Describe how to use policy-based routing (PBR) to control path selection

o Describe how to use IP service-level agreement (IP SLA) to control path

selection

Chapter 6: Enterprise Internet Connectivity

Explore how to plan & design enterprise Internet connectivity:

o Identify Internet connectivity needs of organizations

o Identify the different types of ISP connectivity

o Describe public IP address assignments and the need for provider-

independent IP addressing

o Describe autonomous system numbers

Describe establishing single-homed IPv4 Internet connectivity:

o Describe how to configure your router with both a provider-assigned static

IPv4 address and a provider-assigned DHCP address

o Understand DHCP operation and describe how to use a router as a DHCP

server and relay agent

o Identify the various types of Network Address Translations (NAT)

o Describe the NAT virtual interface (NVI) feature, configuration, and

verification

Describe establishing single-homed IPv6 Internet Connectivity:

o Describe the various ways that your router can obtain an IPv6 address

o Understand Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for IPv6 (DHCPv6)

operation and describe the use of a router as a DHCPv6 server and relay

agent

o Describe the use of NAT for IPv6 NAT-64

o Identify how to configure IPv6 ACLs

o Describe the need to secure IPv6 Internet connectivity

Learn how to improve Internet connectivity and maintain network resilience:

o Describe the disadvantages of single-homed Internet connectivity

o Describe dual-homed Internet connectivity

o Describe multihomed Internet connectivity

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Chapter 7: BGP Implementation

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) terminology, concepts, and operation:

o Using BGP between autonomous systems

o Comparing BGP with other scalable routing protocols

o BGP path vector characteristics

o BGP characteristics

o BGP tables

o BGP message types

o When to use BGP and when not to use BGP

Learn how to implement basic BGP:

o BGP neighbor relationships

o Basic BGP configuration requirements

o Entering BGP configuration mode

o Defining BGP neighbors and activating BGP sessions

o Basic BGP configuration and verification

Learn about BGP attributes and the path-selection process:

o A router running BGP may receive updates about destinations from multiple

neighbors, some in different autonomous systems, and therefore multiple

paths might exist to reach a given network - these are kept in the BGP table.

o BGP chooses only a single best path to reach a specific destination.

o BGP is not designed to perform load balancing; paths are chosen because of

policy, not based on bandwidth.

o The BGP selection process eliminates multiple paths until a single best path is

left.

o The best BGP path is submitted to the IP routing table manager process and

is evaluated against any other routing protocols that can also reach that

network.

Describe how to control BGP routing updates:

o BGP Route Summarization

o Define BGP communities

o Explore how to uses route Reflectors

o Advertising a default route

o Learn how not advertise private Autonomous System Numbers (ASN)

Configure BGP for IPv6 Internet connectivity by:

o Muti-Protocol BGP (MP-BGP) support for IPv6

o Exchanging IPv6 routes over an IPv4 session

o Exchanging IPv6 routes over an IPv6 session

o BGP for IPv6 configuration and verification

o Comparing IPv4 to Dual (IPv4/IPv6) BGP transport

o BGP filtering mechanisms for IPv6

Chapter 8: Routers and Routing Protocol Hardening

Explore securing the management plane on Cisco routers:

o Following the router security policies

o Securing management access

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o Using SSH and ACLs to restrict access to a Cisco router

o Implement logging

o Securing SNMP

o Backup configurations

o Using network monitoring

o Disabling unneeded services

Describe routing protocol authentication:

o The purpose of routing protocol authentication

o Increasing the security of routing protocol authentication with time-based key

chains

o Authentication options with different routing protocols

Configure authentication for EIGRP:

o Classic IPv4 and neighbor authentication using preshared passwords

o IPv6 EIGRP neighbor authentication using preshared passwords

o Classic IPv4 and IPv6 EIGRP neighbor authentication using the named EIGRP

method

Configure authentication for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3:

o Configure OSPFv2 neighbor authentication

o Configure OSPFv3 neighbor authentication

Configure authentication for BGP peers:

o Learn how BGP authentication using MD5 hashes works

o Configure and verifying BGP for IPv4 authentication

o Configure and verifying BGP for IPv6 authentication

Learn what VRF is and how to configure VRF-lite:

o Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) is a technology that allows the device to

have multiple but separate instances of routing tables exist and work

simultaneously.

o A VRF instance is essentially a logical router and consists of an IP routing

table, a forwarding table, a set of interfaces that use the forwarding table,

and a set of rules and routing protocols that determine what goes into the

forwarding table.

o A VRF increases network functionality by allowing network paths to be

completely segmented without using multiple devices.

o VRF is conceptually similar to creating Layer 2 VLANs but operates at Layer 3.

o Service providers (SPs) often take advantage of VRF to create separate virtual

private networks (VPNs) for customers. Therefore, VRF is often referred to as

VPN routing and forwarding.

Cisco Certification Exam Preparation This course prepares students to take the Cisco

CCNP ROUTE exam (ROUTE 300-101) which is a qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified

Network Professional CCNP and Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP certifications.

The ROUTE 300-101 exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and

skills necessary to use advanced IP routing concepts. The exam is administered through

Pearson VUE (Virtual University Enterprises) and is not part of the course.

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