BGP 4.0: Configuring BGP of Cisco Routers Training in Connersville, Indiana

Module 1: BGP Overview

• Lesson 1: Introducing BGP
• Lesson 2: Understanding BGP Path Attributes
• Lesson 3: Establishing BGP Sessions
• Lesson 4: Processing BGP Routes
• Lesson 5: Configuring Basic BGP
• Lesson 6: Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP

Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

• Lesson 1: Working with a Transit AS
• Lesson 2: Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
• Lesson 3: Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
• Lesson 4: Configuring a Transit AS
• Lesson 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls

• Lesson 1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
• Lesson 2: Employing AS-Path Filters
• Lesson 3: Filtering with Prefix-Lists
• Lesson 4: Using Outbound Route Filtering
• Lesson 5: Applying Route-Maps as BGP Filters
• Lesson 6: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes

• Lesson 1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
• Lesson 2: Setting BGP Local Preference
• Lesson 3: Using AS-Path Prepending
• Lesson 4: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit åÊ Discriminators
• Lesson 5: Addressing BGP Communitieså

Module 5: Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

• Lesson 1: Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Lesson 2: Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
• Lesson 3: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to a Single Service Provider
• Lesson 4: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service ProvidersåÊ

Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks

• Lesson 1: Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Lesson 2: Introducing Route Reflectors
• Lesson 3: Designing Networks with Route Reflectors
• Lesson 4: Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
• Lesson 5: Introducing Confederations
• Lesson 6: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations

Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability

• Lesson 1: Improving BGP Convergence
• Lesson 2: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
• Lesson 3: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
• Lesson 4: Using BGP Route Dampening

Labs:

• Lab 1-1: Initial Lab Setup
• Lab 1-2: Configuring Basic BGP
• Lab 2-1: Configuring a Transit AS
• Lab 3-1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
• Lab 3-2: Employing AS-Path Filters
• Lab 3-3: Filtering with Prefix-Lists
• Lab 3-4: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
• Lab 4-1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
• Lab 4-2: Setting BGP Local Preference
• Lab 4-3: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
• Lab 4-4: Addressing BGP Communities
• Lab 6-1: Introducing Route Reflectors
• Lab 6-2: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
• Lab 7-1: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
• Lab 7-2: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
• Lab 7-3: Using BGP Route Dampening