Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) LiveLessons (Downloadable Video)

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  • Edition: 1st
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  • ISBN-10: 1-58714-489-1
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-58714-489-9

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9+ Hours of Video Instruction

In this LiveLessons course, Jeff Doyle provides a practical introduction to Border Gateway Protocol for anyone wishing to understand the basics of BGP on Cisco Routers.

BGP LiveLessons provides a solid understanding of Border Gateway Protocol for anyone wishing to understand the basics of BGP on Cisco Routers. After introducing the fundamental concepts of inter-AS routing and the functions and attributes of Border Gateway Protocol, BGP LiveLessons goes further, offering a sophisticated exploration of BGP-based routing policies so you can access a deeper understanding of the topics. This course is perfect for networking professionals and CCIP and CCIE certification candidates, including those taking the 642-885 SPADVROUTE exam.

About the Instructor

Jeff Doyle, CCIE #1919, is president of Jeff Doyle and Associates, Inc. He specializes in IP routing protocols, MPLS, and IPv6 and has designed or assisted in the design of large-scale IP service provider networks throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He is the author of Routing TCP/IP Volumes I and II (Cisco Press), among other books and articles.

Skill Level

  • Intermediate

What You Will Learn

  • Basic BGP concepts and autonomous systems
  • BGP attributes and the decision process
  • BGP configuration scaling, policy scaling, and topology scaling

Who Should Take This Course

  • Working engineers in the Enterprise space who want to expand their knowledge of the Service Provider space
  • CCIP and CCIE candidates seeking a first exposure to BGP
  • IT managers in need of a quick understanding of BGP concepts to better manage their engineering teams
  • Engineers familiar with BGP on other operating systems who wish to learn BGP configuration with IOS

Course Requirements

  • Understanding of routing concepts
  • Understanding of IP IGPs
  • Understanding of IPv4 addresses
  • A basic understanding of Cisco IOS usage (although not entirely necessary)

Table of Contents

Part 1—Basic BGP Configuration (1 hour 35 minutes)

Lesson 1: Basic BGP Concepts

Lesson 1.1: Basic concepts

Lesson 1.2 Autonomous systems

Lesson 2: Configuring an EBGP Peering Session

Lesson 2.1: Basic elements for establishing a simple BGP session between two peers.

Lesson 2.2: Understanding “show” commands and BGP session states

Lesson 3: Configuring an IBGP Peering Session

Lesson 3.1: Understanding a BGP session between peers in the same AS are discussed

Lesson 3.2: Using a topology with multiple routers within the same AS

Lesson 4: Configuring Multihop EBGP

Lesson 4.1: Using multihop EBGP

Lesson 5: Route Exchange over BGP

Lesson 5.1: Understanding methods for specifying prefixes to be advertised over a BGP session

Lesson 5.2: The routing information databases (RIBs) used by BGP

Lesson 6: Route Aggregation

Lesson 6.1: Methods for advertising aggregated prefixes

Part 2—BGP Policy (2 hours)

Lesson 7: Basic BGP Policy Concepts

Lesson 7.1: BGP Attributes

Lesson 7.2: The Decision

Lesson 8: Route and Prefix Filters

Lesson 8.1: Using Prefix filters

Lesson 8.2: Using Route filters

Lesson 9: AS_Path Filters

Lesson 9.1: Using AS_PATH filters and their application

Lesson 10: Route Maps

Lesson 10:1: Understanding Route Maps as a primary tool for specifying route policies and manipulating BGP path attributes.

Lesson 10:2: Understanding the basic building blocks of route maps

Lesson 11: Using the LOCAL_PREF Attribute

Lesson 11:1: Using the LOCAL-PREF attribute

Lesson 11.2: Configuring LOCAL-PREF

Lesson 12: Using the MED Attribute

Lesson 12.1: Using the MED attribute

Lesson 12.2: Configuring the MED attribute

Lesson 13: AS_PATH Prepending

Lesson 13.1: Understanding AS_PATH prepending

Lesson 13.2: Configuring an AS_PATH prepending policy

Part 3—BGP Scaling (2 hours 10 minutes)

Lesson 14: Basic BGP Scaling Concepts

Lesson 14.1: Understanding basic scaling tools

Lesson 15: Managing Policy Changes

Lesson 15.1: Using BGP session resets destabilizing BGP and the BGP route refresh message

Lesson 16: BGP Communities

Lesson 16.1: Understanding the community attribute

Lesson 16.2: Understanding configuration of policies

Lesson 17: Session and Policy Templates

Lesson 17.1: Using peer groups, configuration, and the problem with peer groups

Lesson 17.2: Session templates

Lesson 17.3: Policy templates

Lesson 18: Using Private AS Numbers

Lesson 18.1: Understanding Private AS Numbers

Lesson 19: Route Reflectors

Lesson 19.1: Introducing route reflectors

Lesson 19.2: Configuring a basic route reflection group cluster

Lesson 20: Confederations

Lesson 20.1: Introducing confederations as another tool for scaling IBGP topologies

Lesson 20.2: Configuring a simple confederation

Lesson 21: Route Dampening

Lesson 21.1: Understanding route dampening as a tool for scaling an AS

Lesson 21.2: Configuring and Example and Demonstrating the effects of the configured dampening on an unstable prefix.

Lesson 22: Mutiprotocol BGP (M-BGP)

Lesson 22.1: Introduction to M-BGP

Lesson 22.2: Configuring M-BGP

About LiveLessons

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Table of Contents

Part 1 – Basic BGP Configuration

Lesson 1: Basic BGP Concepts

Lesson 1.1: Basic concepts

Lesson 1.2 Autonomous systems

Lesson 2: Configuring an EBGP Peering Session

Lesson 2.1: Basic elements for establishing a simple BGP session between two peers.

Lesson 2.2: Understanding “show” commands and BGP session states

Lesson 3: Configuring an IBGP Peering Session

Lesson 3.1: Understanding a BGP session between peers in the same AS are discussed

Lesson 3.2: Using a topology with multiple routers within the same AS

Lesson 4: Configuring Multihop EBGP

Lesson 4.1: Using multihop EBGP

Lesson 5: Route Exchange over BGP

Lesson 5.1: Understanding methods for specifying prefixes to be advertised over a BGP session

Lesson 5.2: The routing information databases (RIBs) used by BGP

Lesson 6: Route Aggregation

Lesson 6.1: Methods for advertising aggregated prefixes

Part 2 – BGP Policy

Lesson 7: Basic BGP Policy Concepts

Lesson 7.1: BGP Attributes

Lesson 7.1: The Decision

Lesson 8: Route and Prefix Filters

Lesson 8.1:  Using Prefix filters

Lesson 8.2: Using Route filters

Lesson 9: AS_Path Filters

Lesson 9.1: Using AS_PATH filters and their application

Lesson 10: Route Maps

Lesson 10:1: Understanding Route Maps as a primary tool for specifying route policies and manipulating BGP path attributes.

Lesson 10:2: Understanding the basic building blocks of route maps

Lesson 11: Using the LOCAL_PREF Attribute

Lesson 11:1: Using the LOCAL-PREF attribute

Lesson 11.2: Configuring LOCAL-PREF

Lesson 12: Using the MED Attribute

Lesson 12.1: Using the MED attribute

Lesson 12.2: Configuring the MED attribute

Lesson 13: AS_PATH Prepending

Lesson 13.1: Understanding AS_PATH prepending

Lesson 13.2: Configuring an AS_PATH prepending policy

Part 3 – BGP Scaling

Lesson 14: Basic BGP Scaling Concepts

Lesson 14.1: Understanding basic scaling tools

Lesson 15: Managing Policy Changes

Lesson 15.1: Using BGP session resets destabilizing BGP and the BGP route refresh message

Lesson 16: BGP Communities

Lesson 16.1: Understanding the community attribute

Lesson 16.2: Understanding configuration of policies

Lesson 17: Session and Policy Templates

Lesson 17.1: Using peer groups, configuration, and the problem with peer groups

Lesson 17.2: Session templates

Lesson 17.3: Policy templates

Lesson 18: Using Private AS Numbers

Lesson 18.1: Understanding Private AS Numbers

Lesson 19: Route Reflectors

 Lesson 19.1: Introducing route reflectors

Lesson 19.2: Configuring a basic route reflection group cluster

Lesson 20: Confederations

Lesson 20.1: Introducing  confederations as another tool for scaling IBGP topologies

Lesson 20.2:  Configuring a simple confederation

Lesson 21: Route Dampening

Lesson 21.1: Understanding route dampening as a tool for scaling an AS

Lesson 21.2: Configuring and Example and Demonstrating the effects of the configured dampening on an unstable prefix.

Lesson 22: Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)

Lesson 22.1: Introduction to M-BGP
Lesson 22.2: Configuring M-BGP

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