• Ability to efficiently use Cisco IOS® Software command line interface to perform configurations
• Ability to design hierarchical Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks
• Ability to configure, optimize, and scale dynamic routing protocols, in particular Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and MPLS
• Ability to configure, optimize, and scale Layer 2 protocols
• Familiarity with QoS and SLA principles and methodologies

The Cisco Deploying and Maintaining Carrier Ethernet Services course gives students the knowledge and skills required to configure, administer, and deploy Layer 2 Ethernet services as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) on a service provider or large enterprise Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)¿enabled network. Students learn how to configure customer premises equipment (CPE) to connect to the MPLS network and configure the access, aggregation, distribution, and core portions of the service provider or large enterprise network to provide the Layer 2 Ethernet services. Students also learn how to secure the network to protect it from attack. Labs are designed to reinforce what is discussed in the lecture. This course is an updated version of Advanced Services¿ Metro Ethernet Switching Deployment Bootcamp course.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the different Ethernet service type architectures as defined by the MEF
• Identify the various devices used in a Carrier Ethernet system
• Describe the functions of each device in a Carrier Ethernet system
• Configure CPE network functions to connect to a point of presence (POP)
• Configure access network functions to allow customer data into the network
• Configure a core network to transport customer traffic through a service provider network
• Increase availability of Layer 2 services in a service provider network by configuring pseudowire redundancy
• Configure Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Hierarchical VPLS (H-VPLS) to extend customer networks to multiple sites
• Identify the quality of service (QoS) used to meet service-level agreements (SLAs) for different traffic types
• Monitor and manage end-to-end Layer 2 Ethernet services using Ethernet operations, administration, and management (OAM)

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Overview of Carrier Ethernet Services and the Cisco Carrier Ethernet System

Lesson 3: Building a Network Core

Lesson 4: Building an Access Network

Lesson 5: Point-to-Point Ethernet virtual connection (EVC): E-Line Service

Lesson 6: Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC: E-LAN Service

Lesson 7: Scaling and Extending Ethernet Services

Lesson 8: Increasing the Availability of Ethernet Services

Lesson 9: Securing a Carrier Ethernet Network

Lesson 10: Deploying QoS in a Carrier Ethernet Network

• Network administrators and operators
• System administrators