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Course Content for CCNP SP Core
Architecture

1.1 Describe service provider architectures

• 1.1.a Core architectures (Metro Ethernet, MPLS, unified MPLS, SR)
• 1.1.b Transport technologies (Optical, xDSL, DOCSIS, TDM, and xPON)
• 1.1.c Mobility (packet core, RAN xhaul transport for 4G and 5G)

1.2 Describe Cisco network software architecture

• 1.2.a IOS
• 1.2.b IOS XE
• 1.2.c IOS XR

1.3 Describe service provider virtualization

• 1.3.a NFV infrastructure
• 1.3.b VNF workloads
• 1.3.c OpenStack

1.4 Describe QoS architecture

• 1.4.a MPLS QOS models (Pipe, Short Pipe, and Uniform)
• 1.4.b MPLS TE QoS (MAM, RDM, CBTS, PBTS, and DS-TE)
• 1.4.c DiffServ and IntServ QoS models
• 1.4.d Trust boundaries between enterprise and SP environments
• 1.4.e IPv6 flow label

1.5 Configure and verify control plan security

• 1.5.a Control plane protection techniques (LPTS and CoPP)
• 1.5.b BGP-TTL security and protocol authentication
• 1.5.c BGP prefix suppression
• 1.5.d LDP security (authentication and label allocation filtering)
• 1.5.e BGP sec
• 1.5.f BGP flowspec

1.6 Describe management plane security

• 1.6.a Traceback
• 1.6.b AAA and TACACS
• 1.6.c RestAPI security
• 1.6.d DdoS

1.7 Implement data plane security

• 1.7.a uRPF
• 1.7.b ACLs
• 1.7.c RTBH

2.0 Networking

• 2.1 Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6)
• 2.1.a Route advertisement
• 2.1.b Area addressing
• 2.1.c Multitopology
• 2.1.d Metrics

2.2 Implement OSPF (v2 and v3)

• 2.2.a Neighbor adjacency
• 2.2.b Route advertisement
• 2.2.c Multiarea (addressing and types)
• 2.2.d Metrics

2.3 Describe BGP path selection algorithm

2.4 Implement BGP (v4 and v6 for IBGP and EBGP)

• 2.4.a Neighbors
• 2.4.b Prefix advertisement
• 2.4.c Address family
• 2.4.d Path selection
• 2.4.e Attributes
• 2.4.f Redistribution

2.5 Implement routing policy language and route maps (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)

2.6 Troubleshoot routing protocols

• 2.6.a Neighbor adjacency (IS-IS, OSPF, BGP)
• 2.6.b Route advertisement (IS-IS, OSPF, BGP)

2.7 Describe IPv6 transition (NAT44, NAT64, 6RD, MAP, and DS Lite)

2.8 Implement high availability

• 2.8.a NSF / graceful restart
• 2.8.b NSR
• 2.8.c BFD
• 2.8.d Link aggregation

3.0 MPLS and Segment Routing

3.1 Implement MPLS

• 3.1.a LDP sync
• 3.1.b LDP session protection
• 3.1.c LDP neighbors
• 3.1.d Unified MPLS
• 3.1.e MPLS OAM

3.2 Describe traffic engineering

• 3.2.a ISIS and OSPF extensions
• 3.2.b RSVP functionality
• 3.2.c FRR

3.3 Describe segment routing

• 3.3.a Segment types
• 3.3.b IGP control plane
• 3.3.c Segment routing traffic engineering
• 3.3.d TI-LFa
• 3.3.e PCE-PCC architectures

4.0 Services

• 4.1 Describe VPN services
• 4.1.a EVPN
• 4.1.b Inter-AS VPN
• 4.1.c CSC
• 4.1.d mVPN

4.2 Configure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet

• 4.2.a Ethernet services (E-Line, E-Tree, E-Access, E-LAN)
• 4.2.b IEEE 802.1ad, IEEE 802.1ah, and ITU G.8032
• 4.2.c Ethernet OAM
• 4.2.d VLAN tag manipulation

4.3 Configure L3VPN

• 4.3.a Intra-AS VPN
• 4.3.b Shared services (extranet and Internet)
• 4.4 Implement multicast services
• 4.4.a PIM (PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and PIM-BIDIR)
• 4.4.b IGMP v1/v2/v3 and MLD

4.5 Implement QoS services

• 4.5.a Classification and marking
• 4.5.b Congestion avoidance, traffic policing, and shaping

5.0 Automation and Assurance

• 5.1 Describe the programmable APIs used to include Cisco devices in network automation
• 5.2 Interpret an external script to configure a Cisco device using a REST API
• 5.3 Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)
• 5.4 Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as
  YANG
• 5.5 Compare agent vs. agentless configuration management tools, such as Chef, Puppet,
  Ansible, and SaltStack
• 5.6 Describe data analytics and model-driven telemetry in service provider
• 5.7 Configure dial-in/out telemetry streams using gRPC
• 5.8 Configure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX
• 5.9 Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF
• 5.10 Configure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)

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