Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) LiveLessons (Downloadable Video)
- By Jeff Doyle
- Published Apr 24, 2014 by Cisco Press. Part of the LiveLessons series.
- Copyright 2014
- Edition: 1st
- Online Video
- 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 1Basic 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 2BGP 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 3BGP 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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