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Table of Contents

Introduction xxx
Part I Architectures
Chapter 1 Service Provider Architectures 2
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 2
Foundation Topics 4
Network Core Architectures 4
Metro Ethernet 5
E-Line (Ethernet Line Service) 5
E-LAN (Ethernet LAN Service) 7
E-Tree (Ethernet Tree Service) 7
Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) 8
MPLS 8
Unified MPLS 10
Segment Routing 13
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SRTE) 14
SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) 15
Transport Technologies 16
DOCSIS 16
xDSL 17
TDM 19
Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) 21
xPON 24
Routed Optical Networking 27
Mobility (Packet Core, RAN xhaul Transport for 5G vRAN and ORAN Transport) 31
Packet Core 32
xHaul 33
Functional Splits Options 34
O-RAN 36
Exam Preparation Tasks 37
Chapter 2 Software Architectures 40
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 40
Foundation Topics 41
Software Architectures 41
IOS 42
IOS XE 42
IOS XR 47
Exam Preparation Tasks 58
Chapter 3 Service Provider Virtualization 60
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 60
Foundation Topics 61
Virtualization Technologies 61
NFV Infrastructure 61
VNF Workloads 63
Containers 63
Application Hosting 68
Exam Preparation Tasks 70
Part II Routing
Chapter 4 Routing Fundamentals 72
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 72
Foundation Topics 74
IP Routing 74
Changing Natural Routing Protocol Behaviors 76
Route Maps 77
Route Policy Language (RPL) 88
Prefix Lists 100
Prefix Sets 103
Exam Preparation Tasks 105
Chapter 5 IS-IS 108
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 109
Foundation Topics 110
Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6) 110
IS-IS Topology 111
Basic IS-IS Configuration 112
IS-IS Single Topology and Multitopology 121
IS-IS Adjacencies 129
IS-IS Network Types 131
IS-IS Metrics 137
Route Advertisement 141
Overload Bit 146
Authentication 148
Back to IS-IS Areas 152
Troubleshooting IS-IS 155
Exam Preparation Tasks 155
Chapter 6 OSPF 158
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 158
Foundation Topics 160
Implement OSPFv2 160
OSPF Overview 162
Designated Router and Backup Designated Router 169
DR and BDR Priorities 176
OSPF Timers 179
OSPF Network Types 181
Route Advertisement 186
OSPF Stubby Areas 193
OSPF Totally Stubby Areas 196
OSPF Not-So-Stubby Areas (NSSAs) 196
OSPF Totally Not-So-Stubby Areas 199
OSPF Multi-Area Adjacencies 200
OSPF Virtual Links 206
Implement OSPFv3 209
Configuring OSPFv3 211
Implementing OSPFv3 Authentication 218
OSPFv3 Multiple Instances 221
Troubleshooting OSPF 225
Exam Preparation Tasks 226
Chapter 7 BGP Fundamentals 228
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 228
Foundation Topics 231
Introduction to BGP 231
Autonomous System (AS) 231
BGP ASN Representation 236
BGP Messages 238
BGP Neighbor States 239
BGP Address Families 244
BGP Prefix Advertisement 246
BGP Path Attributes 248
BGP Path Selection 255
Weight 261
Locally Originated 263
AS Path 263
Origin 267
MED 268
BGP Multipath 273
eBGP vs. iBGP 274
IGP Next Hop 275
Oldest Route 275
Router ID 275
Accumulated IGP (AIGP) 275
Aggregate Address 277
Redistribution 280
Communities 282
Community Lists 290
BGP Peer Templates 291
Cost Community 292
Regular Expressions 294
Filter Lists 295
Mitigating the Split-Horizon Rule with Route Reflection and Confederations 297
Route Reflection 297
Confederations 304
BGP Loop Prevention 306
Allowas-in 307
AS Override 308
Troubleshooting 308
ACL/Firewalls 308
TTL 309
Authentication 310
Autonomous System 310
Different Address Families 310
MTU 311
Exam Preparation Tasks 311
Chapter 8 BGP Optimization and Convergence 316
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 316
Foundation Topics 317
Minimum Route Advertisement Interval (MRAI) 317
Fast Peering Session Deactivation 319
Next-Hop Tracking 322
BGP and IGP Interaction 326
BGP Route Dampening 328
Prefix Independent Convergence 333
BGP Shadow Route Reflector 340
BGP Best External 341
High Availability: BGP Graceful Restart 344
High Availability: BGP Non-Stop Routing 347
Exam Preparation Tasks 348
Chapter 9 Multicast 352
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 352
Foundation Topics 354
Multicast 354
IGMP 356
IGMPv1 357
IGMPv2 357
IGMPv3 358
Implementing IGMP 358
MLD 379
Multicast Routing Protocol Types 392
PIM-SM Multicast Distribution Trees 392
Rendezvous Points 410
PIM Auto-RP 410
PIM Bootstrap Router (BSR) 416
Bidirectional PIM 418
Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) 424
PIMv6 433
MLD 434
PIMv2 437
Static RP 439
BSR 442
Exam Preparation Tasks 447
Part III Transport Protocols
Chapter 10 MPLS Fundamentals 452
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 452
Foundation Topics 454
MPLS Fundamentals 454
Reserved Labels 455
Ethertype 455
Additions of MPLS 456
MPLS Label Operations 456
MPLS Label Types 457
Label Assignment 458
MPLS LDP Autoconfig 465
MPLS Label Assignment 467
MPLS Advertise Labels 469
MPLS LDP Session Protection 477
MPLS LDP Session Authentication 480
MPLS LDP IGP Synchronization 483
MPLS OAM 488
Exam Preparation Tasks 491
Chapter 11 MPLS L2VPNs 494
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 494
Foundation Topics 496
Metro Ethernet 496
E-Line (Ethernet Line Services) 496
E-LAN (Ethernet LAN Services) 497
E-Tree (Ethernet Tree Services) 497
E-Access 498
MPLS AToM 498
VPLS 502
Discovery and Signaling 505
VPLS Signaled with LDP (Manual) 505
VPLS Signaled with LDP (Autodiscovery) 509
VPLS Signaled with BGP 513
H-VPLS 519
ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching 525
CFM Protocols and Link Failures 526
Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management 526
Customer Service Instance 527
Maintenance Domain 528
Ethernet CFM Maintenance Domain 528
Maintenance Point 529
Maintenance Association 529
Maintenance Endpoints 530
CFM Messages 531
Cross-Check Function 532
Ethernet CFM and Ethernet OAM Interaction 533
Provider Bridges (802.1ad) 535
802.1ad Ports 537
Service Provider Bridges 538
S-Bridge Component 538
C-Bridge Component 539
NNI Port 539
Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) 539
PBB-EVPN Components 541
EVPN 543
Next-Generation Solutions for L2VPN 545
CE Multihoming 545
Frame Duplication 545
MAC Flip-Flopping 545
MPLS-Based Data Plane EVPN 547
Exam Preparation Tasks 550
Chapter 12 MPLS L3VPNs 554
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 554
Foundation Topics 556
MPLS L3VPN 556
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) 557
MPLS LDP 562
Multiprotocol-BGP (MP-BGP) 564
MPLS L3VPN Static PE-CE Routing 567
MPLS L3VPN OSPF PE-CE Routing 577
MPLS L3VPN OSPF Routing, Backdoor Link 585
OSPF Down Bit 589
MPLS L3VPN EIGRP PE-CE Routing 591
MPLS L3VPN BGP PE-CE Routing 595
BGP Allowas-in 596
BGP AS-Override 597
Route Target Filtering Mechanisms 598
Import and Export Maps 601
Route Target Constraint 604
MPLS L3VPN Route Reflector Deployment 607
Multicast VPN 610
Multicast VPN Service Types 611
Multicast Distribution Trees 611
Draft-Rosen 611
PIM/GRE mVPN: Routing Information Distribution Using PIM C-instances 613
NG Multicast for L3VPNBGP/MPLS mVPN (NG mVPN) 614
Requirements for Support of PIM-SM SSM in an mVPN 614
BGP/MPLS mVPN: Carrying Multicast mVPN Routing Information Using C-Multicast Routes 615
Exam Preparation Tasks 617
Chapter 13 Advanced MPLS Services 622
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 622
Foundation Topics 624
Unified MPLS 624
MPLS L3VPN Shared Services (Internet) 629
MPLS L3VPN Internet Access Option 1: VRF-Specific Default Route 629
MPLS L3VPN Internet Access Option 2: Separate PE-CE Interface 634
MPLS L3VPN Internet Access Option 3: Extranet with Internet-VRF 635
MPLS L3VPN Internet Access Option 4: VRF-Aware NAT 639
MPLS Inter-AS L3VPN 640
Inter-AS Option A 641
Inter-AS Option B 643
Inter-AS Option C 649
Inter-AS Option AB 652
Carrier Supporting Carrier (CsC) 654
Quality of Service (QoS) 659
MPLS QoS 660
Uniform Mode 661
Pipe Mode 661
Short Pipe Mode 662
Exam Preparation Tasks 662
Chapter 14 MPLS Traffic Engineering 666
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 666
Foundation Topics 667
MPLS Traffic Engineering Fundamentals 667
OSPF Extensions for MPLS TE 670
IS-IS Extensions for MPLS TE 671
Constrained Shortest Path First 672
Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Operation in MPLS TE 673
RSVP PATH Message 674
RSVP RESV Message 675
RSVP Error Messages 676
RSVP Tear Messages 676
How to Place Traffic into a TE Tunnel 678
Forwarding Adjacency 687
MPLS Fast Reroute (FRR) 695
FRR Terminology 696
Link Protection 697
Node Protection 697
FRR on IOS XR 703
MPLS TE QoS 712
The DiffServ-TE Solution 712
Maximum Allocation Model (MAM) 713
Russian Dolls Model (RDM) 714
DiffServ for DS-TE 715
DS-TE Modes 715
Class-Based Tunnel Selection (CBTS) 716
Policy-Based Tunnel Selection 720
Exam Preparation Tasks 721
Chapter 15 Segment Routing 724
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 724
Foundation Topics 726
Segment Types 728
Global Segments 728
Local Segments 730
IGP Segments 731
IGP Prefix Segments 731
IGP Adjacency Segment 733
Combining IGP Segments 734
Segment Routing Control Plane 735
IS-IS Control Plane 735
OSPFv2 Control Plane 737
BGP Control Plane 739
SRv6 Control Plane 742
SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) Header 742
SRv6 Node Roles 744
SRv6 Micro-Segment SID (uSID) 744
SRv6/MPLS L3 Service Interworking Gateway 745
Co-existence with LDP 746
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering 748
Segment Routing Policies 749
SR Policies and Candidate Paths 750
Binding-SID (BSID) 750
Flex-Algo 751
TI-LFA 753
Terms from Remote LFA Technology 754
Classic LFA Limitations 756
PCE-PCC Architecture 757
Exam Preparation Tasks 760
Part IV Service Provider Security
Chapter 16 Securing Control Plane 764
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 764
Foundation Topics 766
CoPP 768
LPTS 772
Keeping LDP Safe 778
LDP Authentication 778
Label Advertisement Control (Outbound Filtering) 781
Label Acceptance Control (Inbound Filtering) 781
Label Allocation Filtering 783
Keeping BGP Safe 789
BGP Authentication 790
BGP TTL-Security 793
BGP Route Filtering 803
BGP Maximum-prefix 811
BGP Prefix Suppression 812
BGPsec 815
BGP Flowspec 822
Exam Preparation Tasks 830
Chapter 17 Securing Management Plane 836
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 836
Foundation Topics 838
Management Plane Protection Fundamentals 838
Tracebacks 843
AAA and TACACS 846
REST APIs 847
DDoS 849
Exam Preparation Tasks 851
Chapter 18 Securing Data Plane 854
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 854
Foundation Topics 855
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) 855
Access Control Lists (ACLs) 865
Remote Triggered Black Hole (RTBH) Filtering 866
Media Access Control Security (MACsec) 872
Exam Preparation Tasks 879
Part V Critical Operational Elements
Chapter 19 IPv6 Transitions 882
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 882
Foundation Topics 884
Introduction 884
NAT44 884
CGNAT 887
NAT64 888
Stateless NAT64 889
Stateful NAT64 892
DNS64 895
DS-Lite 897
MAP-E 898
MAP-T 899
Exam Preparation Tasks 900
Chapter 20 High Availability Designs 904
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 904
Foundation Topics 905
NSF 906
IS-IS NSF 907
OSPF NSF 910
NSR 913
BFD 917
Link Aggregation 921
Exam Preparation Tasks 933
Chapter 21 Quality of Service 936
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 936
Foundation Topics 938
Traffic Classification 940
Traffic Policing 946
Traffic Shaping 958
Congestion Avoidance 961
Traffic Marking 966
IPv6 Flow Label 971
Exam Preparation Tasks 972
Part VI Automation and Orchestration
Chapter 22 Automation and Assurance 976
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 976
Foundation Topics 978
REST APIs 978
What Is SOAP? 980
What Is RPC? 981
Model-Driven Programmability 982
Client/Server Model 984
Clients and Servers with NETCONF 985
Understanding Transport Protocols and Data Models 985
NETCONF 988
NETCONF Capabilities 988
Understanding NETCONF Operations 989
YANG 990
gRPC 991
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) 992
How Does It Work? 993
Benefits 993
NSO Use Cases 994
Network Service Orchestration Tools 995
Secure ZTP 995
Secure ZTP Components 996
Initial Setup 996
How Secure ZTP Works 997
NetFlow/IPFIX 999
Streaming Telemetry 1001
SNMP 1004
SNMPv2c 1005
SNMPv3 1005
Ansible and Terraform 1008
Exam Preparation Tasks 1009
Part VII Final Preparation
Chapter 23 Final Preparation 1012
Hands-on Activities 1012
Suggested Plan for Final Review and Study 1012
Summary 1013
Chapter 24 CCNP SPCOR (350-501) Exam Updates 1014
The Purpose of This Chapter 1014
About Possible Exam Updates 1015
Impact on You and Your Study Plan 1015
News About the Next Exam Release 1016
Updated Technical Content 1016
Part VIII Appendix
Appendix A Answers to the Do I Know This Already? Quizzes and Review Questions 1018

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Appendix C Memory Tables Answer Key
Appendix D Study Planner
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