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Introduction to Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
2 Days SCN405 £790

 
 
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<body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500" height="624"> <TBODY> <tr> <td align="middle" colspan="3"><h2>-INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING-</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h1>WHAT DOES THE COURSE OFFER?</h1> <p>The objective of this instructor-led course is to present a comprehensive technical introduction to MPLS - Multi-Protocol Label Switching. </p> <p>The course reviews traditional routing protocols to highlight their limitations and identifies the market drivers of next generation networks. It describes in detail the bandwidth and QoS requirements of VOIP and other real-time applications. </p> <p>The course identifies the benefits of advanced routing and switching, including support for QoS and CoS, IP/ATM integration, VPN services and efficient traffic engineering.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h1>AUDIENCE</h1> <p>Technical professionals who require a good overall understanding of the applications, attributes and functionality of MPLS.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="166"><h1>COURSE TOPICS</h1> <ul type="square"> <li>Introduction to the MPLS environment</li> <li>MPLS standardisation and development bodies</li> <li>MPLS Architecture</li> <li>Label Switch Routers</li> <li>Constraint Based Routing</li> <li>Labels and Address Prefixes</li> <li>MPLS Traffic Engineering</li> <li>Label Switching Operation</li> </ul> <h1>Introduction To The MPLS Environment</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>MPLS market drivers</li> <li>Current network limitations</li> <li>Next generation networks and IP services</li> </ul> <h1>MPLS Standardisation and Development Bodies</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Identifies the standards groups and development bodies</li> <li>Describes their roles and how they work together</li> <li>Discusses what has been specified and what is under development</li> </ul> <h1>MPLS Architecture</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Compares circuit and packet switching</li> <li>Reviews traditional routing operation and protocols</li> <li>Introduces the &quot;Label&quot; concept</li> <li>Describes how label formats are used in FR, ATM, Optical Networks and LANs</li> <li>Describes generic MPLS devices</li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="166"><h1>Label Switch Routers</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Describes LSR operation</li> <li>Explains Label Switch Paths</li> </ul> <h1>Constraint Based Routing (CBR)</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Reviews the Internet routing hierarchy</li> <li>Contrasts intra and interdomain routing</li> <li>Identifies the requirements for CBR</li> <li>Describes CBR operation</li> </ul> <h1>Labels and Address Prefixes</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Explains the MPLS label stack</li> <li>Explains how labels are distributed</li> </ul> <h1>MPLS Traffic Engineering</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Reviews traditional traffic engineering procedures</li> <li>Describes and compares RSVP and CR-LDP</li> <li>Examines MPLS integration with OSPF and BGP</li> <li>Examines label distribution options</li> <li>Describes provisioning QoS</li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="166"><h1>Label Switching Operation</h1> <ul type="circle"> <li>Describes the FEC and how they are assigned</li> <li>Defines liberal and conservative label retention</li> <li>Explains label swapping</li> <li>Explains the advantages of label merging</li> <li>Discuss label aggregation</li> <li>Describes how tunnelling is used in provisioning MPLS based VPNs </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </TBODY></table> </body>

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