• Harden the IOS.
• Configure EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Configure QoS.
• Troubleshoot Cisco routers.

Duration: 5 days

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Review of basics
Basic configuration, setting up TFTP access, HTTP access, SNMP access, telnet access, SSH access, extended access lists.

AAA
Accounting authentication and authorisation, local, RADIUS, TACACS.

Hardened IOS template
Which services to run and which not to run, NTP, rate limiting, fragmentation and other issues, the template.

EIGRP
Overview, DUAL, successors, feasible successors, scaling EIGRP with route summarisation. EIGRP configuration.

HSRP
Default gateways, Virtual routers, Masters, slaves, configuration parameters, load sharing with HSRP. HSRP configuration.

OSPF within an area
Link state protocols. Single area configuration, investigating OSPF structures.

OSPF between areas
Router types, LSA types, area 0, transit areas, stub areas, TSSA's, NSSA's, virtual links.

Redistribution
Multiple routing protocols, administrative distance, metrics.

BGP
Peer relationships, simple BGP, CIDR, filter-lists, distribute-lists, prefix-lists, route maps, match and set commands, applying route maps.

Policy based routing
Routing based on source addresses.

NAT
Inside/outside addresses, local and global addresses. PAT. Configuring NAT

Queuing and QoS
Queuing, WFQ, FIFO, Custom queuing, priority queuing, LLQ, IP precedence, RSVP, Diffserv, Link fragmentation and interleaving.

Cisco router architectures
Routing, switching between interfaces, fast switching, process switching, other switching methods, Cisco Express Forwarding, relationship between CEF, switching and routing protocols, load balancing implications and options.

Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting techniques, using debug, crash dumps, syslog and logging, Cisco specific MIBS, tools and resources, performance tuning.