Course review
R. K. Thales





B. M. London Internet Exchange





MPLS VPN training course contents
MPLS VPN basics
LSR, PE and P router roles. What is a VPN? MPLS VPN types, MPLS VPN comparison, MPLS L3VPN, L2VPN. VPN architectures.
Hands on: Building the base network.
L3VPN
Separate routing tables, The Virtual Routing Table, VRFs, Route Distinguisher (RD), VNPv4 addresses.
Hands on: Minimal VRF configuration, routing between customer and provider (PE-CE).
MBGP
MP-BGP, IPv4 routing, IPv6 routing, VPNv4 addresses, VPNv6 addresses. Exchanging labels. Exchanging routes. Route targets, communities. Route reflectors.
Hands on: MBGP setup. MPLS L3VPN troubleshooting.
L2VPN
Why L2 not L3? Services: TDM, ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet. Pseudowires.
Hands on: Simple L2VPN configuration.
Pseudowires
VPWS, AToM, Attachment Circuit, Traffic encapsulation, Ethernet over MPLS. Ethernet MTU considerations. VC types.
Hands on: PW configuration and troubleshooting.
VPLS
Ethernet multipoint connectivity. Virtual Forwarding Instance (VFI), Virtual Switching Instance. Flooding, MAC address management, split horizons. Hierarchical VPLS. Signalling: LDP based. BGP based. Auto discovery.
Hands on: VPLS configuration and troubleshooting.
Next generation L2VPN
E-VPN, PBB-EVPN.
Why Choose Us
- Ability to teach
- Technical knowledge
- Answering questions
We limit our maximum class size to 8 delegates; often we have less than this. This ensures optimal interactivity between delegates and instructor.
"Excellent course. The small class size was a great benefit…"
M.B. IBM
We write our own courses; courseware does not just consist of slides and our slides are diagrams not bullet point text. A typical chapter provides clearly defined objectives with a chapter overview, slides with text underneath, a quiz at the end to check the learning of the students. Hands on exercises are at the end and are used to reinforce the theory.