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Open Lab: MPLS Labs (0.5 days)

Synopsis

An Open Lab is a supplementary session to the Open Tutorial of the same topic, which aims to provide supported lab time for participants. Trainers facilitate the session, provide support and help with troubleshooting as participants try to complete the lab exercises.

MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) introduces the concept of label switching and encapsulating multiple protocols, which evolved to address the limitations of traiditional IP routing. MPLS is the preferred choice for VPN services (Layer 3 and Layer 2 VPN) among network operators.  This Open Lab applies the concept of MPLS and focuses on configuring MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and MPLS Layer3 VPN.

Target audience

Technical folks who are building or operating a service provider or enterprise network and interested in learning about MPLS.

Prerequisites

It is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of:

  • Basic IP Routing
  • Network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP.
  • Basic Linux command line (CLI) skills.
  • The lab exercises use Cisco IOS configuration syntax.

Participants must have attended the Open Tutorial – MPLS Fundamentals.

We also recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

Other requirements

  • Online – Participants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that computers have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
  • Software – SSH Client, Telnet Client
  • Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure. Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh [email protected]

Course outline