What you’ll learn
The Implementing the Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers (NCS540HWE) training equips you with the skills to deploy Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 540 Series routers in a network environment. You’ll explore the features and capabilities of the NCS 540 series platforms, including system architecture, service implementation, quality of service (QoS), security, model-driven telemetry, and programmability. Completing this course also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.
Who should enroll
- System Engineers
- Network Engineers
- Field Engineers
- Technical Support Personnel
- Channel partners
- Channel Resellers
Technology area
- Service Provider
Training overview
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for this course. However, it is recommended that you have:
- Familiarity with core Cisco networking technologies
- Experience in implementing and operating Cisco network solutions
- Basic understanding of networking concepts and protocols
- Knowledge of router installation and some hands-on experience with installation tools
- Experience configuring routing protocols such as BGP, IS-IS, and OSPF
Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the Cisco NCS 540 platform hardware, understand the differences among large, medium, small, and fronthaul form factors, and describe their features, use cases, and positioning
- Describe the hardware architecture of the NCS 540 series, key components for packet queuing and forwarding, and the path of a packet through the system
- Explain the system architecture for traffic queuing, scheduling, and forwarding, and introduce modular QoS concepts on the NCS 540 platform
- Describe timing and synchronization methods and protocols on Cisco IOS XR router platforms
- Explain the features of the NCS 540 fronthaul router family and how it simplifies mobile network architecture
- Describe the Cisco IOS XR software architecture, its programmability features, and how to install software packages
- Implement and manage system security features to safeguard network infrastructure and data within Cisco IOS XR systems
- Understand the evolution and deployment of segment routing, segment types, the segment routing global block (SRGB), and configure and verify IS-IS and OSPF segment routing
- Discuss the implementation of topology-independent loop-free alternate (TI-LFA) in Cisco IOS XR software
- Demonstrate segment routing traffic engineering (SR-TE) and its components
- Implement and configure advanced SR-TE features and SR over IPv6
- Describe the components and operation of Layer 3 MPLS VPNs in Cisco IOS XR deployments
- Implement Layer 2 VPNs in a service provider environment
- Explain how Ethernet VPN (EVPN) addresses the limitations of traditional Layer 2 VPNs, describe the EVPN delivery model, and implement and troubleshoot EVPN solutions
- Understand and implement model-driven telemetry for improved network visibility and management
Course Outline
- Cisco NCS 540 Series Hardware Overview
- Cisco NCS 540 System Architecture
- Cisco NCS 540 QoS Architecture
- Timing and Synchronization
- Cisco NCS 540 xHaul Design
- Cisco IOS XR Software Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR Software Installation and Upgrade
- Cisco IOS XR Software System Security
- Segment Routing Fundamentals
- Segment Routing Topology-Independent Loop-Free Alternate
- Segment Routing Traffic Engineering
- Advanced Segment Routing Traffic Engineering Features
- Segment Routing IPv6
- Layer 3 MPLS VPN Implementation with Cisco IOS XR Software
- Layer 2 VPNs and Ethernet Services Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR Software EVPN Operation and Implementation
- Cisco IOS XR Software Programmability
- Model-Driven Telemetry
Lab Outline
- Configure and Verify NTP
- Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
- Configure and Verify MPP
- Configure and Verify uRPF
- Configure and Verify Segment Routing
- Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using IS-IS
- Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using OSPF
- Configure and Verify SR TE Using IS-IS
- Configure and Verify SR TE Using OSPF
- Configure and Verify ODN and Flexible Algorithm
- Configure and Verify SRv6
- Configure and Verify Layer 3 VPN
- Configure and Verify EVPN VPWS
- Configure and Verify Devices by Using Model-Driven Programmability
- Configure and Verify Model-Driven Telemetry
