The Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 1 course is associated with the CCNA Service Provider certification. The course is a 5-day Instructor Lead Training course that provides network engineers and technicians with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to support a service provider network. The course provides knowledge of the major components of a network and helps learners to understand how service provider networks function. The course introduces IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture that helps service providers to build modern, scalable and reliable networks. The course also includes classroom activities with  labs that are useful to gain practical skills for deploying basic Cisco IOS / IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR software features to operate and support service provider networks.

Related Certification: CCNA Service Provider

Associated Exam: 640-875 SPNGN1

Familiarity with Routers, Switches, Ethernet & WAN, OSI model, TCP/IP, Subnetting

Module 1: IP Fundamentals

• Lesson 1: Defining Functions of Networking
• Lesson 2: Introducing TCP/IP Layers and the OSI Reference Model
• Lesson 3: IP Addressing Overview
• Lesson 4: Explaining IP Addressing and Subnets
• Lesson 5: Describing the TCP/IP Transport Layer

Module 2:Basic LAN Switching

• Lesson 1: Understanding Ethernet
• Lesson 2: Connecting to an Ethernet LAN
• Lesson 3: Using Switched LAN Technology
• Lesson 4: Operating a Cisco Switch
• Lesson 5: Performing Switched Network Optimizations
• Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Switch Issues

Module 3:Basic IP Routing

• Lesson 1: Exploring the Functions of Routing
• Lesson 2: Introduction to the Cisco IOS XR
• Lesson 3: Implementing Basic Routing
• Lesson 4: Implementing EIGRP

Module 4:Connectivity Technologies

• Lesson 1: Describing Access Technologies
• Lesson 2: Introducing Service Provider Access, Edge, and Transport Technologies
• Lesson 3: Enabling the WAN Internet Connection
• Hardware Lab 5: Implement Internet Connectivity
• Lesson 4: WAN Encapsulation
• Lesson 5: Introducing VPN

Module 5:Network Management and Security

• Lesson 1: Collecting Network Device Data
• Lesson 2: Configuring Network Management Tools
• Lesson 3: Explaining Network Security
• Lesson 4: Understanding Switch Security
• Lesson 5: Understanding Cisco Router Security
• Lesson 6: Implementing AAA