This workshop uses a combination of lecture, white papers, and hands-on laboratory exercises to teach participants how to design, deploy, and maintain an Internet Service Provider (ISP) backbone. It is focused on the operational design and scaling principles of routing protocols used in large-scale networks. The premise of the workshop is to provide adequate hands-on practice with techniques used in implementing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and MPLS in an ISP network so that students learn the techniques and can use them in their production network.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

	Given a large network design, identify the critical factors for scalability
	Implement an IGP, such as OSPF, into a large scale multi-layer network using best current practices for scalability
	Implement BGP into a large scale multi-layer network using best current practices for scalability
	Control routing policy by influencing the BGP path selection process using route maps and prefix lists
	Implement multihoming strategies
	Implement and verify MPLS functionality in a large scale multi-layer network
	Implement and verify MPLS VPN connectivity in intra-AS environments
	Implement and verify MPLS Traffic Engineering practices
	Characterize the features and requirements for implementation of Layer 2 VPNs (Any Transport over MPLS)

Course Outline

	ISP Network Design
	Navigating the Lab
	Implementing OSPF
	Implementing BGP
	Scaling BGP
	Implementing BGP Policy Control
	ISP Case Study: PIPEX
	Implementing MPLS
	Implementing MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN)
	Implementing MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
	AToM and L2VPNs