This is a self-study technical course that is designed for senior engineers and IT professionals. It introduces you to the features and functions of the Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 Series platforms. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, you will gain an understanding of all major aspects of the platform, including hardware, Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, routing protocols including Segment Routing, Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast, Quality of Service (QoS) features, and network virtualization. The course investigates Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) XR 64-Bit Linux-based feature parity in the environment, as well as how to install Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software packages.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- List and describe the major features and benefits of a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
- List and describe the major features and benefits of the Cisco 64-Bit IOS XR operating system
- Understand data flow through the Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
- Configure Cisco ASR 9000, back out of configuration changes, and restore older versions of the configuration
- Install the Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software operating system, package information envelopes, and software maintenance updates
- Enable multicast routing on a Cisco ASR 9900 Series router
- Configure Layer 3 VPN services
- Configure Ethernet link bundles
- Configure local Ethernet Line (E-Line) Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN)
- Configure Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching (EoMPLS) E-Line L2VPN
- Configure EoMPLS with pseudowire backup
- Configure local Ethernet LAN(E-LAN) L2VPN
- Describe Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) L2VPN
- Describe VPLS with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) autodiscovery
- Configure service-based Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
- Configure Layer 2 multicast features
- Describe basic QoS implementation
- Describe how to configure and verify network Virtualization (nV) on the ASR 9000 series