Re: CCIE R/S 4.0 MPLS VPN confusion

Gday Gary,

If your underlying theory is solid then I don't think you can really
go past "MPLS Configuration on CIsco IOS Software" as far as having
lots of scenarios and examples..

Another good one is "MPLS Fundamentals" however there is more theory
in this one and less scenarios but I found it complemented the above
when I wanted to review or understand a little more about the
mechanics.

If you want to spend time on the BGP side of things a little more -
then have a look at "BGP Design and Implementation". It covers more of
the finer points of BGP both in ipv4 and vpnv4 world.

As far as CCO is concerned, I have a bunch of links. Some are good -
some not so good. I can unicast them to you if you want as they're
embedded in an excel I keep with all my SP notes.

Cheers,
Con.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Gary
Duncanson<gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Con,
>
> What's a good cookbook to ramp up the hours with this stuff? On recent
> contract I worked with MPLS and followed it fairly well. Im looking for CCO
> links. Things I can build out at home or on remote racks.
>
> Thanks
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Con Spathas" <ccie19226_at_googlemail.com>
> To: "ZZ" <zurabz_at_gmail.com>
> Cc: "Joe Astorino" <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>; "Bryan Bartik"
> <bbartik_at_ipexpert.com>; "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: CCIE R/S 4.0 MPLS VPN confusion
>
>
>> Whilst I agree it's good to know about these more advanced features -
>> I'm speculating here that MPLS on the R&S lab will only be a handful
>> of points in terms of all the other things you need to get done.
>>
>> The blueprint says:
>> 4.00 Implement MPLS Layer 3 VPNs
>> 4.10 Implement Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
>> 4.20 Implement Layer 3 virtual private networks (VPNs) on provider
>> edge (PE), provider (P), and customer edge (CE) routers
>> 4.30 Implement virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and Multi-VRF
>> Customer Edge (VRF-Lite)
>>
>> Considering there are another 75 odd topic areas listed on the
>> blueprint, the chances of having to do anything more fancy than some
>> ldp/tdp, vpnv4 peering and simple CE/PE routing is unlikely.
>>
>> But given that VRF-Lite is explicitly mentioned on the topic-list you
>> should spend time to understand capability vrf-lite and what the
>> down-bit means to you, possibly sham-links and domain-id and how these
>> can help overcome problems.
>>
>> Just my $0.02.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:51 PM, ZZ<zurabz_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> yes, agree.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> ZZ
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Joe Astorino
>>> <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with Bryan. If you are going to be learning it anyways, might
>>>> as
>>>> well learn that too :) Plus, if you do need OSPF from CE/PE at some
>>>> point
>>>> there is a good chance you will need this stuff
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Bryan Bartik
>>>> <bbartik_at_ipexpert.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kind of hard to say, but I would advise learning them. Once you start
>>>>> learning OSPF as a PE-CE protocol, the fun begins :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:48 PM, ZZ <zurabz_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi Guys,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For upcoming CCIE 4.0 exam do we need to prepare for implementing >
>>>>> > SOO,
>>>>> Sham
>>>>> > links, OSPF Down bit and tag field?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> > ZZ
>>>>> >
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