Re: CCIE R/S 4.0 MPLS VPN confusion

Is there any prefered reference books that covers this new topic ?

Thx and regds
-Vinoth G

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Con Spathas <ccie19226_at_googlemail.com>wrote:

> 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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