BGP Bootcamp

Engineers that require detailed knowledge of BGP Protocol.

Attendees will learn all aspects of BGP Protocol as well as best practices.

BGP Overview

• Introducing BGP
• Understanding BGP Path Attributes
• Establishing BGP Sessions
• Processing BGP Routes
• Configuring Basic BGP
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP

BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

• Working with Transit AS
• Interacting with iBGP and eBGP in Transit AS
• Forwarding Packets in Transit AS
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting iBGP in Transit AS

BGP Route Selection Using Policy Controls

• Using Multihomed BGP Networks
• Employing AS Path Filters
• Filtering with Prefix List
• Using Outbound Route Filtering
• Applying Route-Maps as BGP Filters
• Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

BGP Route Selection Using Attributes

• Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
• Setting BGP Local Preference
• Using AS Path Prepending
• Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
• Addressing BGP Communities

Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

• Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
• Connecting a Customer to a Single Service Provider
• Connecting a Multi-Homed Customer to Multiple Service Providers

 Scaling Service Provider Networks

• Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Introducing and Designing Route Reflectors
• Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors

It is recommended to have IP knowledge.