CCIP
642-901 BSCI Exam Topics (Blueprint):
Exam Description:
The Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI 642-901) is a qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP®, Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional CCIP®, and Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP® certifications. The BSCI 642-901 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalability for Cisco ISR routers connected to LANs and WANs. The exam covers topics on Advanced IP Addressing, Routing Principles, Multicast Routing, IPv6, Manipulating Routing Updates, Configuring basic BGP, Configuring EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS.
Exam Topics:
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Implement EIGRP operations:
· Explain the functions and operations of EIGRP (e.g., DUAL).
· Configure EIGRP routing. (e.g., Stub Routing, authentication, etc.)
· Verify or troubleshoot EIGRP routing configurations.
Implement multiarea OSPF operations:
· Explain the functions and operations of multiarea OSPF.
· Configure multiarea OSPF routing. (e.g., Stub, NSSA, authentication, etc.)
· Verify or troubleshoot multiarea OSPF routing configurations.
Describe integrated IS-IS:
· Describe the features and benefits of integrated IS-IS.
· Configure and verify integrated IS-IS.
Implement Cisco IOS routing features:
· Describe, configure or verify route redistribution between IP routing IGPs. (e.g., route-maps,
default routes,etc)
· Describe, configure or verify route filtering (i.e., distribute-lists and passive interfaces).
· Describe and configure DHCP services (e.g., Server, Client, IP helper address, etc.).
Implement BGP for enterprise ISP connectivity:
· Describe the functions and operations of BGP.
· Configure or verify BGP operation in a non-transit AS (e.g., authentication).
· Configure BGP path selection. (i.e., Local Preference, AS Path, Weight or MED attributes).
Implement multicast forwarding:
· Describe IP Multicast (e.g., Layer-3 to Layer-2 mapping, IGMP, etc.).
· Describe, configure, or verify IP multicast routing (i.e., PIM Sparse-Dense Mode).
Implement IPv6:
· Describe IPv6 addressing operations.
· Describe IPv6 interoperation with IPv4.
· Describe, configure or verify OSPF routing with IPv6 addressing.
642-642 QoS Exam Topics (Blueprint):
Exam Description:
The QOS exam is one of the qualifying exams for the Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional, Cisco Certified Voice Professional, Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist, Cisco IP Telephony Express Specialist, Cisco IP Telephony Operations Specialist, and Cisco IP Telephony Support Specialist certifications. The QOS 642-642 exam will test materials covered under the Implementing Cisco Quality of Service QOS v2.2 or v2.3 course. The exam will certify that the successful candidate has knowledge and skills necessary to configure and troubleshoot Cisco IOS routers running Quality of Service protocols in Service Provider and Enterprise environments. The exam covers topics on IP QOS, classification and marking Mechanisms, queuing mechanisms, traffic shaping and policing mechanisms, congestion avoidance mechanisms, link efficiency mechanisms, modular QOS command line interface, and QOS Best Practices.
Exam Topics:
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.
IP QoS Fundamentals:
· Given a description of a converged network, identify problems that could lead to poor quality
of service and explain how the problems might be resolved
· Define the term Quality of Service (QoS) and identify and explain the key steps to
implementing QoS on a converged network
IP QoS Components:
· List and explain the models for providing Quality of Service on a network
· Explain the purpose and function of the DiffServ model
· Describe the basic format of and explain the purpose of the DSCP field in the IP header
· Define and explain the different per hop behaviors used in DSCP
· Explain the interoperability between DSCP-based and IP-precedence-based devices in
a network
· Given a list of QoS actions, correctly match the QoS actions to mechanisms for
implementing QoS and identify where in a network the different QoS mechanisms
are commonly used.
Modular QoS CLI and Auto-QoS:
· Given a network requiring QoS, explain how to implement a QoS policy using MQC
· Explain how AutoQoS is used to implement QoS policy
Classification and Marking:
· Explain how link layer and network layer markings are used to define service classes and
the different applications represented by each of these service classes
· Given a network and a description of QoS issues, use MQC CLI commands to classify packets
· Given a network and a description of QoS issues, use class-based marking to assign
packets to a specific service class
· Describe the function of Network Based Application Recognition
· Describe the purpose of pre-classification to support QoS in various VPN
(IPSEC, GRE, L2TP) configurations
· Describe QoS trust boundaries and their significance in LAN based classification and marking
· Identify the different classification and marking options available on Cisco L2 and L3
switching platforms
Congestion Management Methods:
· List and explain the different queuing algorithms
· Explain the components of hardware and software queuing systems on Cisco routers and
how they are effected by tuning and congestion
· Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using WFQ to implement QoS
· Explain the purpose and features of Class-Based WFQ (CBWFQ)
· Explain the purpose and features of Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor LLQ on a Cisco router
· Describe and explain the different queuing capabilities available on the Cisco Catalyst 2950 Switch
Congestion Avoidance Methods:
· Describe the drawbacks tail drop as a congestion control mechanism
· Describe the elements of a RED traffic profile
· Describe Weighted Random Early Detection and how it can be used to prevent congestion
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor DSCP-based CB-WRED
· Explain how ECN interacts with WRED in Cisco IOS
Traffic Policing and Shaping:
· Describe the purpose of traffic conditioning using traffic policing and traffic shaping
and differentiate between the features of each
· Explain how network devices measure traffic rates using single rate or dual rate, single or
dual token bucket mathematical models
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor single rate and dual
rate CB-Policing
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor percentage
based CB-Policing
· Explain how the two rate limits, average rate and peak rate, can be used to rate limit traffic
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor CB-Shaping
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor Frame Relay adaptive
CB-Shaping on Frame Relay interfaces
Link Efficiency Mechanisms:
· Explain the various link efficiency mechanisms and their function
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor CB header compression
· Given a list of link speeds and a specific delay requirement, determine the proper fragment
size to use at each link speed and identify the typical delay requirement for VoIP packets
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor Multilink PPP
with Interleaving
· Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor FRF.12
QoS Best Practices:
· Explain the QoS requirements of the different application types
· List typical enterprise traffic classes then identify the delay, jitter, packet loss and
bandwidth requirements of each traffic class
· Explain the best practice QoS implementations and configurations within the campus LAN
· Explain the best practice QoS implementations and configurations on the WAN customer edge (CE)
and provider edge (PE) routers
642-661 BGP Exam Topics (Blueprint):
Exam Description:
The 642-661 Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) exam is a qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional certification. The 642-661 BGP exam tests material covered under the Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v 3.1 course. The BGP exam assesses a candidate's understanding of the theory of BGP, ability to configure BGP on Cisco IOS routers, and skills with troubleshooting on BGP. As a routing protocol, BGP is one of the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies.
Exam Topics:
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the BGP exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.
BGP Overview:
Introduction to BGP:
· Given a network scenario, identify appropriate BGP usage and its limitations
BGP Session Establishment:
· Given a typical BGP network scenario, describe the concept of BGP neighbors and
the neighbor session establishment procedures
BGP Route Processing:
· Given a diagram of an operational BGP network, describe interdomain route processing,
route propagation and BGP path selection
Basic BGP Configuration:
· Given a network consisting of multiple domains, successfully configure BGP
Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP:
· Given a configured BGP network, verify proper operation and perform the steps necessary
to correct basic BGP configuration errors
Route Selection Using Policy Controls:
Multi-Homed BGP Networks:
· Given a customer scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported,
describe the need for influencing BGP route selection
AS-Path Filters:
· Given a customer scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported
,successfully configure BGP to influence route selection using AS path filters
Prefix-List Filters:
· Given a customer scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported,
successfully configure BGP to influence route selection using prefix-list filters
Outbound Route Filtering:
· Given an operational BGP network, use outbound route filtering to minimize the impact of
BGP routing updates on router resources
Route-Maps as BGP Filters:
· Given a typical BGP network, correctly configure BGP to influence route selection using
route maps
Implementing Changes in BGP Policy:
· Given a typical BGP network, configure the route-refresh feature to minimize the impact
of expediting BGP policy updates
Route Selection Using Attributes:
BGP Path Attributes:
· List BGP path attributes and functionality of each attribute Influencing BGP Route
Selection with Weights
· Given a customer scenario where multiple connections must be supported, successfully
configure BGP to influence route selection using the weight attribute
BGP Local Preference:
· Given a customer scenario where multiple connections must be supported,
successfully configure BGP to influence route selection using the local preference attribute
BGP Multi-Exit-Discriminator (MED):
· Given a customer scenario where multiple connections must be supported,
successfully configure BGP to influence route selection using the Multi-Exit-
Discriminator (MED) attribute
BGP Communities:
· Given a customer scenario where multiple connections must be supported,
successfully configure BGP to influence route selection using BGP community attributes
Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP:
Customer Connectivity Requirements:
· Describe the requirements to connect customer networks to the Internet in a service
provider environment
Static Routing Toward the Customer:
· Given a service provider network, implement customer connectivity using static routing
BGP Customer Multi-Homed to a Single Service Provider:
· Given a customer scenario where multiple connections to a single ISP must be supported,
implement customer connectivity with BGP
BGP Customer Multi-Homed to Multiple Service Providers:
· Given a customer scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported,
implement customer connectivity with BGP
BGP Transit Autonomous System:
Transit Autonomous System Functions:
· Describe the function of a transit autonomous system and the need for IBGP IBGP and
EBGP Interaction in a Transit AS
· Given a transit autonomous system, describe the interaction between EBGP and IBGP
in relation to relevant BGP attributes
Packet Forwarding in Transit Autonomous Systems:
· Describe the function of an IGP in forwarding packets through an autonomous system
Configuring a Transit Autonomous System:
· Given a BGP network scenario, successfully configure an autonomous system to act a
a transit backbone
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in Transit AS:
· Given a configured BGP transit network, verify proper operation and perform the
steps necessary to correct basic IBGP configuration errors
BGP Route Reflectors:
Introduction to Route Reflectors:
· Describe the function and operation of route reflectors in a BGP environment
Network Design with Route Reflectors:
· Based upon established route reflector design rules, describe the concept of hierarchial
route reflectors and their requirements
Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors:
· Given an existing IBGP network, configure and verify proper operation of route reflectors
to modify IBGGP split-horizon rules
Advanced BGP Configuration:
Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor:
· Given a typical BGP network, successfully configure BGP to limit the number of
prefixes received from a neighbor
AS-Path Prepending:
· Given a typical service provider network with connections to multiple autonomous systems,
use AS-Path prepending to influence the return path selected by the neighboring
autonomous systems
BGP Peer Group:
· Given a typical BGP network, use BGP peer groups to share common configuration
parameters between multiple BGP peers
BGP Route Flap Dampening:
· Given a properly configured BGP network, use route flap dampening to minimize the impact of
unstable routes
Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks:
Common Routing Issues in Service Provider Networks:
· Describe common routing concerns of service provider networks
Optical Networking Designs:
· Describe the scalability issues of using OSPF and IS-IS as interior gateway protocols in
a service provider network and list solutions for each
Scaling BGP in Service Provider Networks:
· Describe common scalability issues when using BGP in a service provider network and
list solutions for each.
642-611 MPLS Exam Topics (Blueprint):
Exam Description:
The Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) exam is a qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional certification. The 642-611 MPLS exam will test materials covered under the Implementing Cisco MPLS course. The exam will certify that the successful candidate has knowledge and skills necessary to gather information from the technology basics to some of the more updated features and functions such as Traffic Engineering, Fast Reroute and any Transport over MPLS (AToM). The exam covers topics on MPLS Concepts, MPLS Label Assignment and Distribution, Frame-Mode/Cell-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms, MPLS Virtual Private Networks Technology, MPLS VPN Implementation, Complex MPLS VPNs, and Internet Access from a MPLS VPN.
Exam Topics:
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.
MPLS Fundamentals:
· Explain basic core MPLS technology and concepts
· Explain the function of MPLS Labels and Label Stack
· Identify MPLS Applications
MPLS Operation:
· Describe the characteristics and behaviors of Label Distribution in Frame-mode MPLS
· Explain Convergence in Frame-mode MPLS
· Describe the characteristics and behaviors of Label Distribution over LC-ATM Interfaces and VC Merge
· Describe the features of MPLS Label Allocation, Distribution, and Retention Modes
· Explain the process of LDP Neighbor Discovery
Frame-Mode/Cell-Mode MPLS Implementation, Configuration and Troubleshooting:
· Identify the functions of CEF Switching
· Explain and configure Frame-mode MPLS on Cisco IOS platforms
· Monitor MPLS on Cisco IOS platforms – Frame-mode interfaces
· Troubleshoot Frame-Mode MPLS configurations on Cisco IOS Platforms
· Explain and configure Label-Controlled ATM MPLS
· Explain and configure LC-ATM MPLS over ATM Virtual Path
· Monitor LC-ATM MPLS on Cisco IOS platforms
MPLS Virtual Private Networks Technology:
· Describe the characteristics and functions of Virtual Private Networks
· Describe Overlay and Peer-to-Peer VPNs
· Explain Major VPN Categorization
· Describe MPLS VPN Architecture
· Describe the MPLS VPN Routing Model
· Explain the process of MPLS VPN Packet Forwarding
MPLS VPN Implementation, Configuration and Troubleshooting:
· Explain MPLS VPN Mechanisms supported on Cisco Platforms
· Configure VRF tables
· Configure MP-BGP Session between PE routers
· Configure Small Scale Routing Protocols
· Monitor MPLS VPN Operation
· Configure OSPF as the Routing Protocol
· Configure BGP as the Routing Protocol
· Troubleshoot basic MPLS VPN configuration errors
Complex MPLS VPNs:
· Describe the advanced VRF Import/Export Features
· Explain the characteristics of Overlapping VPNs
· Explain the features of Central Services VPNs
· Describe Managed CE Router Service
Internet Access from a MPLS VPN:
· Explain VPN Internet Access Topologies
· Describe VPN Internet Access Implementation Methods
· Describe the methods to Separate Internet Access from VPN Service
· Internet Access Backbone as a Separate VPN
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