• Software and networking become more and more interconnected every day.
• Service Providers can take advantage of automation to scale and secure their networking infrastructure.
• Today’s SPs need a broader range of skills and deeper focus in strategic technology areas.
• Provides real-world, job-focused skills in key areas.
• Validates the knowledge you need to excel in your job

 The core exam, (SPCOR 350-501) Focuses on your knowledge of service provider infrastructure including core architecture, services, networking, Automation, Quality of services, Security, and Network assurance.

The core exam is also the qualifying exam for CCIE Service Provider certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of implementing core service provider network technologies, including:

• Networking
• Core architecture
• Services
• Quality of services
• Security
• Network assurance
• Automation

The core exam is also the qualifying exam for CCIE Enterprise certification.

Associated certifications

• CCNP Service Provider
• CCIE Service Provider
• Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider

Cisco Certifications

• ABout Cisco
• Cisco Certification Updates
• Cisco Re-Certification
• CCNP Certifications
• CCIE Certifications
• Cisco Certification Migration Options
• Required Exams for CCNP

CCNP SERVICE PROVIDER-SPCOR-350-501

• CCNP Service Provider Certification
• CCNP SPCOR-350-501
• SPCOR- Contents - PART 1
• SPCOR- Contents - PART 2

GNS3 - VIRTUAL LABS - SETUP

• Cisco Lab Options
• About GNS3
• Installing GNS3 on Windows
• GNS3 - Adding IOS Images
• Default Topology- IOS Routers -Initial Configurations
• IOS Default Topology
• Connecting GNS3 Topology to Host Computer
• GNS3- VMWARE Integration
• GNS3 - IOSv L2-L3 Configuration Steps
• GNS3 - ASAv Setup
• GNS3- IOU- L2-L3 Configuration Steps
• GNS3- XRv Integration

Static -Default Routing

• Routing- Introduction
• Static Routing
• Static Routing Lab
• Static Routing- 3 Routers
• Default Routing
• Verify Default Routing
• Routing Lookup
• Building Routing table
• Floating Static-Default Routing - PART 1
• Floating Static-Default Routing - PART 2

 Open Shortest Path First - OSPF

• Knowledge - Prerequisite
• OSPF - Overview
• OSPF - How it Works
• OSPF – Becoming Neighbors
• Router-ID
• OSPF - LSDB- Database
• Exchanging the LSDB
• Synchronize LSDB- Best Route
• Maintaining Neighbors - LSDB
• OSPF -Tables

OSPF Configuration - Single Area

• OSPF Configuration Syntax
• OSPF - Wild Card Mask
• OSPF Single Area - Pre-Requisite
• OSPF Single Area-Configuration
• OSPF - Single Area- Verification
• OSPF - Advertisement Example

OSPF Metric - COST

• Calculate Best Routes - OSPF
• OSPF METRIC - Cost
• Changing Interface Bandwidth
• Default Reference BW- Limitations
• Manual Cost
• Auto-Cost Reference BW

OSPF Areas

• OSPF Single Area - Limitations
• Multiple Areas
• Multi-Ares -Design Rules
• Multi-Area - Configurations
• LAB - Multi-Area- Configuration
• OSPFv2 Interface Subcommands

OSPF Network Types

• OSPF Network Types
• OSPF Broadcast Networks- DR-BDR
• DR-BDR - Elections
• OSPF DR-BDR - Lab
• OSPF Point to Point Links

IPv6

• IPV6- Introduction
• IPv6 Addressing
• IPV6 Address types
• IPV6 Static Addressing
• IPv6 Static-Default Routing
• OSPFv3
• EIGRP-IPv6

ISIS Routing Protocol - Basics

• ISIS Adjacency - L1-L2
• ISIS Introduction- Levels Types
• ISIS NSAP Addressing
• ISIS Configuration-IPv4-v6 -LAB
• ISIS Configuration- IPv4-v6

ISIS Routing Protocol - Advance

• Tuning ISIS Levels _ PART 1
• Tuning ISIS Levels _ PART 2
• Designated Intermediate System- DIS
• ISIS Metric
• ISIS Authentication

Border Gateway Protocol - BGP

• BGP Introduction
• When BGP is more Appropriate
• BGP options connecting to Internet

BGP Neighbors - IBGP

• understanding BGP neighbors
• IBGP neighbors -LAB
•  BGP Split Horizon Rule
• IBGP neighbors using loopbacks -LAB
• LAB - IBGP neighbors using Loopback-LAB-Continuation

External BGP

• Basic EBGP Configuration Example
• BGP - Using Next Hop Self

BGP Attributes

• Understanding BGP attributes
• BGP AS path-origin-next hop Attribute
• Weight & Local Preference

Weight & Local Preference Attributes

• BGP Path Manipulation- Weight Attribute - PART 1
• BGP Path Manipulation- Weight Attribute - PART 2
•  Weight using Route maps-LAB
• Understanding IN OUT
• BGP Local Preference
• BGP Local Preference with Route-maps
• Clear ip bgp sessions
• BGP path selection Process

MPLS VPN - Overview

• VPN models overview
• VPN models -Advantages and Disadvantages
• MPLS VPN overview

MPLS VPN - Cisco Express Forwarding

• MPLS VPN - Introduction
• Layer 3 Process switching - CEF
• Identify Network Device Planes
• Data Plane
• Control Plane
• Management Plane
• Cisco Express Forwarding - CEF
• CEF in MPLS Networks

MPLS - Label Distribution Protocol

• MPLS – Label Distribution Protocol
• Configuring LDP – MPLS Core
• MPLS LDP - Verification
• How LDP Label forwarding Works
• Penultimate hop popping – PHP
• MPLS LDP Troubleshooting

VRF - RD - RT

• VRF -Virtual Routing and Forwarding
• RD - Route-Distinguisher
• RT - Route Target
• RD vs RT values
• VRF, RD, RT – Configuration

MPLS L3 VPN - 6 Steps Configuration

• MPLS L3 VPN -Configuration Steps
• Routing PE- CE – RIPv2
• Multi-Protocol -BGP
• VPNv4 -Peering PE-PE
• Redistribution on PE Routers
• MPLS L3 VPN - LSP Verification

MPLS L3 VPN - Routing Options

• MPLS L3 VPN - Configuration Steps - Review
• MPLS L3 VPN - EIGRP PE-CE Routing
• MPLS L3 VPN - Static-Default -PE-CE
• MPLS L3 VPN - BGP Routing -PE-CE
• MPLS L3 VPN - OSPF Routing -PE-CE

MPLS L3 VPN Advance Options

• Overlapping VPNs (9:08)
• Overlapping VPNs- Continued
• Overlapping VPN- Advance
• Layer 2 MPLS VPN- Overview
• -IPV6 support - MPLS
• MPLS Traffic Engineering- overview
•  Inter AS VPN overview

MPLS L3 VPN Troubleshooting

• MPLS L3 VPN- Troubleshooting
• MPLS L3 VPN- Troubleshooting-Continued

IP Multicasting

• What is IP Multicasting ?
• Multicast-Benefits
• How Multicast works ?
• Multicast IP Range

IGMP - PIM Protocols

• IGMP Protocol and Versions
• Protocol independent Multicast
• PIM Modes -Trees
• Dense mode - Configuration
• RPF check _ Loop Prevention

PIM Sparse Mode - Rendezvous Point

• PIM sparse-mode Operation
• Sparse-Mode Configuration
• Static RP
• Auto-RP
• Auto-RP Configuration
• Auto-RP Redundancy
• Auto-RP Load Sharing
• PIM-Bootstrap Router

Quality of Service (QoS)

• QoS - Introduction
• QoS Mechanisms
• QoS Models
• QoS - MQC Configuration

Classification & Marking

• Classification and Marking
• Layer 2 - 3 Marking Values
• Classification and Marking Configuration Example

Congestion Management - Queueing

• Queuing Overview
• Legacy Queuing Mechanisms
• Weighted fair Queuing
• Class Based Weight Fair Queuing
• Low Latency Queuing

QoS - Congestion Avoidance

• Congestion Avoidance- Introduction
• WRED-CBWRED
• Class Based Weight Fair Queuing - Configuration
• QoS -Traffic Policing - Shaping

Traffic Policing and Shaping (7:59)

Network Infrastructure Protection

• Network Infrastructure Protection
• Identify Network Planes
• Data Plane
• Control Plane
• Management Plane

Remote Management - TELNET -SSH

• Inband vs OutBand
• Remote Access - Telnet
• Remote Access - SSH

AAA - Authentication-Authorization-Accounting

• AAA- Network Security
• AAA - Components
• AAA - Protocols -TACACS- RADIUS
• AAA - Cisco Authentication Servers

AAA - Authentication

• AAA Authentication - Device Access
• Authentication - Local Database
• AAA - External Servers
• LAB- Authentication - TACACS

Control Plane Security

• Control Plane - Possible Threats
• Routing Protocol Authentication
• Control Plane Policing -CoPP
• Classmap -Policymap -Hierarchy
• CoPP_ Configuration Example

IOS-XR - ASR Routers

• Cisco IOS - IOS_XE - IOS-XR
• Cisco IOS-XR Architecture
• Cisco IOS-XR Platforms
• Cisco ASR 9000 routers
• ASR 9000 Components
• GNS3- XRv Integration

IOS-XR - ROUTING

• IOS-XR Access-Prompt-Modes
• XR- Basic Configuration Commands
• OSPFv2 Same Area
• OSPFv2 - Different Area
• OSPFv3 - on IOS-XR
• ISIS IPv4-IPv6 - Same Area
• ISIS IPv4-IPv6 _ Different Area
• EIGRP- IPv4
• EIGRP-IPv6
• XR- Static Routing

What is Network Management?

• What is Network Management
• Past-Present Methods of Network Management - PART 1
• Past-Present Methods of Network Management - PART 2
• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

What is Network Automation?

• Challenges - Traditional Management
• Network Automation- Goals
• Types of Network Automation
• What can be Automated- PART 1
• What can be Automated - PART 2
• Impact of Network Automation

Software Defined Networking - SDN & SDN Controllers

• Automation Origination Points
• SDN- Software Defined Networking
• SDN Controllers
• Networks Managed by SDN Controllers

SDN-Control - Management - Data Planes

• Identify Network Device Planes
• Identify Network Device Planes
• Data Plane
• Control Plane
• SDN- Management Plane
• Management Plane
• SDN - Control Plane- Data Plane

SDN Models - Architecture

• SDN - Imperative Model
• SDN - Declarative Model
• SDN-Network Design Requirements
• Underlay Networks
• SDN Fabric
• Overlay Networks

Application Programming Interface - API

• API - Types
• API - Application Programming Interface
• API - with SDN Networks
• NorthBound API
• SounthBOund API

Cisco Devnet - SandBox

• Cisco DEVNET
• DevNET Certifications
• DevNET SandBox
• Sandbox LABS
• Sandabox Lab Access-Reservations

Cisco DNA Center

• Cisco DNA Center
• DNA Center Appliance
• DNA Center- What can do - PART 1
• DNA Center- What can do - PART 2

Web Service API - REST API

• Web Service API
• Web Service API - Commonly Used
• REST API

Network Automation Tools

• Config MGMT Tools
• Config MGMT Tools - Capabilities
• Config-MGMT tools - Similarities
• Master - Agent
• Agent based- Agentless
• Push-Pull Model
• Configuration Files

PUPPET Config Management Tool

• PUPPET-Tool
• Puppet Master-Agent-Database
• Puppet-Manifest
• Puppet-Module-Forge
• Puppet Agent-Agentless
• Puppet- PULL Model Steps

CHEF Config Management Tool

• CHEF- Config MGMT Tool
• CHEF-Terminology

ANSIBLE Config MGMT Tool

• ANSIBLE-Tool
• ANSIBLE-Control Station
• ANSIBLE -Playbook-Inventory
• ANISBLE - Templates-Variables

JSON DATA Encoding

• API Data Formats
• JSON Overview
• JSON Data Types
• JSON Syntax Rules
• JSON Data Interpretation

IPv6 over MPLS
IPv6 support over MPLS

MPLS Layer 2 VPN

• MPLS - L2 VPN - L3 VPN
• What is L2VPN
• Layer 2 VPN Models

Inter AS - Carrier Support Carrier

• Inter-AS MPLS VPN
• Carrier Support Carrier - CSC
• CSC - Configuration Overview

Unified MPLS

• Unified MPLS - Introduction

Unified MPLS

• Unified MPLS - Introduction

MPLS QoS

• MPLS - Quality of Service - QoS
• MPLS Qos – Default behavior
• Penultimate Hop Popping – PHP
• MPLS Qos – Models