
The Cisco Deploying and Maintaining Carrier Ethernet Services course gives students the knowledge and skills required to configure, administer, and deploy Layer 2 Ethernet services as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) on a service provider or large enterprise Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled network. Students learn how to configure customer premises equipment (CPE) to connect to the MPLS network and configure the access, aggregation, distribution, and core portions of the service provider or large enterprise network to provide the Layer 2 Ethernet services.
Students also learn how to secure the network to protect it from attack. Labs are designed to reinforce what is discussed in the lecture. This course is an updated version of Advanced Servicesp[ Metro Ethernet Switching Deployment Bootcamp course.
Identify the various devices used in a Carrier Ethernet system
Describe the functions of each device in a Carrier Ethernet system
Configure CPE network functions to connect to a point of presence (POP)
Configure access network functions to allow customer data into the network
Aggregate customer traffic in a service provider network
Configure a core network to transport customer traffic through a service provider network
Increase availability of Layer 2 services in a service provider network by configuring
pseudowire redundancy
Configure Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Hierarchical VPLS (H-VPLS) to extend
customer networks to multiple sites
Scale the deployment of Ethernet multipoint (E-LAN) services by configuring VPLS
autodiscovery and pseudowire switching
Help ensure integrity and security of customer data and a service provider network
Identify the quality of service (QoS) used to meet service-level agreements (SLAs) for
different traffic types
Monitor and manage end-to-end Layer 2 Ethernet services using Ethernet operations,
administration, and management (OAM)
This course is for network administrators, network operators, and system administrators who need to know how to configure and deploy Carrier Ethernet services in their network environment. The following are the primary audience for this course:
System administrators
Ability to design hierarchical Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks
Ability to configure, optimize, and scale dynamic routing protocols, in particular Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and MPLS
Ability to configure, optimize, and scale Layer 2 protocols
Familiarity with QoS and SLA principles and methodologies