Cisco Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies v1.2 (SPCOR)

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) course teaches you how to configure, verify, troubleshoot, and optimize next-generation, Service Provider IP network infrastructures. It provides a deep dive into Service Provider technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance.

This course also helps you prepare to take the 350-501 Implementing and Operating Cisco®Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) exam, which is part of the new CCNP® Service Provider certification and the Cisco Certified Specialist–Service Provider Core certification. This course also earns you 64 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

• Describe the Service Provider network architectures, concepts, and transport technologies
• Describe the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®?) software architectures, main IOS types, and their differences
• Implement Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) in the Service Provider network
• Implement Integrated Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) in the Service Provider network
• Implement Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing, including its maps and policy language, in Service Provider environments
• Describe IPv6 transition mechanisms used in the Service Provider networks
• Implement high-availability mechanisms in Cisco IOS XR software
• Implement traffic engineering in modern Service Provider networks for optimal resource utilization
• Describe segment routing and segment routing traffic engineering concepts
• Describe the VPN technologies used in the Service Provider environment
• Configure and verify Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) L2VPN and L3VPN in Service Provider environments
• Implement IP multicast services, virtualization technologies in Service Provider environments, and automation and assurance tools and protocols
• Describe the Quality of Service (QoS) architecture, benefits, and implementation for SP networks
• Implement control, management, and data plane security in Cisco devices
• Describe the Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data modeling language
• Describe the role of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) in Service Provider environments

• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Network managers
• System engineers
• Project managers
• Network designers

• Intermediate knowledge of Cisco IOS or IOS XE
• Familiarity with Cisco IOS or IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR Software configuration
• Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 TCP/IP networking
• Intermediate knowledge of IP routing protocols
• Understanding of MPLS technologies
• Familiarity with VPN technologies