Overview
The Implementing Cisco Multiprotocol Label Switching training teaches you the high-performance method for forwarding packets through a network. MPLS enables routers at the edge of a network to apply simple labels to packets.
This practice allows the edge devices to switch packets according to labels, with minimal lookup overhead. MPLS integrates the performance and traffic-management capabilities of data link Layer 2 with the scalability and flexibility of network Layer 3 routing. When used in conjunction with other standard technologies, MPLS gives the ability to support value-added features.
Skills Covered
Upon completion of the course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe the features of MPLS
- Describe how MPLS labels are assigned and distributed
- Identify the Cisco IOS tasks and command syntax necessary to implement MPLS on frame-mode Cisco IOS platforms
- Describe the MPLS peer-to-peer architecture and explain the routing and packet forwarding model in this architecture
- Identify the Cisco IOS command syntax required to successfully configure, monitor, and troubleshoot VPN operations
- Identify how the MPLS VPN model can be used to implement managed services and internet access
- Describe the various internet access implementations that are available and the benefits and drawbacks of each model
Prerequisites
It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS Software configuration
- Configuring and troubleshooting EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP
- The following Cisco courses can help you gain the knowledge you need to prepare for this course:
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)
Target Audience
- Network administrators
- Network engineers
- Network managers
- Systems engineers (who would like to implement MPLS and MPLS Traffic Engineering)
Course Outline
- MPLS Features
- Label Assignment and Distribution
- Frame-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms
- MPLS Virtual Private Network Technology
- MPLS VPN Implementation
- Complex MPLS VPNs
- Internet Access and MPLS VPNs
- MPLS Traffic Engineering Overview
Lab Outline
- Verifying CEF Switching
- Enabling MPLS
- Change IP TTL Propagation
- Configure MP-IBGP
- Configure the VRF Instances
- Configure RIP as a PE-CE Routing Protocol
- Configure EIGRP as a PE-CE Routing Protocol
- Configure OSPF as a PE-CE Routing Protocol
- Configure BGP as a PE-CE Routing Protocol
- Configure a Central Services VPN
- Configure MPLS Traffic Engineering
- Implement the Service Provider’s and Customer’s IP Addressing and IGP Routing
- Implement the Core MPLS Environment in the Service Provider Network
- Implement EIGRP Based VPNs
- Implement OSPF Based MPLS VPNs
- Implement BGP Based MPLS VPNs
- Implement MPLS Traffic Engineering
Dates & Locations
July 13, 2026 - July 17, 2026
October 5, 2026 - October 9, 2026
October 5, 2026 - October 9, 2026
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This course is not associated with any Certification.
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