Cisco ROUTE 1.0: Configuring and Verifying BGP operations

Overview/Description
The use of BGP as a routing protocol within the enterprise network requires that an administrator understand how to properly configure BGP for scalable internetworking. BGP is used in performing policy-based routing and in order to manipulate the best paths chosen by BGP, a network administrator must understand the different attributes that BGP uses and how BGP selects the best path based on these attributes. This course covers BGP configuration and verification when connecting an enterprise network to ISP networks. The BGP path selection process and attributes, their characteristics and the configuration steps using different attributes for selecting a BGP path are discussed, and route filtering using route maps and prefix lists are also explained.

Target Audience
The audience profile for SkillSoft's ROUTE 1.0: Implementing Cisco IP Routing training will be established IT professionals who have completed 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate, or 640-822 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 and 640-816 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Cisco ROUTE 1.0: Configuring and Verifying BGP operations

identify specifications for implementing BGP

identify the features of internal and external BGP neighbor relationships

recognize BGP configuration considerations

identify BGP neighbor states

implement BGP authentication

configure and verify BGP operations in a single-homed environment

configure basic BGP

select a BGP path

identify the characteristics of the BGP weight and local preference attributes for path selection and path manipulation

identify the characteristics of the BGP set AS path and MED attributes for path selection and path manipulation

identify the steps involved in configuring filtering of routing updates