Cisco BGP Training (BGP)
The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers version 4.1 training teaches the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). It prepares students to design and implement efficient, optimal, and trouble-free BGP networks covering:
Retail Price: $4,300.00
Next Date: 08/17/2026
Course Days: 5
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Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Implement the correct BGP configuration to allow your network to act as an ISP
- Configure BGP with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems
- Configure a provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system (AS)
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable inter-domain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains
- Use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing in a network scenario where you must support connections to multiple ISPs
- Configure BGP to connect the customer network to the Internet when multiple connections must be implemented
- Enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to BGP scaling issues
- Optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol in a typical network
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills the learner should have before attennding this course are as follows:
- ROUTE - Implementing Cisco IP Routing v2.0
Outline
Module 1: BGP Overview
- Session Establishment
- Path Attributes
- Route Processing
- Basic Configuration
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems
- Working with a Transit AS
- Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
- Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
- Configuring a Transit AS
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS
Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls
- Multihomed BGP Networks
- Employing AS Path Filters
- Filtering with Prefix Lists
- Outbound Route Filtering
- Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
- Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes
- BGP Route Selection with Weights
- BGP Local Preference
- AS-Path Prepending
- BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
- Addressing BGP Communities
Module 5: Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP
- Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
- Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
- Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Single or Multiple Service Providers
Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks
- Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
- Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
- Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
- Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability
- Improving BGP Convergence
- Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
- Implementing BGP Peer Groups
- BGP Route Dampening
Lab Outline
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Lab Outline
- Discovery 1: Configure Basic BGP
- Discovery 2: Announcing Networks in BGP
- Discovery 3: Implement BGP TTL Security Check
- Discovery 4: BGP Route Propagation
- Discovery 5: IBGP Full Mesh
- Discovery 6: BGP Administrative Distance
- Discovery 7: Configure Non-Transit Autonomous System
- Discovery 8: Filtering Customer Prefixes
- Discovery 9: Prefix-Based Outbound Route Filtering
- Discovery 10: Configure Route Maps as BGP Filters
- Discovery 11: Configure Per-Neighbor Weights
- Discovery 12: Configure and Monitor Local Preference
- Discovery 13: Configure Local Preference Using Route Maps
- Discovery 14: Configure AS Path Prepending
- Discovery 15: Configure MED
- Discovery 16: Configure Local Preference Using the Communities
- Discovery 17: Configure Route Reflector
- Discovery 18: Configure BGP Route Limiting
- Discovery 19: Configure BGP Peer Groups
