4.0 Services

The Services topics section is 20% of the overall exam, the topics and associated study materials I am using/collecting is below.

4.1 Describe VPN services

4.1.a EVPN

Cisco Documentation: EVPN Features IOS-XR

Cisco SP360 Blog: Ethernet VPN – What’s the big deal about it?

4.1.b Inter-AS VPN

Cisco Documentation: MPLS VPN–Inter-AS Option AB

Blog: orhanergun.net/Inter AS Option A Design Considerations and Comparison

Book: MPLS and VPN Architectures CCIP Edition

  • Chapter 15, Page 394 - Inter-provider VPN Solutions

4.1.c CSC

Book: MPLS and VPN Architectures, CCIP Edition

  • Chapter 15, Page 378 - Carrier’s Carrier Solution Overview

4.1.d mVPN

Cisco Live: mVPN Deployment Models

4.2 Configure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet

Cisco Documentation: The Carrier Ethernet Model - IOS-XR

4.2.a Ethernet services (E-Line, E-Tree, E-Access, E-LAN)

Book: Metro Ethernet

  • Chapter 3, Page 65 - Metro Ethernet Services Concepts

Blog: networklessons.com - Introduction to Metro Ethernet

4.2.b IEEE 802.1ad, IEEE 802.1ah, and ITU G.8032

  • 802.1ad - Provider bridging, stacked vlans or QinQ
  • 802.1ah - Provider backbone bridging (mac in mac)
  • G.8032 - Ethernet Ring Protection

Cisco Documentation: Configuring IEEE 802.1ad - IOS-XE

Blog: socpuppet.blogspot.com - 802.1ad interfaces IOS-XR

Cisco Documentation: IEEE 802.1ah on Provider Backbone Bridges - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: Implementing IEEE 802.1ah Provider Backbone Bridge - IOS-XR

Cisco Documentation: ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching- IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection - IOS-XR

4.2.c Ethernet OAM

Cisco Documentation: Using Ethernet Operations Administration and Maintenance - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: Ethernet OAM Protocols - IOS-XR

Cisco Documentation: Configuring Ethernet OAM - IOS-XR

4.2.d VLAN tag manipulation

Cisco Documentation: Configuring VLAN Trunks - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: 802.1Q VLAN Subinterface Commandsonthe Cisco IOS XR Software

Cisco Documentation: Configuring 802.1Q VLAN Interfaces - IOS-XR

4.3 Configure L3VPN

Book: MPLS and VPN Architectures CCIP Edition

  • Chapter 9, Page 161 - MPLS/VPN Architectures Overview
  • Chapter 10, Page 183 - MPLS/VPN Architecture operation
    • Case Study: Basic MPLS/VPN Intranet Service

Cisco Documentation: Implementing MPLS Layer 3 VPNs on Cisco IOS XR Software

4.3.a Intra-AS VPN

Youtube: MPLS Intra-AS L3 VPN on Cisco IOS & IOS-XR

4.3.b Shared services (extranet and Internet)

Book: MPLS and VPN Architectures, CCIP Edition

  • Chapter 12, Page 255 - Intranet and Extranet Integration

4.4 Implement multicast services

4.4.a PIM (PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and PIM-BIDIR)

Book, Cisco Press: Routing TCP/IP Volume 2

  • Chapter 6, Page 531 - Configuring and Troubleshooting Multicast Routing

Cisco Documentation: Configuring Basic IP Multicast - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: Multicast - IOS-XR

Cisco Documentation: Configuring Source Specific Multicast - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: PIM-SSM - IOS-XR

Book, Cisco Press IP Multicast, Volume I: Cisco IP Multicast Networking

  • Chapter 4, Page 128 - Basic PIM Configuration, Auto RP (135), BSR (143), Anycast RP(149)
  • Chapter 4, Page 162 to 164 - PIM SSM Configuration

4.4.b IGMP v1/v2/v3 and MLD

Book, Cisco Press IP Multicast, Volume I: Cisco IP Multicast Networking

  • Chapter 2, Page 31 to 37 - Configuring IGMP on a router

Book, Cisco Press: Routing TCP/IP Volume 2

  • Chapter 5, Page 395 - Introduction to Multicast Routing

Cisco Blog: Multicast Listener Discovery(MLD)

Cisco Documentation: IGMP and MLD Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software

4.5 Implement QoS services

4.5.a Classification and marking

Book, Cisco Press: QoS for IP/MPLS Networks

  • Chapter 3, Page 88 to 94- Traffic Classification
  • Chapter 3, Page 94 to 100 - Traffic Marking

Cisco Documentation: Configuring Modular QoS Service Packet Classification - IOS-XR

4.5.b Congestion avoidance, traffic policing, and shaping

Book, Cisco Press: QoS for IP/MPLS Networks

  • Chapter 3, Page 100 to 108 - Traffic Policing
  • Chapter 3, Page 100 to 114 - Traffic Shaping
  • Chapter 3, Page 121 to 11 - Active Queue Management (WRED)

Cisco Documentation: QoS: Congestion Avoidance Configuration Guide - IOS-XE

Cisco Documentation: Configuring Modular QoS Congestion Avoidance - IOS-XR