Course Outline:

The BGP Course will cover the topics below from theory, design, and hands-on lab perspectives. This is by far the most comprehensive and Expert-level BGP course in the world. 

•       BGP Basics – Why BGP, Autonomous Systems

•       BGP Best Path Selection

•       BGP Monitoring Protocol - BMP

•       EBGP – Basics of EBGP

•       EBGP Traffic Engineering – Inbound and Outbound

•       GAO – Rexford Model – Inter-domain Policies for Business Economics 

•       EBGP Multipath, IBGP Multipath and EIBGP Multipath

•       Inter-domain routing – Settlement Free Peering, Partial Peering, Remote Peering and IP Transit

•       BGP Route Servers and the Looking Glasses 

•       ISP Tiers – Tier 1 , 2 , 3 Type Providers

•       IBGP – Basics of IBGP

•       BGP Route Reflectors

•       Route Reflector Design Options

•       Centralized vs. Distributed, Inline and Offline Route Reflector Design

•       BGP Add-Path , BGP Shadow Route Reflectors/Distributing Diverse Paths  and Shadow Sessions 

•       Unique RD per VRF per PE Approach for path distribution

•       Comparison between BGP Add-path, Shadow RR, Shadow Sessions and Unique RD per VRF per PE

•       BGP RT – Route Target Constraint

•       BGP Optimal Route Reflection – ISP Case Study 

•       BGP Confederations and Confederation Design

•       Full mesh IBGP vs. Route Reflector vs. Confederation

•       Full mesh IBGP to BGP RR Migration

 

•       BGP – IGP Interactions – Blackhole avoidance

•       BGP – MPLS Interactions 

•       BGP LU – Labeled Unicast – RFC 3107 , RFC 8277

•       BGP LS – BGP Link State 

•       BGP EPE – Egress Peer Engineering – Traditional EPE and Modern Egress Peer Engineering with EPE/SDN Controller

•       BGP RTBH , Source and Destination based Remotely Triggered Blackholing and Scrubbing for DDOS mitigation with BGP

•       BGP Flowspec – RFC 5575

•       BGP Session Culling and Alternative Approaches , OXC 

•       BGP Graceful Restart, BGP Graceful Shutdown and BGP Administrative Shutdown Communication 

•       AIGP – Accumulated IGP Metric Attribute for BGP 

•       BGP MED vs. AIGP 

•       EBGP Default Route Propagation Behavior without Policies– RFC 8212 

•       BGP Information Security – 6 Different Types BGP Route Leaks

•       512K Incident Types 6 BGP Route Leak Contribution to it! 

•       BGP Information Security - Sub-Prefix Hijacking, Exact Prefix Hijacking , IP Squatting , Path-Shortening, Prefix Filters, IRR , RPSL , RPKI – Resource Public Key Infrastructure, PeeringDB,  BGPSEC , Origin and Path Validation, AS-Cones , ASPA

•       BGP in the Datacenter

•       BGP in the Wide Area Networks

•       Flat, Hierarchical and Generalized FIB Architecture and impact on BGP Prefix Independent Convergence

•       BGP PIC – Prefix Independent Convergence , BGP PIC Core and BGP PIC Edge

•       Case Studies

•       BGP vs. IGP Comparison

•       BGP in the CCIE , CCDE exam

•       Summary

•       BGP Quiz – BGP Questions and the Answers

•       - Bonus - BGP vs. other Hyper Scale Datacenter Routing Protocol Comparisons : RIFT , Open Fabric and BGP SPF  

What is the target audience?

• Network Engineers, Designers, Solution Architects
• This workshop will be helpful for many exam certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CCDP, and CCDE.

Enrolling in this course gives you exclusive access to our vibrant study group, where you can engage in enriching technical discussions, collaborate on labs, and get answers to your questions from peers and experts. This collaborative environment sets us apart from other training providers, who often offer solitary, independent study options. By joining our study group, you'll enhance your learning experience through collective problem-solving, hands-on lab work, shared insights, and a supportive community. Elevate your learning journey with us and thrive in a network of like-minded learners!