Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the backbone of global internet routing and large-scale service provider networks. This lab focuses on advanced BGP concepts such as route reflection, confederations, and policy-based path manipulation using attributes like AS-PATH, MED, and communities.
Key topics include BGP scalability, redundancy strategies, multipath routing, and inter-AS connectivity using eBGP and iBGP. The lab also covers BGP-LU (Labeled Unicast) for MPLS integration, route filtering techniques, and BGP convergence optimization.
By mastering these concepts, engineers can design and optimize service provider networks for scalability, high availability, and traffic engineering.
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The default username and password for images used in this course is as follows, however you will hear new passwords during the course if the instructor changes the credentials:
Image name | Username | Password |
IOL images | No username | No password |
CSR1000v | Admin | Admin |
C8000v | Admin | admin |
Viptela devices | Admin | admin |
Windows Server | Administrator | Test123 |
IOS-XR | Admin | Enter new password |
Cisco ASA 802 | no username | no passwd, hit enter |
Cisco ASA 8.4.2, 9.1.5 | no username | no passwd, hit enter |
Cisco ASAv | no username | no passwd, hit enter |
Cisco IPS | cisco | ciscoips123 |
Cisco WSA | admin | ironport |
Cisco ESA | admin | ironport |
Cisco WAAS | admin | default |
Cisco XR9K | Cisco | Cisco |
Cisco NX9K | admin | admin |
