Objectives: This WBT will provide a sound technical overview on the Multiprotocol Label Switching technology. It focuses on architectural, operational and traffic engineering aspects.

Content:

• Module 1: Introduction
  • What is MPLS?
  • MPLS advantages
  • MPLS components
  • LSP operation
  • Merging LSPs
  • MPLS control and data plane
  • Quiz
     
• Module 2: MPLS Opeations
  • Label elements
  • Label mapping
  • MPLS Forwarding
  • Label Distribution
  • Label Distribution Protocol
  • Label Stacking
  • LDP & IGP
  • LDP & RSVP
  • LDP & BGP
  • Quiz
      
• Module 3: Service Aspects
  • Virtual private wire services
  • Ethernet pseudowires
  • VPLS
  • Quiz 
     
• Module 4: Traffic Engineering 
  • The need for traffic engineering
  • Setting up traffic-engineered paths
  • Using traffic-engineered paths
  • Quiz
     
• Module 5: L3 BGP/MPLS VPN  
  • Benefits of the BGP/MPLS VPN solution
  • BGP/MPLS VPN rouitng & forwarding
  • BGP/MPLS VPN label
  • Quiz
     
• Module 6: Network migration aspects
  • Network migration aspects
  • Quiz