CCIE SP V.4.1

1.1 Service Provider Architecture Concepts

• 1.1.a Describe network architecture component and Service Provider network domain, for example, PE, P, CE, Metro Ethernet Core, and Aggregation
• 1.1.b Describe platform architecture components, for example, RP, Line Cards, and Fabric Crossbar
• 1.1.c Describe Cisco IOS-XR Software architecture components, for example, System Manager and XR Kernel

1.2 Virtualization Concepts

• 1.2.a Describe basic physical router virtualization, for example, SDR and nV
• 1.2.b Describe basic network function virtualization, for example, XRv/CSR1000v

1.3 Mobility Concepts

• 1.3.a Describe basic Service Provider network mobility infrastructure, for example, RAN, Backhaul, and Core

2.1 Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP)

• 2.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IS-IS
• 2.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
• 2.1.c Describe and optimize IGP scale and performance

2.2 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• 2.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IBGP, EBGP, and MP-BGP
• 2.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot BGP route policy enforcement
• 2.2.c Describe BGP path attribute
• 2.2.d Describe and optimize BGP scale and performance
• 2.2.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot advanced BGP features, for example, add-path and BGP LS

2.3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• 2.3.a Describe MPLS forwarding and control plane mechanisms
• 2.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LDP
• 2.3.c Describe and optimize LDP scale and performance

2.4 MPLS Traffic Engineering

• 2.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RSVP
• 2.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot ISIS and OSPF extensions
• 2.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS TE policy enforcement
• 2.4.d Describe MPLS TE attributes
• 2.4.e Describe and optimize MPLS TE scale and performance
• 2.4.f Describe MPLS advanced features, for example, Segment Routing, G-MPLS, MPLS-TP, and MPLS-TE Inter-AS

2.5 Multicast

• 2.5.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PIM (PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and PIM-BIDIR)
• 2.5.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RP (Auto-RP, BSR, Static, Anycast RP, and MSDP)
• 2.5.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot mLDP (including mLDP profiles from 0 to 9)
• 2.5.d Describe P2MP TE
• 2.5.e Describe and optimize multicast scale and performance

2.6 Quality of Service (QoS)

• 2.6.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot classification and marking
• 2.6.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion management and scheduling, for example, policing, shaping, and queuing
• 2.6.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion avoidance
• 2.6.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS QoS models (MAM, RDM, Pipe, Short Pipe, and Uniform)
• 2.6.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS TE QoS (CBTS, PBTS, and DS-TE)

3.1 Carrier Ethernet

• 3.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot E-LINE, for example, VPWS
• 3.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot E-LAN and E-TREE, for example VPLS and H-VPLS
• 3.1.c Describe EVPN (EVPN-VPWS and PBB EVPN)
• 3.1.d Describe IEEE 802.1ad (Q-in-Q), IEEE 802.1ah (Mac-in-Mac), and ITU G.8032 (REP)

3.2 L3VPN

• 3.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot L3VPN
• 3.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Inter-AS L3VPN
• 3.2.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Multicast VPN
• 3.2.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Unified MPLS and CSC
• 3.2.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot shared services, for example, Extranet and Internet access

3.3 Overlay VPN

• 3.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot L2TPv3
• 3.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LISP
• 3.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot GRE and mGRE based VPN

3.4 Internet Service

• 3.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Internet Peering and Transit
• 3.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IPv6 transition mechanism, for example, NAT44, NAT64, 6RD, and DS Lite
• 3.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Internet peering route and transit policy enforcement

4.1 Transport and Encapsulation Technologies

• 4.1.a Describe transport technologies, for example, optical, xDSL, DOCSIS, TDM, and GPON
• 4.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Ethernet technologies
• 4.1.c Describe link aggregation techniques

4.2 PE-CE Connectivity

• 4.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PE-CE routing protocols, for example, static, OSPF, and BGP
• 4.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot route redistribution
• 4.2.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot route filtering
• 4.2.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot loop prevention techniques in Multihomed environments
• 4.2.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot end-to-end fast convergence
• 4.2.f Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Multi-VRF CE
• 4.2.g Describe Broadband Forum TR-101, for example, Trunk N:1 and Trunk 1:1

4.3 Quality of Service (QoS)

• 4.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot classification and marking
• 4.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion management and scheduling, for example, policing, shaping, and queuing
• 4.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion avoidance
• 4.3.d Describe Link Fragmentation (LFI), cRTP, and RTP

4.4 Multicast

• 4.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IGMP and MLD
• 4.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PIM
• 4.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RP
• 4.4.d Describe and optimize multicast scale and performance

5.1 System Level HA

• 5.1.a Describe Multichassis/clustering HA
• 5.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot SS0/NSF, NSR, and GR
• 5.1.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IGP-LDP Sync
• 5.1.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LDP Session Protection

5.2 Layer 1/2/3 Failure Detection Techniques

• 5.2.a Describe Layer 1 failure detection
• 5.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 2 failure detection
• 5.2.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 3 failure detection

5.3 Routing/Fast Convergence

• 5.3.a Describe, implement, and optimize IGP convergence
• 5.3.b Describe, implement, and optimize BGP convergence
• 5.3.c Describe, implement, and optimize IP FRR and TE FRR

6.1 Control Plane Security

• 6.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot control plane protection techniques (LPTS and CoPP)
• 6.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot routing protocol security, for example, BGP-TTL security and protocol authentication
• 6.1.c Describe, implement and troubleshoot BGP prefix suppression
• 6.1.d Describe, implement and troubleshoot LDP security, for example, authentication and label allocation filtering
• 6.1.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot BGP prefix based filtering
• 6.1.f Describe BGPsec

6.2 Management Plane Security

• 6.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot device management, for example, MPP, SSH, and VTY
• 6.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot logging and SNMP security
• 6.2.c Describe backscatter Traceback

6.3 Infrastructure Security

• 6.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot uRPF
• 6.3.b Describe Lawful-intercept
• 6.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot iACL
• 6.3.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RTBH
• 6.3.e Describe BGP Flowspec
• 6.3.f Describe DDoS mitigation techniques

6.4 Timing and Synchronization

• 6.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot timing protocol, for example, NTP, 1588v2, and SyncE

6.5 Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• 6.5.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot syslog and logging functions
• 6.5.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot SNMP traps, RMON, EEM, and EPC
• 6.5.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot port mirroring protocols, for example, SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN
• 6.5.d Describe, implement and troubleshoot NetFlow and IPFIX
• 6.5.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IP SLA
• 6.5.f Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS OAM and Ethernet OAM
• 6.5.g Describe network event and fault management
• 6.5.h Describe performance management and capacity procedures

6.6 Network Configuration and Change Management

• 6.6.a Describe maintenance, operational procedures
• 6.6.b Describe network inventory management process
• 6.6.c Describe network change, implementation, and rollback
• 6.6.d Describe incident management process based on ITILv3 framework

7.1 Cloud

• 7.1.a Compare and contrast Cloud deployment models
  • 7.1.a [i] Infrastructure, platform, and software services (XaaS)
  • 7.1.a [ii] Performance and reliability
  • 7.1.a [iii] Security and privacy
  • 7.1.a [iv] Scalability and interoperability
• 7.1.b Describe Cloud implementations and operations
  • 7.1.b [i] Automation and orchestration
  • 7.1.b [ii] Workload mobility
  • 7.1.b [iii] Troubleshooting and management
  • 7.1.b [iv] OpenStack components

7.2 Network programmability [SDN]

• 7.2.a Describe functional elements of network programmability (SDN) and how they interact
  • 7.2.a [i] Controllers
  • 7.2.a [ii] APIs
  • 7.2.a [iii] Scripting
  • 7.2.a [iv] Agents
  • 7.2.a [v] Northbound vs. Southbound protocols
• 7.2.b Describe aspects of virtualization and automation in network environments
  • 7.2.b [i] DevOps methodologies, tools and workflows
  • 7.2.b [ii] Network/application function virtualization (NFV, AFV)
  • 7.2.b [iii] Service function chaining
  • 7.2.b [iv] Performance, availability, and scaling considerations

7.3 Internet of Things

• 7.3.a Describe architectural framework and deployment considerations for Internet of Things (IoT)
  • 7.3.a [i] Performance, reliability and scalability
  • 7.3.a [ii] Mobility
  • 7.3.a [iii] Security and privacy
  • 7.3.a [iv] Standards and compliance
  • 7.3.a [v] Migration
  • 7.3.a [vi] Environmental impacts on the network

1.1 Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP)

• 1.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IS-IS
• 1.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
• 1.1.c Describe and optimize IGP scale and performance

1.2 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• 1.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IBGP, EBGP, and MP-BGP
• 1.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot BGP route policy enforcement
• 1.2.c Describe and optimize BGP scale and performance
• 1.2.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot advanced BGP features, for example, add-path and BGP LS

1.3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• 1.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LDP
• 1.3.b Describe and optimize LDP scale and performance

1.4 MPLS Traffic Engineering

• 1.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RSVP
• 1.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot ISIS and OSPF extensions
• 1.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS TE policy enforcement
• 1.4.d Describe and optimize MPLS TE scale and performance

1.5 Multicast

• 1.5.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PIM (PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and PIM-BIDIR)
• 1.5.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RP (Auto-RP, BSR, Static, Anycast RP, and MSDP)
• 1.5.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot mLDP (including mLDP profiles from 0 to  9)
• 1.5.d Describe and optimize multicast scale and performance

1.6 Quality of Service (QoS)

• 1.6.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot classification and marking
• 1.6.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion management and scheduling, for example, policing, shaping, and queuing
• 1.6.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion avoidance
• 1.6.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS QoS models (MAM, RDM, Pipe, Short Pipe, and Uniform)
• 1.6.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS TE QoS (CBTS, PBTS, and DS-TE)

2.1 Carrier Ethernet

• 2.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot E-LINE, for example, VPWS
• 2.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot E-LAN and E-TREE, for example VPLS and  H-VPLS

2.2 L3VPN

• 2.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot L3VPN
• 2.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Inter-AS L3VPN
• 2.2.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Multicast VPN
• 2.2.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Unified MPLS and CSC
• 2.2.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot shared services, for example, Extranet and Internet access

2.3 Overlay VPN

• 2.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot L2TPv3
• 2.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LISP
• 2.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot GRE and mGRE based VPN

2.4 Internet Service

• 2.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Internet Peering and Transit
• 2.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IPv6 transition mechanism, for example, NAT44, NAT64, 6RD, and DS Lite
• 2.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Internet peering route and transit policy enforcement

3.1 Transport and encapsulation technologies

• 3.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot ethernet technologies

3.2 PE-CE connectivity

• 3.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PE-CE routing protocols, for example, static, OSPF, and BGP
• 3.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot route redistribution
• 3.2.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot route filtering
• 3.2.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot loop prevention techniques in  Multihomed environments
• 3.2.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot end-to-end fast convergence
• 3.2.f Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Multi-VRF CE

3.3 Quality of Service (QoS)

• 3.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot classification and marking
• 3.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion management and scheduling, for example, policing, shaping, and queuing
• 3.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot congestion avoidance

3.4 Multicast

• 3.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IGMP and MLD
• 3.4.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot PIM
• 3.4.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RP
• 3.4.d Describe and optimize multicast scale and performance

4.1  System level HA

• 4.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot SS0/NSF, NSR, and GR
• 4.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IGP-LDP Sync
• 4.1.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LDP Session Protection

4.2 Layer 1/2/3 failure detection techniques

• 4.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 2 failure detection
• 4.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 3 failure detection

4.3 Routing/fast convergence

• 4.3.a Describe, implement, and optimize IGP convergence
• 4.3.b Describe, implement, and optimize BGP convergence
• 4.3.c Describe, implement, and optimize IP FRR and TE FRR

5.1 Control plane security

• 5.1.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot control plane protection techniques  (LPTS and CoPP)
• 5.1.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot routing protocol security, for example, BGP-TTL security and protocol authentication
• 5.1.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot BGP prefix suppression
• 5.1.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot LDP security, for example, authentication and label allocation filtering
• 5.1.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot BGP prefix based filtering

5.2 Management plane security

• 5.2.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot device management, for example, MPP, SSH, and VTY
• 5.2.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot logging and SNMP security

5.3 Infrastructure security

• 5.3.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot uRPF
• 5.3.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot iACL
• 5.3.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot RTBH

5.4 Timing and synchronization

• 5.4.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot timing protocol, for example, NTP, 1588v2, and SyncE

5.5 Network monitoring and troubleshooting

• 5.5.a Describe, implement, and troubleshoot syslog and logging functions
• 5.5.b Describe, implement, and troubleshoot SNMP traps, RMON, EEM, and EPC
• 5.5.c Describe, implement, and troubleshoot port mirroring protocols, for example, SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN
• 5.5.d Describe, implement, and troubleshoot NetFlow and IPFIX
• 5.5.e Describe, implement, and troubleshoot IP SLA
• 5.5.f Describe, implement, and troubleshoot MPLS OAM and Ethernet OAM

5.6 Network configuration and change management

• 5.6.a Describe network change, implementation, and rollback