Course Overview
ACE:L4 is a 5-day course that is focused on the Enterprise edge, Service Provider WAN and Large Enterprise Transport networks. Candidates will explore the advanced routing capabilities available within Arista hardware and EOS. Topics such as EVPN, MPLS and Segment Routing will be discussed in depth. All topics are taught from both command line and CloudVision perspectives, including provisioning, managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing.
Course Content
CloudVision
- What is CloudVision Portal (CVP)
- Automation Landscape
- CloudVision Deployment
- CVP Communication
- Zero Touch Provisioninh
- Bug Alerts EOL Lifecycle
- Configlets
- Tasks and Change Control
- Snapshots
- Rollback
- Image Management
- Devices, Labels and Tags
- CloudVision Telemetry
- Using Studios
MPLS Concepts
- MPLS Today
- Migration Considerations
- Label Actions and Distribution Protocol
- Signaling
- Segment Routing
- MPLS Services
- MPLS Deployment Scenarios
Architecture and Services
- MPLS Transport
- Layer 2 and 3 VPN Services
- Point to Point Layer 2 Services
- Multipoint Layer 2 VPN Services
Transport Models
- MPLS Transport with Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- MPLS Transport with Segment Routing (SR)
- MPLS Transport SR Options: ISIS-SR, BGP-SR
- Traffic Engineering, RSVP Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE), and Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
- Segment Routing: IS-IS TE Configuration
- Segment Routing: TE Policy and Steering Traffic
- Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels
- MPLS Feature Support Matrix
Services Deep Dive
- MP-BGP
- Virtual Routing & Forwarding (VRF)
- MP-BGP Label Advertisement
- L3VPN Control Plane Processing
- L3VPN Data Plane Processing
- E-Line with LDP Pseudowire
- E-Line with EVPN Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS)
- E-Line with with EVPN Type-2
- L3 EVPN
Transport & Services Optimization
- Nexthop Group
- User defined Tunnel RIBs
- BGP Next-Hop Resolution RIBs
- Static Flow Aware Transport (FAT) Support on EVPN VPWS
- Traffic Steering and Service Mapping
Who should attend
CE:L4 is best suited for individuals with at least a midlevel network engineering background, and are comfortable with layer 2 and 3 architectures and concepts such as EVPN and MP-BGP. This course is suitable for candidates who are in, or would like to find, mid-to-senior level network engineer or operation positions related to enterprise edge networking.
Course Objectives
This training focuses on the Enterprise edge, Service Provider WAN and Large Enterprise Transport networks.
Outline: Arista Cloud Engineer: Level 4 - Cloud Professional (ACE-L4)
CloudVision
- What is CloudVision Portal (CVP)
- Automation Landscape
- CloudVision Deployment
- CVP Communication
- Zero Touch Provisioninh
- Bug Alerts EOL Lifecycle
- Configlets
- Tasks and Change Control
- Snapshots
- Rollback
- Image Management
- Devices, Labels and Tags
- CloudVision Telemetry
- Using Studios
MPLS Concepts
- MPLS Today
- Migration Considerations
- Label Actions and Distribution Protocol
- Signaling
- Segment Routing
- MPLS Services
- MPLS Deployment Scenarios
Architecture and Services
- MPLS Transport
- Layer 2 and 3 VPN Services
- Point to Point Layer 2 Services
- Multipoint Layer 2 VPN Services
Transport Models
- MPLS Transport with Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- MPLS Transport with Segment Routing (SR)
- MPLS Transport SR Options: ISIS-SR, BGP-SR
- Traffic Engineering, RSVP Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE), and Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
- Segment Routing: IS-IS TE Configuration
- Segment Routing: TE Policy and Steering Traffic
- Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels
- MPLS Feature Support Matrix
Services Deep Dive
- MP-BGP
- Virtual Routing & Forwarding (VRF)
- MP-BGP Label Advertisement
- L3VPN Control Plane Processing
- L3VPN Data Plane Processing
- E-Line with LDP Pseudowire
- E-Line with EVPN Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS)
- E-Line with with EVPN Type-2
- L3 EVPN
Transport & Services Optimization
- Nexthop Group
- User defined Tunnel RIBs
- BGP Next-Hop Resolution RIBs
- Static Flow Aware Transport (FAT) Support on EVPN VPWS
- Traffic Steering and Service Mapping