Understanding Metro Ethernet
Overview/Description
To identify metro networking solutions and Layer 1 implementation options, and to identify metro Ethernet tunneling options
Target Audience
Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing a multilayer switched network in an enterprise or service provider environment; network architects responsible for designing multilayer switched networks to carry voice, video, and data traffic in an enterprise or service provider environment; CCNP, CCDP, and CCIP candidates. CCIE routing and switching candidates
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic router configuration, basic switch configuration, basic virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration, basic Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration, basic trunking configuration, and standard access list configuration
Expected Duration
120 Minutes
Objectives:
Understanding Metro Ethernet
identify Cisco's metro networking solutions, list the criteria used to evaluate metro Ethernet connectivity options, and recognize the features, including advantages and drawbacks, of Transparent LAN Service and Directed VLAN Service.
list the benefits, disadvantages and characteristics of DWDM, SONET, and CWDM as Layer 1 implementations of metro Ethernet.
identify metro Ethernet connectivity options and solutions, and select criteria for evaluating connectivity options.
Recognize features of 802.1Q and Q-in-Q tunneling and compare their benefits and disadvantages with those of transporting traffic across the service-provider network without tuneling.
identify the functions and characteristics of Ethernet over MPLS, list the benefits and disadvantages of EoMPLS as a Layer 3 transport option for metro Ethernet, and identify point-to-multipoint features of EoMPLS encapsulation.
identify and compare features of different tunneling techniques that can be used with metro Ethernet, highlighting the advantages and drawbacks of each.
Course Number: 119274_eng