Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU)

Course Overview

The Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) training is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge for the suite of Cisco® Certified Network Professional (CCNP®) Service Provider trainings. The training expands what you learned from the Cisco CCNA® training with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the service provider environment. You will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the service provider realm.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:

Acquire the foundational knowledge to understand the Cisco Service Provider Network methodologies, tools, and functions
Learn the skills to manage the software and hardware platforms, structures, and protocols within the service provider realm
Qualify for professional-level job service provider roles
Earn 30 CE credits towards recertification

Who should attend

This course is designed for network and software engineers and hold job roles such as:

Network administrator
Network engineer
Network manager
System engineer
Project manager
Network designer

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
Familiarity with a typical service provider environment
Basic knowledge about networking devices and their roles

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offering:

Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe network architectures, devices, and software used by service providers
Describe the various internet governance organizations, their roles, and tools available for governance information verification
Configure Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) and Cisco IOS XE routers
Describe Cisco IOS XR software, perform initial configuration, and explain platform daily tasks
Describe various access and core technologies used by service providers
Describe various major switching technologies used by service providers
Describe major overlay technologies and their usage, and configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VxLAN)
Describe various major routing protocols used by service providers
Configure Layer 3 services used by service providers
Describe multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), components, protocols, and MPLS usage
Describe usage of various services used and maintained by service providers
Introduce Linux networking, Bourne-Again SHell (BASH) scripting, and their usage within Cisco IOS XR software