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Tap into unlimited opportunities with the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider certification.
To earn your certification, you’ll take a core exam and one lab exam.
Core Exam
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies.
Lab Exam
CCIE Service Provider Lab Exam.
The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) Learning Path teaches you how to configure, verify, troubleshoot, and optimise next-generation service provider internet protocol (IP) network infrastructures. You’ll explore service provider core architecture, services, automation, and security.
This Learning Path prepares you for the 350-501 SPCOR v1.0 exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Core certification and satisfy the core exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Service Provider and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider certifications.
Module 1: L2VPN and L3VPN Services
• Describing VPN Services
• Configuring L2VPN Services
• Configuring L3VPN Services.
Module 2: Network and Software Architectures
• Describing Service Provider Network Architectures
• Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures
• Implementing Virtualisation in Service Provider Environment.
Module 3: SP Routing
• Implementing OSPF
• Implementing IS-IS
• Implementing BGP
• Implementing Route Maps and RPL
• Transitioning to IPv6
• Implementing High Availability in Networking
• Implementing Multicast.
Module 4: MPLS and Segment Routing
• Implementing MPLS
• Implementing Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering
• Describing Segment Routing.
Module 5: QoS Architecture and Implementation
• Describing QoS Architecture
• Implementing QoS.
Module 6: Security Architecture and Implementation
• Implementing Control Plane Security
• Implementing Management Place Security
• Implementing Data Place Security.
Module 7: Automation and Assurance
• Introducing Network Programmability
• Implementing Automation and Assurance
• Introducing Cisco NSO.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
As our most advanced certifications, Cisco expert certifications tell the world you’re among the best of the best in your field. Many candidates have previous experience in service provider technologies and solutions and are aiming for a senior-level or leadership position.
Whilst there are no formal prerequisites, learners are recommended to have five to seven years of experience with designing, deploying, operating and optimising service provider technologies and solutions.
This exam tests your knowledge of implementing core service provider network technologies including architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of service, security, and network assurance.