Walk-Through Video Tutorials For IPexpert's CCIE R&S Lab Preparation Workbook (Volume 1)

Why Choose IPexpert

Enjoying nearly a decade of success and boasting the world's largest list of successful candidates, IPexpert is pleased to offer you the world's most thorough Walk-Through Video Solutions available on the market today. Our industry-leading Walk-Through Video Solutions can be explained as follows:

• Hundreds of hours of our industry-recognized Instructors walking you through extremely complex technical topics and protocols (34 scenarios) covering all topics currently seen on the CCIE R&S 4.0 Lab blueprint  
• A professionally delivered training solution that is thorough and easy to comprehend
• A phenomenal training solution supported by the world's most sophisticated online CCIE R&S vRack solution, boasting amazing graphical remote controls to ensure a user-friendly experience
• An amazing training solution that is kept current by the world's most elite team of technical CCIE Instructors, all of which hold multiple industry certifications, degrees and multiple CCIE certifications
• A comprehensive training solution supported online by the Authors and Developers that thousands of your peers have trusted
• The world's most proven product, boasting more CCIE success stories and testimonials than any other company
• A training solution that has traveled the globe and has been used by more clients scaling every developed country in the world!
• A "must have" training product backed by IPexpert's Investment Assurance program that has raised the bar and set the precedence for training guarantees!

Closing Statements on Why You Should Use IPexpert's Training Solutions

These industry-recognized training materials have been used by over a thousand of your peers as their primary resource in order to prepare for the grueling CCIE Routing & Switching Lab exam. We would like to highlight a few key points you should consider when selecting a CCIE lab training vendor:

• Which vendor's products have been (and are currently) used by more candidates to pass the CCIE Lab exam for each particular track?
• Which vendor's workbooks and overall Structured Learning Approach has been proven, tested and successful for nearly a decade?
• Can you find another vendor that offers the level of support, guidance and authenticity that comes close to IPexpert?
• What vendor can match the level of competency as it relates to our dedicated, full-time team of Industry-recognized and accredited Authors and Instructors?

IPexpert understands that the CCIE journey is a long process. Our Training Advisors, Support Engineers, Instructors and Developers will stand with you, by your side, during the entire process of your CCIE journey, regardless of how long it takes you!

Table of Contents

At IPexpert, we take great pride in being known as the industry's most up-to-date and thorough Cisco training provider.  We guarantee that all training materials we ship to our clients are current and up-to-date, reflecting all of the topics that are outlined on the most recent CCIE Lab blueprint. If, at any time, you have questions pertaining to our content, we invite you to contact one of our CCIE Training Advisors who will be happy to assist you in creating a customized study plan that fits your learning preferences and your training budget.

Below, you will find the topics, technologies and protocols that are currently included in IPexpert's Technology-Focused CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Preparation Workbook Volume 1, therefore are covered in great detail and will be found on the Video Walk-Through Tutorials for Volume 1.  

• Section 1: General Lab Setup
  • Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
  • VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Transparent Mode
  • VTP Domains
  • Layer 2 Access Switchports
  • Layer 2 Trunk Switchports
  • Internet Protocol (IP) Addressing
  • Frame Relay Point to Point Sub-Interfaces
  • Frame Relay Multipoint Sub-Interfaces
  • Frame Relay Static Mappings
  • Frame Relay Interface to Data Link Connection Identifiers (DLCI) Mappings
  • Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
  • Virtual TeletYpe (VTY) line passwords
  • Domain Name System (DNS) lookups
  • Command Aliases
  • Console line passwords
  • Enable mode passwords
  • Interface descriptions
  • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
  • CDP Tuning
  • Securing configuration files
  • Message of the Day (MOTD) Banners
• Section 2: Quad Catalyst - Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)
  • VTP Server Mode
  • VTP Client Mode
  • VTP Version 2
  • VTP Passwords
  • VTP Pruning
  • Etherchannel
  • Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)
  • 802.1Q Trunks
  • Native VLAN Tagging
  • VLAN Filtering on Trunk Links
  • 802.1X Security
  • Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Methods
  • 802.1X Port Configuration
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) PortFast
  • STP Root Bridge Election
  • STP Cost Manipulation
  • STP UplinkFast
  • Media Access Control (MAC) Address Port Security
  • MAC Port Security Sticky Learning
  • MAC Port Security Interface Recovery
  • Switched Port ANalyzer (SPAN)
  • Remote Switched Port ANalyzer (RSPAN)
  • Layer 3 Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs)
  • Catalyst 3560 Routing
  • Switch Database Management (SDM) templates
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • OSPF Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) mismatches
  • Timezone Configuration
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • NTP Server mode
  • NTP Client mode
  • MAC Address Table Aging
  • Smart Port Macros
  • STP BPDUGuard
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  • SNMP Communities
  • SNMP Traps
  • SNMP MAC Address Notifications
  • SNMP Tuning
  • Protected Switchports
  • Catalyst Buffer Management
  • MAC Access Lists
  • VLAN Maps
  • VLAN Filters
  • Private VLANs
• Section 3: Quad Catalyst - Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
  • Catalyst Hostnames
  • VTP Transparent Mode
  • VTP Server Mode
  • VTP Pruning
  • MST Root Bridge Selection
  • MST Timers
  • MST Cost
  • Interface Bandwidth Tuning
  • MST Port Priority
  • MST Instances
  • AAA Methods
  • 802.1X Security
  • 802.1X Guest VLANs
  • 802.1X Authorization Failure VLANs
  • Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
  • Router on a Stick
  • Catalyst Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs)
  • Catalyst EIGRP
  • RSPAN
  • MAC Address Port Security
  • Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol (HSRP)
  • HSRP Tracking
  • HSRP Preemption
  • HSRP Version 2
  • 802.1Q Native VLAN selection
  • MAC Access lists
  • VLAN Maps
  • VLAN Filters
  • Static Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries
  • Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
• Section 4: Quad Catalyst - Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (Rapid-PVST)
  • VTP Transparent Mode
  • Rapid-PVST Root Bridge Election
  • Rapid-PVST Cost
  • Rapid-PVST Port Priority
  • Etherchannel
  • MAC Access Lists
  • VLAN Maps
  • VLAN Filters
  • ISL Trunking
  • 802.1Q Trunking
  • Storm Control
  • Voice VLANs
  • Smart Port Macros
  • Private VLANs
  • HSRP
  • HSRP Tracking
  • HSRP Preemption
• Section 5: Layer 2 Tunneling
  • Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
  • CDP Tunneling
  • STP Tunneling
  • VTP Tunneling
  • 802.1Q-in-Q Tunneling
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol Etherchannel Tunneling
  • Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) Etherchannel Tunneling
  • Etherchannel Load Balancing
• Section 6: Frame Relay
  • Physical Frame Relay Interfaces
  • Point to Point Frame Relay Subinterfaces
  • Multipoint Frame Relay Subinterfaces
  • Frame Relay Inverse ARP
  • Frame Relay Static Mappings
  • Frame Relay Interface to Data Link Connection Identifiers (DLCI) Mappings
  • Frame Relay Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) encapsulation
  • Point to Point Protocol (PPP) over Frame Relay (PPPoFR)
  • Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
  • PPP Multilink over Frame Relay
  • Back to Back Frame Relay
  • Multilink Frame Relay (MFR)
  • Local Management Interface Timers
  • Frame Relay Discard Eligible (DE) Groups
  • Frame Relay End to End Keepalives
  • Frame Relay Broadcast Queue Tuning
• Section 7: Bridging and Frame Relay
  • Bridging over Frame Relay
  • Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)
  • Bridged Virtual Interfaces (BVI)
  • Bridging over GRE Tunnels
  • Fallback Bridging
• Section 8: Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 2
  • RIPv2 Network Statements
  • RIPv2 Passive Interfaces
  • RIPv2 Auto Summarization
  • RIPv2 Manual Summarization
  • RIPv2 Unicast Updates
  • RIPv2 Broadcast Updates
  • RIPv2 Multicast to Broadcast conversion with Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • RIPv2 Send and Receive Versions
  • Filtering RIP with ACLs
  • Filtering RIP with VLAN Filters
  • RIPv2 Authentication
  • RIPv2 Offset Lists
  • RIPv2 Triggered Updates
  • RIPv2 Split Horizon
  • RIPv2 Update Source Validation
  • Secondary Interfaces
  • RIPv2 Distribute Lists
  • Tuning RIPv2 Timers
  • RIPv2 Administrative Distance Manipulation
• Section 9: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
  • EIGRP Network Statements
  • EIGRP Passive Interfaces
  • EIGRP Auto Summarization
  • EIGRP Manual Summarization
  • EIGRP Redistribution
  • EIGRP Leak Maps for Redistribution
  • EIGRP External Routes
  • EIGRP Variance
  • EIGRP Unequal Cost Load Balancing
  • EIGRP Metric Manipulation
  • EIGRP Hello Interval
  • EIGRP Hold Timers
  • EIGRP Active Timers
  • EIGRP Key Strings
  • EIGRP Message Digest 5 (MD5) Authentication
  • EIGRP Stub Routing
  • EIGRP Offset Lists
  • PPP LCP (Link Control Protocol) Delay
  • EIGRP Bandwidth Percent Usage
  • Interface Bandwidth Manipulation
  • Filtering EIGRP with ACLs
  • Filtering EIGRP with VLAN Filters
  • EIGRP Default Routes
• Section 10: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Version 2
  • Enable OSPF with the Network Statement
  • Enable OSPF on an Interface
  • OSPF over Non-Broadcast Media
  • OSPF over Broadcast Media
  • OSPF over Point-to-Point links
  • OSPF Backbone Area
  • OSPF Normal Areas
  • OSPF Stub Areas
  • OSPF Virtual Links
  • OSPF Backbone connectivity with GRE tunnels
  • OSPF on Catalyst Switches
  • OSPF MTU Ignore
  • Multiple OSPF Processes
  • OSPF Redistribution
  • OSPF LSA Maximum Metric
  • OSPF Hello Interval
  • OSPF Dead Interval
  • OSPF Sub-second Hello Timers
  • OSPF Flood Reduction
  • OSPF Default Routes
  • OSPF Conditional Default Routes
  • OSPF Area Summarization
  • OSPF Area Authentication
  • OSPF Virtual Link Authentication
  • OSPF External Route Summarization
  • OSPF Database Protection
• Section 11: OSPF: Core Routing
  • Basic OSPF Configuration
  • OSPF Over Multiple Media Types
  • Multiple OSPF Areas
  • OSPF Authentication
  • DR/BDR Election
  • OSPF Timers
  • OSPF Metric Manipulation
  • Stub Areas (NSSA, Stub, Totally Stubby)
  • Timers (LSA, hello, dead)
  • Summarization
  • Virtual Links
• Section 12: GRE and Routing Protocols
  • RIP over GRE Tunnels
  • Using GRE Tunnels to Connect OSPF Areas
• Section 12: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Version 4
  • Internal BGP (iBGP) Neighbor Relationships
  • External BGP (eBGP) Neighbor Relationships
  • BGP Update Source
  • BGP Confederations
  • BGP Private Autonomous System numbers
  • eBGP Peering over Multiple Hops
  • BGP Network Statements
  • Configuring BGP on Catalyst Switches
  • BGP Regular Expressions
  • BGP AS Path Prepending
  • BGP Route Reflectors
  • BGP Manual Summarization
  • BGP Unsuppress Maps
  • BGP Administrative Distance Manipulation
  • BGP Next Hop Self
  • BGP Peering when the Remote Peer AS is Unknown
  • BGP Load Balancing
  • BGP Path Determination
  • BGP Attribute Modification with Route Maps
  • BGP Distribute Lists
  • BGP Local AS
  • BGP New Community Format
  • BGP Communities
  • BGP Community Lists
  • BGP Well-known Communities (No-export, No-advertise, Local-AS, Internet)
  • BGP Filter Lists
  • BGP Advertise Maps
  • BGP Exist Maps
  • BGP Non-Exist Maps
  • BGP Conditional Default Routes
• Section 14: Multiprotocol BGP
  • MBGP Syntax
  • Address Families
  • Neighbor Activation
  • MBGP Route Reflectors
  • MBGP Route Maps
  • Graded Flap Dampening
  • Route Authentication
  • Prefix Lists
• Section 15: Routing Protocol Redistribution
  • Route Filtering
  • Route Maps
  • Passive Interfaces
  • Administrative Distance
  • Default Metrics
  • Metric Types
  • Manipulating Cost/Metrics
  • Route Tagging
• Section 16: ACLs and Filters for IPv4
  • Standard ACLs
  • Extended ACLs
  • Named ACLs
  • Time-Based ACLs
  • Lock-and-Key Configuration
  • Reflexive ACLs
  • Using ACLs to Secure SNMP
  • Using ACLs with Route Maps
• Section 17: Router Security: Enterprise
  • TCP Intercept
  • NAT
  • Securing VTY Access
  • IPSec Tunnels
  • AAA
  • Privilege Levels
  • MQC with Unconditional Packet Discard
  • RPF Checks
  • IP Source-Track
  • SSH
• Section 18: Router Security: Core
  • ACL Based Security Techniques
  • Prefix-list Based Security Techniques
  • Securing BGP
  • Securing OSPFv2
  • Securing EIGRP
  • Anti-Spoofing Techniques
  • Logging & System Management Security
  • Controlling Interactive Access
  • Flood Management & DoS Attack Prevention
  • Disabling Unnecessary Services & Features
• Section 19: Router Redundancy
  • Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol (HSRP)
  • HSRP Priorities
  • HSRP Preemption
  • HSRP Preemption Delay
  • HSRP Timers
  • HSRP Tracking of Routing Protocols
  • HSRP MD5 Authentication
  • HSRP Version 2
  • HSRP Version 2 Timers
  • HSRP with MAC Port Security
  • HSRP Burned In Address (BIA) support
  • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
  • VRRP Priorities
  • VRRP Tracking of Routes
  • IP Service Level Agreement (SLA) Monitor
  • VRRP Tracking of IP SLA Monitor
  • VRRP MD5 Authentication
  • Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
  • GLBP Priorities
  • GLBP Preemption
  • GLBP Load Balancing Methods
  • IP SLA
  • IOS DHCP Server
• Section 20: Advanced Router Management
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 2c
  • SNMP Device Values
  • SNMP Community
  • SNMP Traps
  • SNMP Communication Tuning
  • Remote Monitoring (RMON) alarms
  • RMON events
  • RMON Logging
  • SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) variables
  • SNMP MIB Persistence
  • Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP)
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • NTP Server Mode
  • NTP Client Mode
  • NTP Authentication
  • Buffered Logging
  • Console Logging
  • Syslog Trap Logging
  • Director Response Protocol (DRP)
  • DRP Authentication
  • Command Scheduler (KRON)
  • Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
  • Cisco's Networking Services (CNS)
  • Core Dumps
  • HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Management
  • Secure HTTP (HTTPS) Management
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server
  • DHCP Helper Forwarding
  • DHCP Client
  • Domain Name System (DNS) Server
  • DNS Lookup
  • Protocol Forwarding
  • Configuration Archiving
  • Proxy Address Resolutio
• Section 21: Quality of Service: Enterprise
  • Frame-Relay Traffic-Shaping
  • General Traffic-Shaping
  • Legacy Queuing Methods
  • Congestion Avoidance
  • Policing & Shaping
  • Catalyst QoS
  • RSVP
  • NBAR
  • MQC
  • CBWFQ
• Section 22: Legacy QoS to Modular QoS CLI Conversion
  • Advanced Catalyst QoS
  • Priority-Queuing to MQC Conversions
  • Custom-Queuing to MQC Conversions
  • NBAR URL Matching & Filtering
  • Frame-Relay Traffic-Shaping
• Section 23: Quality of Service: Core
  • Weighted Fair Queuing
  • Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing
  • Random Early Detection
  • Generic Traffic Shaping
  • Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
  • Traffic Classification
  • IP Precedence
  • Policing
  • Committed Access Rate
  • Modular QOS CLI
  • DSCP
• Section 24: Multicast: Enterprise
  • PIM Auto Rendezvous Point (Auto-RP)
  • Catalyst IGMP Filtering
  • Multicast Scoping
  • Bootstrap Router (BSR)
  • Multicast Rate Limiting
  • MSDP
• Section 25: Multicast: Core
  • IP PIM Dense Mode
  • IP PIM Sparse Mode
  • IP PIM Sparse-dense Mode
  • PIM Version 1 & 2
  • IGMP Version 1 & 2
  • Manual Rendezvous Point
  • Automatic Rendezvous Point
  • MSDP
  • IGMP Join-group
• Section 26: Multi-Protocol Label Switching
  • Tag Switching Interface Configuration
  • Tag Switching IP / MPLS IP
  • Label Distribution Protocol Configuration
  • Frame Mode MPLS
  • Tag Switching Neighbors
  • Tag Ranges
  • Virtual Routing and Forwarding
  • Route Distinguishers
  • EBGP for MPLS
  • RIP Version 2 for MPLS
  • OSPF for MPLS
• Section 27: Multiprotocol BGP: Core
  • Multiprotocol BGP
  • Multiprotocol BGP for IPv4 Multicast
  • Multiprotocol BGP for VPNv4
• Section 28: MPLS VPN
  • OSPF
  • MPLS (LDP)
  • MP-BGP for MPLS-VPN
  • VRF Configuration
  • eBGP connectivity under VRFs
  • ASN Override
• Section 29: Inter-AS MPLS VPN
  • OSPF
  • IS-IS
  • MPLS (LDP)
  • MP-iBGP
  • MP-eBGP
  • VRF Configuration
  • VRF IGPs (RIP, EIGRP)
  • Exchange IPv4 Routes and MPLS Labels
• Section 30: Multicast VPN
  • PIM Sparse Mode
  • PIM Sparse-Dense Mode
  • PIM SSM
  • MDT
  • RP for VPN
  • IGMP Join Group
• Section 31: Layer 2 VPN
  • FRoL2TPv3
  • EoL2TPv3
  • Q-in-Q
  • Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
  • PPPoE
• Section 32: RIPng and EIGRPv6
  • IPv6 Addressing
  • EIGRP v6
  • RIPng
  • IPv6 Redistribution
• Section 33: OSPFv3 and MBGP
  • IPv6 Addressing
  • OSPFv3
  • Multiprotocol BGP
• Section 34: Cisco IOS Firewalls
  • Dynamic Access Lists
  • Reflexive Access Lists
  • Time-Based Access Lists
  • Network Address Translation / Stateful NAT
  • TCP Intercept
  • Context Based Access Control (CBAC)
  • Stateful IOS Firewall
  • Layer 2 and Layer 3 Zone-Based Firewall
  • IOS Firewall Performance Tuning
  • Auth Proxy
  • PAM
  • Advanced IOS Firewall Features
  • RFC Filtering and Spoofing Filtering

Topology / Hardware

All IPexpert clients have the ability to rent online vRack access through Proctor Labs, our sister company. Proctor Labs is an online CCIE rack solution provider that rents remote access to CCIE students. These Routing & Switching vRacks are second-to-none in the CCIE online rack rental industry.  The Proctor Labs vRacks are equipped with the latest Cisco hardware, IOS and applications available.  These vRacks truly provide an online experience like no other online rack vendor can offer. 

All of the Proctor Labs CCIE R&S vRacks are structured around IPexpert's standard CCIE R&S topology consisting of 13 routers (including Frame Relay switch, Terminal Server and three Backbone routers) and four Catalyst switches.  We also guarantee that our IOS is the latest and greatest, that the hardware is the most up-to-date on the market (matching what is actually on the real lab) and that the interface will provide clients with a user-friendly experience. 

Not only is the hardware and interface the best around, it is also supported 24x7 by an elite group of technical support representatives that are just a phone call or instant-message away.

Do not use older, outdated or slower racks! Use the best solution available today - the Proctor Labs vRack solution! 

Remote Control Tools in the User Interface:

• All routers can be controlled via the web with our GUI remote control system.
• When clients begin their session, all devices WILL BE set to the default (blank) setting.
• Each device can be power cycled by our RPC (Remote Power Control) system with a click of a button.
• Single Page Login (no need to telnet to rack's terminal server). Login and begin using the online hardware instantly.
• Session Management (view scheduled time and reschedule without human intervention).

Hardware Details:

• All of our routers are 2800 and 3800 series ISR routers, and VERY fast!
• There is a 3825 router with Etherswitch Module in each rack.
• All routers run 12.4T
• Each rack is equipped with four Catalyst 3560 switches running 12.2(25)SEE2 IPServices or AdvIPServices code.
• Each rack has Frame Relay, Fast Ethernet, Serial, and Gig Ethernet technologies.
• Each rack has three Backbone routers used to inject routes or other technologies; these are reachable and can be accessed by our clients.

Standard CCIE R&S Topology

Dynamips Support

The CCIE lab exam is a "hands on" certification exam. Therefore, it is a MUST to gain hands-on experience with Cisco devices at an extremely sophisticated level. Clients must be very intimate with the Cisco IOS, which takes the average CCIE candidate anywhere from 300 to 1000 hours of hands-on preparation to master.

If clients are without  their own lab hardware, IPexpert has a very sophisticated online vRack offering (through our sister company, Proctor Labs) that is very affordable and convenient for all clients. However, if online vRack rental is not within the training budget, there is another solution that clients may consider, called "Dynamips".

Dynamips is a popular emulator for Cisco routers that can load and run IOS images on "virtual routers" running on a computer. Dynamips does have limitations, particularly with respect to switching support (it can only simulate switch modules within a virtual router) and the amount of memory and CPU resources that are available on a computer. Also, in order for Dynamips to work properly, clients will need a valid license to the correct Cisco IOS (which is something that IPexpert does not distribute or provide in any way, shape or form).

At IPexpert, we understand that there are many costs associated with studying for the CCIE Lab exam and, to assist clients with maximizing a budget, we provide Dynamips configuration files for each lab scenarios FREE OF CHARGE. These files are made available to clients automatically when they purchase our self-study materials. Some competitors charge for "different" (Dynamips) training materials, however we have decided to design IPexpert self-study products so Dynamips is an option without the increased cost of purchasing a second version of the book.

Our Recommendation

 In addition to Dynamips, we strongly recommend and encourage that clients plan on dedicating at least half of their hands-on preparation time to the use of real equipment. Dynamips does have some limitations, (specifically pertaining to the 3560 switching elements) therefore, it is unrealistic to assume that Dynamips could be used for 100% of CCIE preparation.