Advanced Services’ Cisco IOS XR Software Fundamentals
for Network Operations (XRFUND) v1

Length: 4-day Workshop

This course introduces the audience to the Cisco IOS® XR Software router operating system and some of its fundamental features. The course modules will introduce the available hardware configurations, operation, routing protocol implementation, security, and other topics. Hands-on lab exercises will enhance and reinforce student understanding. This course does not target a specific hardware platform.

You will learn to:

• Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  
• Articulate an overview of Cisco IOS XR Software supported platforms and hardware
  
• Describe Cisco IOS XR Software features, such as high availability and scalability
  
• Complete a variety of Cisco IOS XR Software IPv4 operations
  
• Demonstrate and examine basic Cisco IOS XR Software security
  
• Describe In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU) and minimum disruption restart (MDR)
  
• Describe a basic distributed route processor (DRP) distributed application implementation
• Discuss, implement, and operate a secure domain router (SDR)
• Implement a Cisco IOS XR Software installation
  
• Describe and implement a basic routing protocol implementation for Intermediate System-
  to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), and Border Gateway
  Protocol (BGP)
  
• Complete an initial Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)Label Distribution Protocol ( LDP)
  and traffic engineering configuration
  
• Implement a simple multicast configuration

Recommended for:

This course is for technical professionals who are:

• Network operations center personnel handling general operations and support of routers
  running the Cisco IOS XR Software operating system
• Customers who have purchased, but not received, Cisco IOS XR Software supported
  routers
  
• Cisco partners selling and supporting Cisco IOS XR Software routers
  
• Cisco engineers supporting sales of Cisco IOS XR Software routers
  
• New and current Cisco engineers writing and testing Cisco IOS XR Software code

Prerequisites:

The following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (Part 1) or equivalent knowledge
  
• Router operating system experience with basic knowledge of problem determination
  techniques
  
• Experience troubleshooting Cisco® routers in a large network environment
  
• Routing protocol configuration experience with IS-IS, OSPF, and BGP
  
• Basic knowledge of MPLS and multicast configurations
  
• Basic knowledge of Cisco router security implementation

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