Cisco 8000 Series Routers Essentials (SP8KE) v1.0

– • Describe Queueing (VOQ) QoS architecture and how to implement modular VOQ, including congestion avoidance, priority flow control, and congestion management.
– • Describe the Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) Operating System.
– • Describe Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) XR Software architecture.
– • Explain how to install Cisco IOS XR software packages.
– • Describe how to provision network devices by using Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).
– • Implement and configure Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and describe MPLS label propagation in service provider networks.
– • Describe the main factors leading to the development and deployment of segment routing, the various types of segments used in segment routing, the Segment Routing Global Block (SRGB), and configure and verify IS-IS and OSPF segment routing operation.
– • Describe how to implement and verify Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternate (TI-LFA) in a segment routing environment, the benefits of Segment Routing for Traffic Engineering (SR-TE), and briefly describe the tools required for enabling it.
– • Describe the fundamentals of Ethernet VPN (EVPN), how to configure and verify EVPN Native, and how to configure and verify EVPN Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS).
– • Describe the operation and data flow of the Layer 3 VPN control plane, different Layer 3 MPLS VPN models, and how to configure and verify a basic Layer 3 VPN using Cisco IOS XR 64-bit software.
– • Implement and configure advanced SR-TE features.
– • Implement and configure Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6).
– • Implement and configure model-driven telemetry.
– • Describe programmable features of Cisco IOS XR software.
– • Describe the application hosting architecture and how to deploy a third-party application on a Cisco IOS XR router.