1. BGP Overview

• Introducing BGP
• Understanding BGP Path Attributes
• Establishing BGP Sessions
• Processing BGP Routes
• Configuring Basic BGP
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP

1. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

• Working with a Transit AS
• Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
• Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

1. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

• Using Multihomed BGP Networks
• Employing AS Path Filters
• Filtering with Prefix Lists
• Using Outbound Route Filtering
• Applying Route Maps as BGP Filtering
• Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

1. Route Selection Using Attributes

• Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
• Setting BGP Local Preference
• Using AS Path Prepending
• Understanding the BGP MED
• Addressing BGP Communities

1. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

• Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
• Connecting a Customer to a Single Service Provider
• Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers

1. Scaling Service Provider Networks

• Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Introducing and Designing Route Reflectors
• Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors

1. Optimizing BGP Scalability

• Improving BGP Convergence
• Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
• Implementing BGP Peer Groups
• Using BGP Route Dampening

Labs

1. Configure a Basic BGP Network
2. Configure a BGP Transit AS
3. Configure BGP Using BGP Filtering
4. Configure BGP Route Selection Using BGP Attributes
5. Configure BGP Route Reflectors