MCAST - Implementing Cisco Multicast v2.0

Implementing Cisco Multicast is a five-day instructor-led course designed to provide technical solutions for simple deployments of IP multicast within a provider or customer network. This course covers the fundamentals of IP multicasting including multicast applications, sources, receivers, group management, and IP multicast routing protocols (such as Protocol Independent Multicast [PIM]) used within a single administrative domain (intradomain). The issues of switched LAN environments and reliable IP multicasting have also been incorporated.

The labs incorporated in this course provide delegates with hands-on experience of the configuration and troubleshooting guidelines for implementing IP multicast on Cisco routers.

IP Multicast Concepts and Technologies

• Introducing IP Multicast
• Understanding the Multicast Service Model
• Defining Multicast Distribution Trees and Forwarding
• Reviewing Multicast Protocols

Multicast on the LAN

• Mapping Layer 3 to Layer 2
• Working with Cisco Group Management Protocol
• Using IGMP Snooping

PIM Sparse Mode

• Introducing Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode
• Understanding PIM-SM Protocol Mechanics
• Using PIM-SM in a Sample Situation
• Configuring and Monitoring PIM-SM

Rendezvous Point Engineering

• Identifying RP Distribution Solutions
• Implementing Auto-RP
• Using PIMv2 BSR
• Using Anycast RP and MSDP

PIM Sparse Mode Protocol Extensions

• Introducing Source Specific Multicast
• Configuring and Monitoring SSM
• Reviewing Bidirectional PIM
• Configuring and Monitoring Bidirectional PIM

Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP

• Introducing MP-BGP
• Configuring and Monitoring MP-BGP

Interdomain IP Multicast

• Examining Dynamic Interdomain IP Multicast
• Explaining Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
• Using MSDP SA Caching
• Configuring and Monitoring MSDP

IP Multicast Security

• Introducing IP Multicast and Security
• Securing a Multicast Network

Multicast Optimization and High-Availability Features

• Using Multicast Optimization and High-Availability Features

Applications of Multicast

• Exploring IP Multicast and Video Applications
• Using IP Multicast in Mission-Critical Environments
• Exploring How Enterprise IT Uses IP Multicasting Globally

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• ICND1 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1
• ICND2 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 2

Or

• CCNABC - Cisco CCNA Certification Fast Track Programme

Plus

• ROUTE - Implementing Cisco IP Routing

Recommended prerequisites:

This course is intended for pre and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and/or troubleshooting basic IP multicast enabled networks within a single domain.