Implementing Cisco Multicast v1.0

NIL Data Communications Ltd.
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST) provides students with in-depth knowledge of the IP multicast building blocks that make this new IP service deployable and attractive from a business perspective. Bandwidth and processing power are wasted when data is replicated and sent from a source to potential receivers multiple times. With IP Multicast and a sophisticated group of protocols, the information can be delivered with minimal impact on bandwidth and processor load ensuring simultaneous delivery to only the people and machines that need it.


Objectives
After finishing this module, the student will be able to:
Determine the need / suitability for IP multicasting services and their implementation
List various types of multicast applications and determine their requirements
Identify the IP multicast conceptual model (source, network, receiver segments)
Explain the prerequisites for IP multicast model implementation (addressing, session announcement, session quality / reliability)
List various types of multicast distribution trees (dense, sparse) and associated protocols to build/maintain them
Identify the issues of multicast technologies on data-link layer with special attention to a switched LAN environment
Determine the principles and operational details of PIM Dense mode
Assess the suitability and identify the scalability limitations of PIM Dense mode
Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers for PIM Dense mode
Explain the principles and operation of PIM Sparse mode
Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers for PIM Sparse mode
Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers and LAN switches to optimize multicast traffic flows in switched LAN environment
Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers for optimal multicast operation in NBMA networks
Determine the inherent lack of reliability in IP multicast Identify technologies that introduce reliability into IP multicast
Configure and troubleshoot PGM (Pragmatic General Multicast)
Assess the needs of a customer with respect to planned multicast applications and based on available technical solutions design and implement IP multicast for simple networking environments


Importance
The Basic IP Multicast is a fundamental course for IP multicasting services and represents a prerequisite for implementation of IP Multicast in complex network environments.

Target Audience
The course is targeted at pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and/or troubleshooting basic IP multicast enabled networks (within a single domain).

Prerequisite Knowledge
To fully benefit from the MCAST course, students should possess skills and knowledge as gained by taking the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) and Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) courses, either as a self-paced or instructor-led training. Students gain more practical experience from the course if they already have work experience and configuration skills for Cisco routers and LAN switches. Previous exposure to internal routing protocols and LAN/WAN technologies allows students to fully benefit from the topics discussed in the design parts of the course.

Course Outline
IP Multicasting Concepts

The student will identify the IP multicasting concepts, its benefits and associated caveats. The student will determine types of multicast applications
and gain an insight into IP multicast conceptual model.


IP Multicast Distribution Trees and Control Protocols

The student will determine the multicast enabled network functions on the delivery path from multicast sources to receivers. An overview of multicast
distribution tree building protocols will be given.


IP Multicasting at Layer 2

The student will to learn about the importance of proper approach to switched LAN design when IP multicasting is being deployed. The technologies for
constraining multicast streams will be explained.


PIM Dense Mode Protocol

The detailed explanation of the Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode (PIM-DM) protocol will be given. The PIM DM configuration and troubleshooting
commands will allow students to deploy multicast in a simple environment and
get the foundation knowledge for complex deployments.


PIM Sparse Mode

The students will learn the concepts and details of PIM Sparse mode and identify the benefits of this protocol to better position it in their network
designs. The shared tree concepts along with the function of a Randevous-point
will be presented in various scenarios.


PIM SM Implementation and Variants of PIM SM

The PIM Sparse mode implementation details along with troubleshooting and debugging commands will be presented first. In addition, the concepts of PIM
Sparse mode variants or derivatives including Bidirectional PIM and Source
Specific Multicast will be discussed in details.


IP Multicasting in Switched LAN Environment

The student will learn how to configure Cisco routers and LAN switches to support technologies that constrain multicast streams to the segments that need
the traffic. The CGMP, IGMP Snooping, GMRP and RGMP will be discussed.


IP Multicast Implementation in NBMA Networks

The student will identify problems of default treatment of multicast frames in NBMA networks. Implementation details together with Cisco IOS commands will
allow student to optimize IP multicast in Frame relay and ATM networks.


Reliable IP Multicasting

Some of the approaches to reliability in IP multicasting will be discussed - those, where applications (e.g. MFTP and SRM) are involved only and those,
where network assists in reliability as well (e.g. PGM). The details of PGM in
Cisco IOS will allow students to configure reliable IP multicast.


Simple Intradomain Deployment of IP Multicast

The basics of IP multicast technology implementation in relatively simple networks will be discussed and various deployment scenarios presented along
with the benefits and drawbacks.


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Phone:+386 1 4746 500

School Address:

NIL Data Communications Ltd.
Tivolska cesta 48
SI - 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

phone: +386 1 4746 500
fax: +386 1 4746 501
http://www.nil.si

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