LARGE SCALE NETWORK

1.0 Transport Technologies 

1.1 Carrier Ethernet 

1.2 Ring-based (such as SONET/SDH, OTU) 

1.3 Frame relay (migration only) 

1.4 Wireless (including satellite links, microwave links) 

1.5 Optical 

2.0 Layer 2 Control Plane 

2.1 Loop detection protocols and loop-free topology mechanisms 

2.1.a REP 

2.2 Transport mechanisms and their interaction with routing protocols over different link types 

3.0 Layer 3 Control Plane 

3.1 Factors affecting convergence 

3.1.a Transport 

3.2 Generic routing and addressing concepts 

3.2.a Large-scale NAT 

3.3 Multicast routing concepts 

3.3.a Multicast delivery/implementation models 

3.3.b mVPN 

4.0 Network Virtualization 

4.1 Multiprotocol Label Switching 

4.1.a Segment Routing 

4.1.b LDP and SR Interworking

4.1.c MPLS Traffic Engineering 

4.2 QoS techniques and strategies 

4.2.a End-user requirements 

4.2.b DiffServ 

4.2.c IntServ 

4.3 EVPN 

4.3.a Management plane 

4.3.b Control plane 

4.3.c Data plane (such as VXLAN, MPLS, PBB) 

4.3.d Segmentation 

4.3.e Policy 

4.3.e.i Security 

4.3.e.ii Topologies 

4.3.e.iii Multiple site strategy 

5.0 Security 

5.1 Infrastructure security 

5.1.a Data plane protection techniques 

5.1.a.i uRPF 

5.1.a.ii RTBH 

6.0 Automation 

6.1 Lifecycle management/closed-loop automation