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Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST) 1.0

Overview
Skills Taught
Audience
 Prerequisites
Outline
Duration:30 hours
Skill Level:Intermediate
Certifications:N/A
Delivery Type:Expert Encore

Description
Implementing Cisco IP Multicast provides students with in-depth knowledge of the IP multicast building blocks that make this 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 is delivered with minimal impact on bandwidth and processor load. This IP service ensures simultaneous information delivery only to the devices that require the information.

Skills Taught
Upon completion of the MCAST course, the student will be able to:
  • Describe the need for IP multicast technology
  • Describe the characteristics of various multicast protocols
  • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot PIM Dense Mode
  • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot PIM Sparse Mode
  • Identify where to use reliable IP multicasting options
  • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM)
  • Implement, monitor, and troubleshoot IP multicast at the Data Link Layer, in both Ethernet and NBMA environments
Audience
System Engineers, Account Managers, Channel Partner/Reseller, & Customers

Prerequisites
Pre-requisites include successful completion of the following courses and/or equivalent experience:
  • Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
  • Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)
Outline
Module 1: Implementing Cisco Multicast
Module 2: IP Multicast Technology
  • Why Multicast?
  • Types of Multicast Applications
  • IP Multicast Service Model
  • IP Multicast Basic Addressing
  • Learning about Multicast Sessions
Module 3: IP Multicast Distribution Trees and Control Protocols
  • Multicast Forwarding
  • Multicast Protocol Basics
  • Types of Multicast Protocols
  • IGMP
Module 4: IP Multicasting at Layer 2
  • Layer 3 Multicast Addressing
  • L2 Multicast Frame Switching CGMP
Module 5: PIM Dense Mode Protocol
  • PIM Dense Mode Overview
  • PIM Neighbor Discovery
  • PIM DM Configuration Commands
  • Configuring PIM-DM and Verifying IGMP
  • Verifying PIM-DM Operations
  • PIM-DM Pruning, Grafting, and Timers
  • Verifying PIM-DM Assert
Module 6: PIM Sparse Mode Protocol
  • PIM Sparse Mode Overview
  • PIM Neighbor Discovery
  • Configuring PIM-SM
Module 7: PIM SM Implementation and Variants of PIM SM
  • PIM SM Configuration Commands
  • Bidirectional PIM
  • PIM-SM SPT Switchover
  • Verifying PIM-SM Tree Formation
  • Verifying PIM-SM SPT Formation
  • PIM-SM Manual RP Configuration
Module 8: Reliable IP Multicasting
  • Reliable IP Multicast Fundamentals
  • PGM Configuration Commands
Module 9: IP Multicasting in Switched LAN Environment
  • Configuring CGMP
  • Configuring IGMP Snooping
  • Configuring RGMP
  • Configuring and Verifying CGMP
  • Configuring and Verifying IGMP Snooping
Module 10: IP Multicast Implementation in NBMA Networks
  • Multicast over NBMA
  • PIM NBMA Mode Configuration
Module 11: Simple Intradomain Deployment of IP Multicast
  • IP Infrastructure and Multicasting
  • Multicast Sources and Receivers
  • Constraining Multicast Flooding at Layer 2
  • IP Multicast Issues of NBMA networks
Included Labs
  • Configuring PIM-DM and Verifying IGMP
  • Verifying PIM-DM Operations
  • PIM-DM Pruning, Grafting, and Timers
  • Verifying PIM-DM Assert
  • Configuring PIM-SM
  • PIM-SM SPT Switchover
  • Verifying PIM-SM Tree Formation
  • Verifying PIM-SM SPT Formation
  • PIM-SM Manual RP Configuration
  • Configuring and Verifying CGMP
  • Configuring and Verifying IGMP Snooping