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Cisco IOS XR Broadband Network Gateway Implementation and Verification (IOSXR304)

The Cisco IOS XR Broadband Network Gateway Implementation and Verification (IOSXR304) training teaches you how to successfully deploy, configure, operate, maintain, and support a Cisco IOS® XR Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution. This training will show you how to implement and verify BNG on a Cisco IOS XR device to manage subscriber access. You will also learn how to implement and verify subscriber management functions, including authentication, authorization, and accounting of subscriber sessions, address assignment, security, policy management, and Quality of Service (QoS).

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    How you'll benefit

    This training will help you:

    • Describe the architecture and function of the Cisco IOS XR Broadband Network Gateway 
    • Configure and verify Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) in a Broadband Network Gateway deployment
    • Define policies to control subscriber traffic
    • Establish and verify subscriber sessions
    • Prioritize subscriber traffic using QoS
    • Implement subscriber features
    • Deploy redundancy for subscriber sessions
    • Gain knowledge for protocols, solutions, and designs to acquire professional-level and expert-level networking roles

    Who should enroll

    • System installers  
    • System integrators  
    • System administrators 
    • Network administrators 
    • Solution designers

    Technology areas

    • Networking

    Objectives

    After taking this training, you should be able to:

    • Describe the architecture and function of the Cisco IOS XR Broadband Network Gateway
    • Configure and verify AAA in a Broadband Network Gateway deployment
    • Define policies to control subscriber traffic
    • Establish and verify subscriber sessions
    • Prioritize subscriber traffic using QoS
    • Implement subscriber features
    • Deploy redundancy for subscriber sessions

    Prerequisites

    There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

    • Experience working with Cisco IOS XR Software-based platforms
    • Basic understanding of routing protocols and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
    • Basic understanding of AAA functions

      Outline

      • Broadband Network Gateway Overview
      • Configuring and Verifying Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
      • Activating Control Policy
      • Establishing Subscriber Sessions
      • Deploying Quality of Service
      • Configuring Subscriber Features
      • BNG Geo Redundancy and XML Support

      Lab outline

      • Configuring and Verifying Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
      • Activating Control Policy
      • Establishing Subscriber Sessions
      • Configuring QoS
      • Configuring Subscriber Features
      • Configuring BNG Geo Redundancy