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The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.


Routing Principles
List the key information routers need to route data
Describe classful and classless routing protocols
Compare distance vector and link-state protocol operation
Describe the use of the fields in a routing table
Analyze a routing table, and test connectivity using accepted troubleshooting techniques


Extending IP Addresses
Use VLSMs to extend the use of the IP addresses
Explain if route summarization is or is not possible for a specific addressing scheme
Configure an IP helper address to manage broadcasts


Configuring OSFP in a Single Area
Explain why OSPF is better than RIP in a large internetwork
Explain how OSPF discovers, chooses, and maintains routes
Explain how OSPF operates in an single area NBMA environment
Configure OSPF for proper operation in a single area
Verify OSPF operation in a single area


Interconnecting Multiple OSFP Areas
Describe the issues with interconnecting multiple areas and how OSPF addresses each
Explain the differences between the possible types of areas, routers, and LSAs
Explain how OSPF supports the use of VLSM
Explain how OSPF supports the use of route summarization in multiple areas
Explain how OSPF operates in a multiple area NBMA environment
Configure a multiarea OSPF network
Verify OSPF operation in multiple areas


Configuring IS-IS Protocol
Explain basic OSI terminology and network layer protocols used in OSI
Identify similarities and differences between Integrated IS-IS and OSPF
Identify characteristics of an effective addressing plan for IS-IS deployment
Explain how networks and interfaces are represented in IS-IS
List the types of IS-IS routers and their role in IS-IS area design
Describe the hierarchical structure of IS-IS areas
Describe the concept of establishing adjacencies
Describe the concepts of routing traffic transport and database synchronization
Explain the basic principles of area routing
Explain IS-IS NBMA (non-broadcast multi-access network) modeling solutions in switched WAN networks
Given an addressing scheme and other laboratory parameters, identify the steps to configure Cisco routers for proper Integrated IS-IS operation
Identify verification methods which ensure proper operation of Integrated IS-IS on Cisco routers


Configuring EIGRP
Describe Enhanced IGRP features and operation
Explain how EIGRP discovers, chooses, and maintains routes
Explain how EIGRP supports the use of VLSM
Explain how EIGRP operates in an NBMA environment
Explain how EIGRP supports the use of route summarization
Describe how EIGRP supports large networks
Configure Enhanced IGRP
Verify Enhanced IGRP operation


Configuring Basic Border Gateway Protocol
Describe BGP features and operation
Describe how to connect to another autonomous system using an alternative to BGP, static routes
Explain how BGP policy-based routing functions within an autonomous system
Explain how BGP peering functions
Describe BGP communities and peer groups
Describe and configure external and internal BGP
Describe BGP synchronization
Configure a BGP environment and verify proper operation


Implementing BGP in Scalable Networks
Describe the scalability problems associated with internal BGP
Explain and configure BGP route reflectors
Describe and configure policy control in BGP using prefix lists
Describe methods to connect to multiple ISPs using BGP
Explain the use of redistribution between BGP and Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs)
Configure a multihomed BGP environment and verify proper operation


Optimizing Routing Update Operation
Select and configure the different ways to control routing update traffic
Configure route redistribution in a network that does not have redundant paths between dissimilar routing processes
Configure route redistribution in a network that has redundant paths between dissimilar routing processes
Resolve path selection problems that result in a redistributed network
Verify route redistribution
Configure policy-based routing using route maps
Configure redistribution between different routing domains and verify proper operation
Configure policy-based routing and verify proper operation

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