- Analyze strengths and weaknesses of TDM and Layer 2 Wan
Services
- Understand the primary business and technical issues when
evaluating IP/MPLS VPN offerings
- Describe the IP addressing, routing, load balancing,
convergence, and services capabilities of the IP VPN
- Develop enterprise quality of service (Qos) policies and
implementation guidelines
- Achieve scalable support for multicast services
- Learn the benefits and drawbacks of various security and
encryption mechanisms
- Ensure proper use of services and plan for future growth
with monitoring and reporting services
- Provide remote access, Internet access, and extranet
connectivity to the VPN supported intranet
- Provide a clear and concise set of steps to plan and execute
a network migration from existing ATM/Frame Relay/Leased
line networks to an IP VPN
Part I Business Analysis and Requirements of IP/MPLS VPN
Chapter 1 Assessing enterprise legacy WANs and IP/VPN
migration
Chapter 2 Assessing service provider WAN offerings
Chapter 3 Analyzing service requirements
Part II Deployment Guidelines
Chapter 4 IP routing with IP/MPLS VPNs
Chapter 5 Implementing quality of service
Chapter 6 Multicast in an MPLS VPN
Chapter 7 Enterprise security in an MPLS VPN environment
Chapter 8 MPLS VPN network management
Chapter 9 Off-Net access to the VPN
Chapter 10 Migration strategies
Part III Appendix
Appendix A Questions to Ask Your Provider Regarding Layer
3 IP/MPLS VPN Capability