The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR 350-501) exam is a 120-minute test linked to the CCNP and CCIE Service Provider certifications. This exam evaluates a candidate's proficiency in implementing key service provider network technologies, covering areas such as core architecture, network services, automation, quality of service, security, and network assurance. The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies course is designed to equip candidates with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in this exam.
1.Architecture
- Describe service provider architectures
- Describe Cisco network software architecture
- Describe service provider virtualization
- Describe QoS architecture
- Congure and verify control plan security
- Describe management plane security
- Implement data plane security
2.Networking
- Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6)
- Implement OSPF (v2 and v3)
- Describe BGP path selection algorithm.
- Implement BGP (v4 and v6 for IBGP and EBGP)
- Implement routing policy language and route maps (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
- Troubleshoot routing protocols
- Describe IPv6 transition (NAT44, NAT64, CGNAT, MAP-T and DS Lite)
- Implement high availability
3. MPLS and Segment Routing
- Implement MPLS
- Describe tra c engineering
- Describe segment routing
4.Services
- Describe VPN services
- Congure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet
- Congure L3VPN
- Implement multicast services
- Implement QoS services
5.Automation and Assurance
- Describe the programmable APIs used to include Cisco devices in network automation
- Interpret an external script to congure a Cisco device using a REST API
- Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)
- Describe the high-level principles and bene ts of a data modeling language, such as YANG
- Describe conguration management tools, such as Ansible and Terraform
- Describe Secure ZTP
- Congure dial-in/out, TCP, TLS and mTLS certi cates using gRPC and gNMI
- Congure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX
- Congure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF
- Congure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)