Detailed Course Outline
DAY 1
1 Introduction
2 WAN Automation
- Describe WAN domains
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder capabilities
- Describe Paragon Planner capabilities
3 Paragon Pathfinder Architecture
- Explain the Path Computation Element Protocol
- Explain LSP Signaling and the CSPF Algorithm
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder Architecture
- Configure the Network
Lab 1: Initial Setup
4 Network Topology Discovery
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder network topology discovery
- Configure Paragon Pathfinder network topology discovery
Lab 2: Topology Discovery
DAY 2
5 Using Paragon Automation
- Examine the Paragon Automation interface
- Examine the Paragon Planner Desktop interface
Lab 3: Using Paragon Automation
6 Basic LSP Management
- Describe and configure various Label Switched Path (LSP) types
- Configure PCC-controlled LSPs
- Configure PCE-controlled LSPs
- Configure PCE-initiated LSPs
- Verify LSP status
Lab 4: Basic LSP Management
7 Advanced LSP Management
- Describe and configure primary, secondary, and standby LSPs
- Describe and configure symmetric pairs of LSPs
- Describe and configure diversity groups
- Describe and configure MPLS LSP templates
- Describe and configure LSP calendaring
- Describe and configure inter-AS LSPs
- Describe and provision multiple LSPs
- Describe and configure LSP optimization
Lab 5: Advanced LSP management
DAY 3
8 Segment Routing
- Describe Segment Routing
- Configure Segment Routing
- Manage Segment Routed LSPs using
- Paragon Pathfinder
Lab 6: Segment Routing
9 P2MP LSPs
- Describe Point-to-Multipoint use cases
- P2MP management with Paragon Pathfinder
- P2MP monitoring with Paragon Pathfinder
- Describe Point to-Multipoint LSPs
10 Maintenance Scheduling and NETCONF LSP Provisioning
- Configure scheduled maintenance events
- Provision NETCONF LSPs
Lab 7: Maintenance Scheduling and NETCONF Provisioning
11 Paragon Insights
- Describe Paragon Insights capabilities
- Enable Paragon Insights monitoring
- Integrate Paragon Insights and Paragon Pathfinder
Lab 8: Paragon Insights
DAY 4
12 Troubleshooting Paragon Insights
- Identify Paragon Automation services and processes
- Log analysis with Paragon Insights
- Debugging with Paragon Insights
Lab 9: Troubleshooting Paragon Insights
13 Paragon Planner
- Explain the features and capabilities of Paragon Planner
- Launch Paragon Planner Desktop and explore the interface
Lab 10: Paragon Planner
14 Network Modeling
- Load Paragon Planner network models
- Explain network model data storage
- Modify network models
Lab 11: Network Modeling
15 Network Demands and Failure Simulation
- Improve network traffic demand forwarding
- Simulate network failure
Lab 12: Network Demands and Failure Simulation