Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST)

• Network professionals including System Engineers (SEs)
• Partners
• Customers

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Work experience and configuration skills for Cisco routers and LAN switches
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification
• Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE)

The Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST) course is a five-day instructor-led course covering the fundamentals of IP multicasting, which includes multicast applications, sources, receivers, group management, and IP multicast routing protocols (such as Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM) used within a single administrative domain (intradomain). The issues of switched LAN environments and reliable IP multicasting are covered as well. The course provides technical solutions for simple deployments of IP multicast within a provider or customer network. The curriculum provides the configuration and troubleshooting guidelines for implementation of IP multicast on Cisco routers. The labs provide students with the hands-on experience needed to successfully deploy IP multicast.

• Course Introduction
• Module 1: IP Multicast Concepts and Technologies
• Module 2: Multicast on the LAN
• Module 3: PIM Sparse Mode
• Module 4: Rendezvous Point Engineering
• Module 5: PIM Sparse Mode Protocol Extensions
• Module 6: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP
• Module 7: Interdomain IP Multicast
• Module 8: IP Multicast Security
• Module 9: Multicast Optimization and High Availability Features
• Module 10: Applications of Multicast
• Labs