Session 1 Additional references

• IPv6:
• IPv6 from introduction to intermediate
• SP IPv6 depolyment
• IPv6 routing protocols update
• IPv6 addressing architecture
• ICMPv6 for IPv6
• Link-local addresses in IPv6
• IOS-XR:
• Getting started with IOS-XR and ASR 9000
• Introduction to the Next Generation IOS-XR architecture
• IOS-XR overview and hands-on configuration
• IOS-XR and ASR 9000 - understanding forwarding, troubleshooting the system and XR operations
• IOS-XR platforms: system and hardware architectures
• Understanding and using RPL route policy language
• IOS-XE:
• IOS XE (routers) troubleshooting
• Advanced troubleshooting of the ASR1k and ISR (IOS-XE) made easy
• Books:
• IOS XR Fundamentals (Cisco Press)
• IPv6 Fundamentals (Cisco Press)
• IPv6 Essentials: Integrating IPv6 into Your IPv4 Network (3rd edition)
• IPv6 Address Planning: Designing an Address Plan for the Future
• VIRL:
• Cisco VIRL YouTube channel
• Cisco VIRL static port allocation for consoles
• VIRL Book

Session 2 Additional references

• OSPF:
• Troubleshooting OSPF
• OSPF Routing Command Reference, Release 6.1.x
• OSPFv3 OSPF Routing Command Reference, Release 6.1.x
• OSPF Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• IS-IS:
• IS-IS Deployment in Modern Networks
• IS-IS Troubleshooting
• ISIS Routing Command Reference, Release 6.1.x
• ISIS Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Fast Convergence:
• IP LFA (Loop-Free-Alternate): Architecture and Troubleshooting
• Books:
• IP Routing on Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR (Cisco Press)
• The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol (Springer)
• OSPF and IS-IS: Choosing an IGP for Large-Scale Networks: Choosing an IGP for Large-Scale Networks

Session 3 Additional references

• Main BGP RFCs
• RFC 4271: Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
• RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
• RFC 5065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
• RFC 7705: Autonomous System Migration Mechanisms and Their Effects on the BGP AS_PATH Attribute
• BGP 4B ASNs
• RFC 4893: BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space
• RFC 5396: Textual Representation of Autonomous System (AS) Numbers
• Understanding 4B ASNs
• Network Considerations for a Network Which Does Not Support 4-octet AS
• How IOS and IOS-XE parses 4B filter lists
• Cisco IP Routing troubleshooting page
• BGP references
• BGP IOS/IOS-XE order of filtering operations
• Filtering the BGP prefixes using extended ACLs
• Sample IOS-XR BGP policy with RPL
• BGP next-hop processing
• BGP material
• Philip Smith Internet Development Site
• Troubleshooting BGP
• Cisco Press: Troubleshooting BGP book
• IP Routing on Cisco IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR
• BGP RIB failure scenarios for IOS and IOS XE

Session 4 Additional references

• BGP features - multipath
• IOS-XR and multipath function
• BGP features - damping
• RFC 2439: Route Flap Damping
• RFC 7196: Making Route Flap Damping Usable
• BGP features - ORR
• BGP ORR @ NANOG #70
• Software/hardware architecture
• ASR 9000 load balancing architecture and characteristics
• Understanding UCMP (Unequal Cost MultiPath, DMZ bandwidth and recursive routes
• MPLS standards
• RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
• RFC 5036: LDP Specification
• RFC 5443: LDP IGP synchronization
• Books
• MPLS Fundamentals
• MPLS Enabled Applications - Emerging Developments and New Technologies
• MPLS in the SDN era
• Other references
• Philip Smith Internet Development Site

Session 5 Additional references

• L3VPN:
• The CCIE Candidate's Introduction to MPLS L3VPN Networks
• Troubleshooting End-to-End MPLS
• MPLS Layer 3 VPN Configuration Guide, IOS XR Release 6.1.x
• IPv6 VPN Provider Edge Transport over MPLS, IOS XR Release 6.1.x
• Layer 3 VPNs Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Unified MPLS Functionality, Features, and Configuration Example
• Fast Convergence:
• BGP PIC Edge for IP and MPLS-VPN, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Installing Primary Backup Path for Prefix Independent Convergence, IOS XR Release 6.1.x
• Books:
• MPLS Configuration on Cisco IOS Software
• Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs
• MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II

Session 6 Additional references

• L2VPN:
• Deploying Carrier Ethernet Services on ASR 9000
• Deploying MPLS-based Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
• L2VPN and Ethernet Services Configuration Guide, IOS XR Release 6.1.x
• MPLS Layer 2 VPNs Configuration Guide, Access Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• MPLS Layer 2 VPNs Configuration Guide, Core&Edge Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Books:
• L2VPN Architectures

Session 7 Additional references

• MPLS TE RFCs
• Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS
• RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
• Inter-Domain MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering - RSVP-TE extensions
• An Analysis of Scaling Issues in MPLS-TE Core Networks
• MPLS TE
• MPLS VPN over TE tunnels
• LSP Hierarchy with GMPLS TE
• MPLS TE QoS
• Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
• Russian Dolls Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
• Maximum Allocation Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
• MPLS QoS
• MPLS QoS tunneling modes
• MPLS TE on IOS-XR
• PBTS on IOS-XR
• MPLS TE and QoS books
• Traffic Engineering with MPLS
• QoS in MPLS Networks
• MPLS in SDN era
• Segment Routing
• Segment Routing tutorial from NANOG #70
• Segment Routing Part I
• Segment Routing site
• Other references
• MPLS in SDN era site

Session 8 Additional references

• IPv6 Transition RFCs
• IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 infrastructures (6rd)
• Dual-Stack Lite Broadband Deployments Following IPv4 Exhaustion
• Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
• Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
• Deterministic Address Mapping to Reduce Logging in Carrier-Grade NAT Deployments
• NAT
• NAT64 Technology: Connecting IPv6 and IPv4 Networks
• NAT Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Cisco IOS XR Carrier Grade NAT Configuration Guide
• Tunneling
• Implementing Tunneling for IPv6
• LISP Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Other references
• IPv4 Exhaustion: NAT and Transition to IPv6 for Service Providers
• Addressing Networking challenges with latest Innovations in IPv6
• NAT Order of Operation

Session 9 Additional references

• Multicast Config Guides
• Multicast Quick-Start Configuration Guide
• Multicast Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
• Implementing Layer-3 Multicast Routing on Cisco IOS XR Software
• Configure mVPN Profiles Within Cisco IOS-XR
• Configure mVPN Profiles Within Cisco IOS
• Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Multicast Configuration Guide, Release 5.3.x
• Other references
• Introduction to IP Multicast
• mVPN Deployment Models
• Multicast Troubleshooting

Session 10 Additional references

• Hardening and BP guides:
• IOS-XR hardening
• IOS-XR LPTS
• RFC 7454: BGP Operations and Security
• BRKRST-2045 - BGP operational security best practices
• Service Provider Security Best Practices - Cisco.com
• BGP security:
• BGP Blackholing in IOS-XR
• BGP Blackholing using FlowSpec in IOS-XR
• QPPB in IOS-XR
• QPPB in IOS and IOS-XE
• SP Security - Leveraging BGP FlowSpec to protect your infrastructure
• RIPE NCC: BGP RPKI validator
• NetFlow:
• NetFlow on IOS-XR architecture
• Automation and programmability:
• EEM in IOS-XR
• Advanced Cisco IOS Device Instrumentation
• Programming and Automating Cisco Networks
• Books:
• MPLS VPN Security
• Network Security with NetFlow and IPFIX
• Router Security Strategies
• Mailing lists:
• if you're active in operational security and someone will recomend You

Additional references

• Programming and DevOps:
• Evolving Technologies by Nick Russo
• Python 101 for Network Engineers
• SDN, Controllers and interfaces
• Carrier-Grade NFV Infrastructure
• Cisco Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure