MPLS Applications for NREN (Face-to-Face)

25 Sept 2023, 08:00 → 29 Sept 2023, 17:00 UTC

Lilongwe, Malawi (Face-to-Face)

In normal IP forwarding, routers analyze the destination IP of every packet as it travels from the source to the destination. This type of forwarding is difficult to control and is inefficient as a hop-by-hop layer 3 lookup is required for each packet. MPLS was developed to address some limitations of normal IP forwarding. It provides solutions such as Traffic Engineering, Layer 2 VPNs and Layer 3 VPNs which are widely used in today’s Service Provider networks.

This face-to-face technical workshop is open to NREN engineers who are now or soon will be building and operating an MPLS enabled national REN.

Monday 25 September

08:00 → 08:30 Welcome and Introduction

08:30 → 09:30 Presentation: Introduction to MPLS

09:30 → 10:30 Lab 1: Configuring MPLS LDP

10:30 → 11:00 Health Break

11:00 → 13:00 Lab 1: Configuring MPLS LDP

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lab 2: BGP Free Core

15:00 → 15:30 Health Break

15:30 → 17:00 Lab 2: BGP Free Core

Tuesday 26 September

08:00 → 09:00 Presentation: Layer 2 VPNs

09:00 → 10:30 Lab 3: L2VPN Martini

10:30 → 11:00 Health Break

11:00 → 13:00 Lab 4: Layer 2 Local Switching

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Lab 5: L2VPN Kompella

15:30 → 16:00 Health Break

16:00 → 17:00 Lab 5: L2VPN Kompella

Wednesday 27 September

08:00 → 09:00 Presentation: Layer 3 VPNs

09:00 → 10:30 Lab 6: Configuring L3VPNs

10:30 → 11:00 Health Break

11:00 → 13:00 Lab 6: Configuring L3VPNs

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Case Studies: NREN L2VPN

15:30 → 16:00 Health Break

16:00 → 17:00 Case Studies: NREN L3VPN

Thursday 28 September

08:00 → 09:00 Presentation: MPLS Traffic Engineering

09:00 → 10:30 Lab 7: Configuring RSVP TE

10:30 → 11:00 Health Break

11:00 → 13:00 Lab 7: Configuring RSVP TE

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lab 8: LSP Protection

15:00 → 15:30 Health Break

15:30 → 17:00 Lab 8: LSP Protection

Friday 29 September

08:00 → 10:30 Case Studies: LSP Protection

10:30 → 11:00 Health Break

11:00 → 13:00 Case Studies: Carrier Support Carrier (CSC)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Workshop Survey: Closing remarks