MPLS Segment Routing
3h 11mAdvanced2025-02-10
Authors

Arash Deljoo
Course details
This comprehensive course is tailored for network engineers and IT professionals aiming to master segment routing (SR) over MPLS. Led by expert instructor Arash Deljoo, the course delves into the core principles and practical implementation techniques of segment routing—an innovative networking paradigm that simplifies operations, enhances scalability, and optimizes traffic flow.
Discover how segment routing leverages MPLS to enable source-based routing, streamline network management, and improve overall efficiency. With a balanced approach of theoretical insights and hands-on labs, this course helps you build a solid understanding of segment routing concepts and equips you with the skills needed for successful implementation in real-world environments.
Whether you're looking to enhance your expertise or advance your career, this course provides the essential knowledge to excel in modern networking.
Learning objectives
Understand the fundamental concepts of segment routing and its benefits over traditional routing approaches.
Learn how segment routing operates over the MPLS data plane to enable efficient, source-based routing.
Explore the architecture and components of segment routing, including segment identifiers (SIDs) and SRGB.
Gain practical skills to implement segment routing in real-world network environments.
Configure and verify segment routing protocols using hands-on lab exercises.
Analyze traffic flow optimization techniques with segment routing for improved network performance.
Troubleshoot common issues in segment routing deployments and ensure seamless network operations.
Understand the interworking of segment routing with traditional MPLS protocols like LDP.
Discover how segment routing leverages MPLS to enable source-based routing, streamline network management, and improve overall efficiency. With a balanced approach of theoretical insights and hands-on labs, this course helps you build a solid understanding of segment routing concepts and equips you with the skills needed for successful implementation in real-world environments.
Whether you're looking to enhance your expertise or advance your career, this course provides the essential knowledge to excel in modern networking.
Learning objectives
Understand the fundamental concepts of segment routing and its benefits over traditional routing approaches.
Learn how segment routing operates over the MPLS data plane to enable efficient, source-based routing.
Explore the architecture and components of segment routing, including segment identifiers (SIDs) and SRGB.
Gain practical skills to implement segment routing in real-world network environments.
Configure and verify segment routing protocols using hands-on lab exercises.
Analyze traffic flow optimization techniques with segment routing for improved network performance.
Troubleshoot common issues in segment routing deployments and ensure seamless network operations.
Understand the interworking of segment routing with traditional MPLS protocols like LDP.
Skills covered
Network AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Supercharge your MPLS segment routing
1. Section 1 - Why Segment Routing (SR)
- 02 - IP forwarding
- 03 - MPLS forwarding
- 04 - Segment routing (SR)
2. Segment Routing (SR) Foundation
- 05 - Understanding source routing and segment routing
- 06 - Global and local segments, SRGB, and segment advertisements
- 07 - Understanding IGP prefix segment
- 08 - Understanding IGP adjacency segment
- 09 - SRGB advertisement and index advertisement
- 10 - Label switching database (LSD)
3. Segment Routing (SR) Configuration
- 11 - IS-IS segment routing configuration
- 12 - IS-IS segment routing verification
- 13 - OSPF segment routing configuration
- 14 - OSPF segment routing verification
4. Segment Routing (SR) and LDP
- 15 - Segment routing co-existence with LDP
- 16 - Simple migration from LDP to Segment routing
- 17 - LDP to Segment routing interworking
- 18 - Segment routing to LDP interworking
- 19 - Segment routing over LDP interworking
- 20 - LDP over segment routing interworking
5. Topology-Independent Loop-Free Alternate (TI-LFA)
- 21 - Classic loop free alternate (LFA)
- 22 - TI-LFA for link protection
- 23 - TI-LFA for node protection
- 24 - TI-LFA with SRLG
- 25 - TI-LFA preference
- 26 - TI-LFA for LDP traffic
- 27 - TI-LFA wrap-up
6. Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
- 28 - Segment routing traffic engineering (SR-TE) overview
- 29 - SR-TE policy with an explicit path
- 30 - Using adjacency SID in SR-TE with explicit method
- 31 - Understanding SR-TE policy binding SID
- 32 - Segment routing traffic engineering (SR-TE) dynamic path
- 33 - SR-TE dynamic path based on metric-type hop count
- 34 - SR-TE dynamic path based on metric-type IGP or TE
- 35 - Constraints in dynamic segment routing traffic engineering
7. SR-TE Traffic Steering
- 36 - SR-TE automatic traffic steering with BGP
- 37 - SR-TE on demand nexthop (ODN)
- 38 - Multi-domain ODN with path computation element (PCE)
Conclusion
- 39 - Next steps