7+ Hours of Video Instruction



Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Routing Protocol LiveLesson provides networking engineers with a full and complete knowledge of the operation and deployment of IS-IS in a variety of network environments.



In this video training, networking expert Russ White provides you with a detailed introduction to the IS-IS routing protocol. IS-IS is a widely deployed protocol used to provide routing information for IPv4 and IPv6 networks as well as MPLS label switching and many advanced functions. This video provides you with everything you need to know to get up and running with IS-IS, from the underlying history to configuration and troubleshooting a wide variety of features.



Skill Level



All Levels






What You Will Learn



How IS-IS finds the shortest path


OSI address structure and packet formats


Database synchronization


Configuring IS-IS routing


Optimizing IS-IS operation


Connecting flooding domains


Deploying IS-IS metrics


Security vulnerabilities and solutions


Multitopology IS-IS


Fast convergence


Redistribution





Who Should Take This Course

Any networking engineer who configures, troubleshoots, or otherwise has to manage the IS-IS protocol will be interested in this video. This includes engineers in both the enterprise and service provider markets. In addition, because IS-IS is included in expert-level certifications like CCIE and CCDE, candidates pursuing those certifications will also be interested in this title.



Course Requirements



Basic understanding knowledge of TCP/IP


General background in IP routing





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Table of Contents



Module 1: Introducing IS-IS

Lesson 1: History and Context

Module 2: Finding the Shortest Path

Lesson 2: Finding the Shortest Path

Lesson 3: Equal Cost Multipath

Lesson 4: SPF in Pseudocode

Module 3: Addressing & Discovery

Lesson 5: The Structure of an OSI Address

Lesson 6: OSI Addresses in Real Life

Lesson 7: Packet Formats

Module 4: Database Synchronization

Lesson 8: Neighbor Discovery

Lesson 9: Flooding

Lesson 10: Multiaccess Links

Lesson 11: Full Mesh

Module 5: Routing IP

Lesson 12: Routing IP

Lesson 13: Reviewing the Shortest Path

Lesson 14: Building the Routing Table

Lesson 15: Basic IS-IS in the Lab

Module 6: Optimization & Flooding Domains

Lesson 16: Optimizing IS-IS Operation

Lesson 17: Introducing Flooding Domains

Lesson 18: Flooding Domain Operation

Module 7: Connecting Flooding Domains

Lesson 19: Connecting Level 1 to Level 2

Lesson 20: Connecting Level 2 to Level 1

Lesson 21: Flooding Domains Lab

Lesson 22: Attached Bit and Route Leaking Lab

Lesson 23: Flooding Domain Deployment Considerations

Module 8: Metrics

Lesson 24: Metrics and Preferences

Lesson 25: Deploying IS-IS Metrics

Lesson 26: Metrics Deployment Considerations

Module 9: Review

Lesson 27: Review of IS-IS Basic Operation

Module 10: Security

Lesson 28: Security Vulnerabilities

Lesson 29: Security Posture and Solutions

Module 11: Multitopology

Lesson 30: Multitopology IS-IS

Lesson 31: Multitopology in the Lab

Module 12: Fast Convergence

Lesson 32: Optimizing IS-IS Convergence

Lesson 33: Loop-Free Alternates

Lesson 34: Ordered FIB

Lesson 35: Remote Loop-Free Alternate

Lesson 36: IS-IS Interaction with BGP

Lesson 37: Fast Convergence Considerations

Module 13: Redistribution

Lesson 38: Controlling Distribution

Module 14: Useful show Commands

Lesson 39: Useful show Commands



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Large Scale Network Design LiveLessons takes you through the concepts behind stable, scalable, elegant network design, including modularity, resilience, layering, and security principles. This livelesson will focus on traditional distributed link state, distance vector, and path vector routing protocols, as well as the basic principles of centralized control planes (such as OpenFlow). A special point will be made of sorting out the relationship between policy and reachability, and where they can best be managed in a large scale network.

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