350-501 (SPCOR) Cisco CCNP Service Provider Exam TestUpdated

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New technologies means new opportunities to improve our networks. When you earn your CCNP Service Provider certification, you prove you have the ability to configure, verify, and optimize next-gen service provider IP network infrastructure.

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR 350-501) exam is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNP Service Provider, CCIE Service Provider, and Cisco Certified Specialist - Service Provider Core certifications. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing core service provider network technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance.

Cisco  350-501 (SPCOR) Exam Topics :

1.0 Architecture

• Describe service provider architectures

• Describe Cisco network software architecture

• Describe service provider virtualization

• Describe QoS architecture

• Configure and verify control plan security

• Describe management plane security

• Implement data plane security

2.0 Networking

• Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6)

• Implement OSPF (v2 and v3)

• Describe BGP path selection algorithm

• Implement BGP (v4 and v6 for IBGP and EBGP)

• Implement routing policy language and route maps (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)

• Troubleshoot routing protocols

• Describe IPv6 transition (NAT44, NAT64, 6RD, MAP, and DS Lite)

• Implement high availability

3.0 MPLS and Segment Routing

• Implement MPLS

• Describe traffic engineering

• Describe segment routing

4.0 Services

• Describe VPN services

• Configure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet

• Configure L3VPN

• Implement multicast services

• Implement QoS services

5.0 Automation and Assurance

• Describe the programmable APIs used to include Cisco devices in network automation

• Interpret an external script to configure a Cisco device using a REST API

• Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)

• Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG

• Compare agent vs. agentless configuration management tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack

• Describe data analytics and model-driven telemetry in service provider

• Configure dial-in/out telemetry streams using gRPC

• Configure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX

• Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF

• Configure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)