Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks (SPNGN2),
Part 2 (640-878)
Exam Description: The Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks (SPNGN2), Part 2
(640-875) exam is associated with the CCNA SP certification. This exam tests a candidates knowledge
and skills necessary to implement and support a service provider network. Candidates can prepare for
this 90-minute, 6575 questions exam by taking the Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation
Networks (SPNGN2), Part 2 course.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However,
other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the
contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without
notice.
21%
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
23%
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
24%
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
IP NGN Architecture
Identify the functional components required to meet a given network specification
Troubleshoot common network problems at layers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 using a layered
model approach
Describe the different types of service providers
Describe service provider principal and reference NGN architecture
Describe the IP address and AS number allocation process via IANA/RIRs
Switched Network Technologies II
Configure enhanced switching technologies (including RSTP, MST, and PVSTP) on Cisco
IOS switches
Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and the need for routing
between them
Configure VLANs on Cisco IOS switches
Configure trunking on Cisco IOS switches
Configure InterVLAN routing
Configure REP on Cisco IOS switches
Configure QinQ on Cisco IOS switches
Routed Network Technologies II
Configure basic single area OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 routing on Cisco routers
Configure basic single area IS-IS routing on Cisco routers
Describe the differences between static versus dynamic routing, as well as distance
vector versus link-state routing protocol operations
Configure basic BGP routing on Cisco routers
Describe the address family concept on Cisco routers
Describe IPv6 transitioning technologies
Configure first hop router redundancy protocol (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP) on Cisco routers
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3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
Implement ACL on Cisco routers
Describe Carrier Grade NAT and NAT64
Describe MPLS functions in the SP IP NGN
Configure LDP on Cisco routers
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
Cisco Operating Systems and Platforms II
Manage the IOS XR configurations and software packages
Describe IOS XE software packagings
Describe Cisco SP router platforms, their operating system and placement in the SP IP
NGN
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