Segment Routing Tutorial

Dates: 28 - 29th January 2021
Location: TWNOG
Venue: Online

Synopsis

• The emergence of SDN is having a disruptive influence on the world of data networking and is leading to a fundamental re-think of how networks are architected.
• This 2 x half-day tutorial will provide an in-depth understanding of Segment Routing, one of the key elements/technologies in the SDN framework, with hands- on labs.

Target Audience

• Anyone currently operating an IP and/or MPLS network who is interesting in understanding the impact of SDN with a view to implementing elements of it in the near future.

Pre-requisites

• This workshop is not an introduction.
• It is assumed that the workshop participants have working knowledge of IP routing, MPLS protocols and traffic-engineering, along with know how to use a router command line interface.
• The lab exercises use IOS-XR (XRv) CLI

We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

• Routing Basics: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/routing-basics/
• Introduction to Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) - https://academy.apnic.net/en/webinar-courses/introduction-to-mpls-and-mpls-layer3-vpn/
• Virtual lab for MPLS LDP and MPLS Layer3 VPN (Cisco IOS) - https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs/?labId=83872

Workshop topics

• Control and data plane separation
• Architectural frameworks
• Segment routing architecture
• IGP Segments
• BGP Peering segments

Other requirements

• Hardware: It is highly recommended that participants bring their own laptop computers for lab work.
• Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client
• Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.oregon-ix.net. For example from the CLI type: ssh rviews@route-views.oregon-ix.net

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Instructors: Tashi Phuntsto (APNIC), Muhammad Yasir Shamim (APNIC)