The Cisco ASR 5000 Comprehensive Four-Day Technical Training, GGSN version 12.2 instructor-led course offered by Learning Services provides detailed instruction on how to manage, monitor, configure, and administer the Cisco® ASR 5000 to function as a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) in a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network environment. This course also provides supervised, hands-on training for performing basic diagnostics and troubleshooting of GGSN network functions.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand and use the StarOS command line interface (CLI)
• Understand contexts and context selection processes
• Perform initial system configuration, including administrative users, hardware redundancy, and remote management functions
• Perform basic data service configuration for both basic IP and PPP PDP context support
• Understand and implement enhanced functionality such as:
  • QoS traffic policing
  • OSPF v2 routing
  • Lawful Intercept
• Apply software upgrades, session and feature use licenses, and configuration files
• Configure bulk statistics and systems/event logging
• Monitor subscriber connections
• Monitor protocols used in subscriber connections
• View component LEDs using the CLI or Element Manager system
• Issue CLI “show” commands to:
  • Verify configuration
  • Monitor system hardware and software status
• Use the Element Manager system for SNMP alarm management
• Configure the system to support subscriber connections
• Troubleshoot errors

• Module 1: SGSN and GGSN Services Overview
• Module 2: ASR 5000 Hardware Overview
• Module 3: ASR 5000 Software Overview
• Module 4: Initial System Configuration
• Module 5: Understanding the StarOS Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Module 6: Configuring System and Management Parameters
• Module 7: Configuration Terminology
• Module 8: Configuring GGSN Services for IP and PDP Context Processing
• Module 9: Configuring GTPP Billing
• Module 10: Understanding and Performing Software Upgrades
• Module 11: Configuring Threshold Crossing Alarms
• Module 12: Configuring Bulk Statistics
• Module 13: Understanding Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping
• Module 14: Routing Protocols on the ASR 5000
• Module 15: Hardware Troubleshooting Commands
• Module 16: Software Troubleshooting Commands
• Module 17: ASR 5000 System Logging
• Module 18: ASR 5000 Alarms and Traps

Lab Outline

• Lab 1: Command Line Interface Familiarization
• Lab 2: Configuring GGSN Services
• Lab 3: Software Upgrade
• Lab 4: Configuring Threshold Crossing Alarms
• Lab 5: ASR 5000 Troubleshooting Commands
• Lab 6: GGSN Debugging Exercise

This course is designed for participants from any of the following disciplines who are responsible for the planning, configuration, and management of the ASR 5000:

• Network engineering
• Network consulting
• Field engineering
• Technical support personnel
• Channel partners, resellers

Following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Participants must have a thorough understanding of IP routing, networking protocols, and a basic working knowledge of applicable GPRS and/or UMTS network operation.

Participant Material Requirements

Participants are required to bring the following materials to this training course:

• Laptop or notebook computer with:
  • Terminal emulation program (such as PuTTY, available at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) capable of Telnet and SSH
  • IEEE 802.11 (A,B,G,N) Wi-Fi interface.

Participants are responsible for all travel and expenses.