640-878: Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2)

This exam tests the knowledge and skills that are necessary to implement and support a service provider network.

640-878: Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2)

Cisco 640-878 Exam Overview:

Exam Name	Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2)
Exam Number	640-878 SPNGN2
Exam Number	$300 USD
Duration	90 minutes
Number of Questions	65 - 75 Question
Passing Score	Variable (750-850 / 1000 Approx.)
Recommended Training	Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 2 (SPNGN2)
Sample Questions	Cisco 640-878 Sample Questions
Practice Exam	Cisco Certified Network Professional Service Provider Practice Test

Cisco 640-878 Exam Topics:

Section	Weight	Objectives
IP NGN Architecture	21%	1. Identify the functional components required to meet a given network specification 2. Troubleshoot common network problems at layers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 using a layered model approach 3. Describe the different types of service providers 4. Describe service provider principal and reference NGN architecture 5. Describe the IP address and AS number allocation process via IANA/RIRs
Switched Network Technologies II	23%	1. Configure enhanced switching technologies (including RSTP, MST, and PVSTP) on Cisco IOS switches 2. Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and the need for routing between them 3. Configure VLANs on Cisco IOS switches 4. Configure trunking on Cisco IOS switches 5. Configure InterVLAN routing 6. Configure REP on Cisco IOS switches 7. Configure QinQ on Cisco IOS Switches
Routed Network Technologies II	24%	1. Configure basic single area OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 routing on Cisco Routers 2. Configure basic single area IS-IS routing on Cisco routers 3. Describe the differences between static versus dynamic routing, as well as distance vector versus link-state routing protocol operations 4. Configure basic BGP routing on Cisco routers 5. Describe the address family concept on Cisco routers 6. Describe IPv6 transitioning technologies 7. Configure first hop router redundancy protocol (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP on Cisco routers 8. Implement ACL on Cisco routers 9. Describe Carrier Grade NAT and NAT64 10. Describe MPLS functions in the SP IP NGN 11. Configure LDP on Cisco routers
Cisco Operating Systems and Platforms II	32%	1. Manage the IOS XR configurations and software packages 2. Describe IOS XE software packagings 3. Describe Cisco SP router platforms, their operating system and placement in the SP IP NGN