Cisco Introduction to Cisco IOS XR (IOSXR100)

4 Days

24 CPD hours

The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Network operations center (NOC) operators
System administrators
System engineers
Technical support personnel
Channel partners, resellers

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
Cisco IOS XR general architecture
Introduction to the Cisco IOS XR command line interface (CLI)
Basic system configuration
Tracing the switch fabric data path
Monitoring the Cisco IOS XR system
Working within the Cisco IOS XR configuration file system
Interpreting Cisco IOS XR error messages and log file messages
Creating system core dumps

This 4-day course, Introduction to Cisco IOS© XR (IOSXR100), is an instructor led, lab-based, hands-on course, where you learn the fundamental concepts on which the operating system is based and Cisco IOS XR basic operations for configuration, software, file system configuration, and monitoring. Basic troubleshooting for how to troubleshoot problems relating to process failures, frozen processes, and high CPU and memory consumption is also covered. This course introduces you to the features and functions of the Cisco IOS XR Software operating system. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab exercises, you gain an understanding of all major aspects of the operating system, including the architecture, high-availability components, scalability features, configuration basics, switch fabric data path, basic software operations, configuration file overview, monitoring the Cisco IOS XR operating system, and working with error messages and core dumps.

Module 1: Cisco IOS XR Software Overview

• Cisco IOS XR Architecture
• High Availability
• Scalability

Module 2: Cisco IOS XR Configuration Basics

• Configuration Operations
• Initial Configuration
• Reviewing the Configuration
• Route Processor Redundancy

Module 3: Switch Fabric Architecture

• Cisco IOS XR Architecture, High Availability, and Scalability Review
• Verifying the Fabric Data Path

Module 4: Cisco IOS XR Software Operations

• Examining the Operation Basics
• Examining Configuration Operations
• Examining Configuration Rollback and Recovery
• Examining Process Management

Module 5: Configuration File System Overview

• Configuration File System

Module 6: Monitoring the Cisco IOS XR Operating System

• Cisco IOS XR Architecture
• System Monitoring Commands

Module 7: Error Messages and Core Dumps

• System Error Messages
• Logging System Messages
• Cisco IOS XR Core Dumps