Chapter 8. The MPLS Conceptual Model

Exam Topic List

This chapter covers the following topics that you need to master for the CCNP ISCW exam:

Traditionally, wide-area network (WAN) connectivity is deployed as a Layer 2 topology configured to transport Layer 3 traffic. The WAN has always been portrayed as a cloud in pictures, diagrams, and documentation. This is due to the fact that a third-party provider owns the network and decides how it is to be constructed, its traffic policies, and the manner in which it is managed.

Although most of this still rings true, today’s WAN ...

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