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Course Content- 2 Day Course

(Prerequisite: Advanced knowledge of networking)

  • Content Networking Overview
  • Web Content Demands
  • Web Peformance Solutions
  • Content Networks Defined
  • Content Networking Value Proposition
  • Content Networking Architecture
  • CDN Components
  • Key Service Elements
  • Content Switching
  • Content Engine
  • Content Routing
  • Content Distribution and Management
  • CDN Enterprise
  • TCP/IP Overview
  • Importance and Usage of TCP/IP
  • Operation of TCP/IP
  • Components of an IP Datagram
  • Components of the TCP segment header
  • TCP three-way handshake
  • TCP Sliding Window Process
  • TCP Disconnect Process
  • HTTP Overview
  • Characteristics of HTTP
  • HTTP Client/Server Model
  • Characteristics of TCP Connections in HTTP
  • Different HTTP Methods
  • Different HTTP Return Codes
  • Purpose of Cookies in HTTP
  • DNS Overview
  • DNS Usage in Internetworks
  • DNS Terms
  • DNS Name Space
  • DNS Domains and Subdomains
  • DNS Zones
  • Flow of DNS Name Resolution
  • DNS Records
  • Multimedia Formats and Architecture
  • Multimedia Transmission Protocol Types
  • MPEG Technology and Usage
  • H.261, RTP, and RSVP
  • Content Caching
  • Content Caching Defined
  • Content Caching Benefits
  • Content Caching Components
  • Content Caching Operation
  • Content Caching for Enterprises
  • Content Caching for Service Providers
  • Web Cache Methods
  • Proxy Caching
  • Transparent Caching
  • Reverse Proxy Caching Local to Origin
  • Reverse Proxy Caching Remote to Origin
  • Content Engine Configuration
  • CE Overview
  • Initializing a Content Engine
  • Methods for Configuring a CE
  • Configuring Transparent Caching
  • Content Routing
  • Content Routing Defined
  • Features and Benefits of Boomerang
  • Metrics Used by Boomerang
  • Boomerang Deployment
  • ECDN
  • Problems with Centralized Web Server Models
  • Benefits of Local Caching
  • ECDN Defined
  • Benefits of ECDN Solution
  • ECDN Applications
  • Products in the ECDN Solution
  • Cisco ECDN
  • CDM Overview
  • Features of the Cisco CDM
  • Basic ECDN Setup
  • ECDN Content Distribution and Delivery
  • How the CDM Processes User Requests
  • Features of SODA
  • Content Distribution Using SODA Mesh
  • Content Distribution with NAT or Firewall in SODA Hierarchy
  • Purpose and Operation of Channel Distribution Routing Hierarchy
  • Coverage Zones
  • CDM URL Redirection
  • ECDN Device Activation
  • Purpose of ECDN Installation Wizard
  • Steps to Set Up the ECDN
  • Steps to Activate the CDM in a DHCP environment
  • Steps to Activate the CDM in a non-DHCP environment
  • Steps to Activate a CE or CR
  • CDM Device Configuration
  • The CDM Console
  • Device Editor Identification Window
  • TCP/IP Settings in the Device Editor
  • QoS in the Device Editor
  • DNS in the Device Editor
  • Time Zone in the Device Editor
  • PC Folders in the Device Editor
  • System in the Device Editor
  • CDM Channels
  • Add, Edit and Remove Channels
  • Subscribe a CE to a Channel
  • Use Media Importer
  • Verify Status of Media Imports
  • Use Media Editor to Edit Imported Media
  • Previewer Function
  • ECDN Media Streaming
  • Types of Streaming Media
  • VOD Operation
  • Live Stream Splitting
  • IP Multicast Streaming Service

Hands-on Labs

  • Initializing a Content Engine
  • Content Caching
  • Initializing a Content Engine
  • ECDN

 

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