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requirements for CCIP-MPLS?

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by rohit_2712

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I am a CCNA and have also done CCNP- routing and switching. now i am interested in cisco's CCIP-MPLS, and wanted to know that router and switch series are needed during the training i hav currently got routers of 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, 4000 series and catalyst 1924 and 2950 switches. anybody please suggest me, if these devices are enough to perform the trainig on MPLS or not. please help.

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by mshavrov

Looking at the list of equipment you have, the only platform which officially supports MPLS could be 3600 series router. MPLS is available on 2691, 2800, 3700, 3800, 7200/7300 series routers as well as on Catalyst 6000 MSFCs. I know there were a couple unofficial IOS releases for 2500 routers a couple years ago, which were supporting MPLS, but I was unable to make them working.

For a 3640/3660 series routers you should get 12.3(14)T6 "enterprise" or "telco" IOS. Other than that - nothing you can do. But honestly, the 642-611 MPLS exam has more theory than practice, so, you can just study the stuff. You may need an extensive MPLS hands-on expereince if you would go for CCIE R&S or Service Provider Lab.

Good luck with the study,

Mike
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