The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR 350-501) exam is a core requirement for the CCNP Service Provider certification and also serves as the qualifying exam for the CCIE Service Provider Infrastructure certification. It validates your ability to configure, troubleshoot, and optimize service provider networks using advanced Cisco technologies.

This course is designed to help you master the SPCOR exam objectives while developing practical skills in designing and operating service provider infrastructures. You will gain the expertise to handle next-generation IP-based service provider networks, focusing on scalability, reliability, and automation.

Key domains covered include:

• Core Architecture – service provider network design and high availability models.

• Services – Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, multicast, and MPLS.

• Networking – IGP, BGP, IS-IS, and advanced routing concepts.

• Automation – programmability, APIs, and network automation tools.

• Quality of Services (QoS) – traffic classification, marking, shaping, and policing.

• Security – secure network design and implementing service provider protections.

• Network Assurance – monitoring, performance, and reliability testing.

Core Architecture – service provider network design and high availability models.

Services – Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, multicast, and MPLS.

Networking – IGP, BGP, IS-IS, and advanced routing concepts.

Automation – programmability, APIs, and network automation tools.

Quality of Services (QoS) – traffic classification, marking, shaping, and policing.

Security – secure network design and implementing service provider protections.

Network Assurance – monitoring, performance, and reliability testing.

This course is ideal for network engineers, service provider professionals, and IT specialists aiming to advance their skills in service provider technologies while preparing for the SPCOR 350-501 certification exam.

By the end of this course, you will be equipped to design, implement, secure, and automate scalable service provider networks while gaining the technical expertise required for both CCNP and CCIE Service Provider certifications.