R E L E A S E N O T I C E – SERVICE ROUTING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Alcatel-Lucent Virtual Private LAN Services Course and Exam

Release 2.0

Part Numbers: Course (3FL30636AAAAZZZZA) and Exam (4A0-105)

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Release Notice

Part Numbers: Course (3FL30636AAAAZZZZA) and Exam (4A0-105)

Sept 1, 2009 | 3

1 Introduction

This Release Notice identifies the changes made with the release 2.0 version of the Alcatel-
Lucent VPLS course and exam from the Alcatel-Lucent Service Routing Certification
Program.

Course duration – 5 days (unchanged)

Exam duration – 90 minutes (unchanged)

Exam questions – 60 (unchanged)

2 Summary of Course Changes

• Added basic review of Ethernet and MPLS
• Added description and illustrations of common VPLS topologies such as ring, partial

mesh and metro to metro

•  Added details of MTU and its impact on VPLS components such as SAP/SDP
•  Reduced coverage of loop control and Rapid Spanning Tree
•  More material on redundancy including multi-chassis LAG and active/standby

pseudowires

• Increased discussion of scalability issues and added coverage of Provider Backbone

Bridging (PBB)

• Added coverage of OAM features such as 802.3ah and 802.1ag

Visit

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/src/courses

for the updated course outline.

3 Summary of Exam Changes

The Alcatel-Lucent VPLS exam (4A0-105) has changed to reflect questions based on the
revised course content as outlined in section 2.