R E L E A S E N O T I C E  SERVICE ROUTING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Alcatel-Lucent Scalable IP Networks Course and Exam
Release 2.0
Part Numbers: Course (3FL30632AAAAZZZZA) and Exam (4A0-100)
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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................ 3
2 Summary of Course Changes............................................................ 3
3 Summary of Exam Changes ............................................................. 4
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1 Introduction
This Release Notice identifies the changes made with the release 2.0 version of the Alcatel-
Lucent Scalable IP Networks course and exam from the Alcatel-Lucent Service Routing
Certification Program.
Course duration  4 days (unchanged)
Exam duration  75 minutes (unchanged)
Exam questions  60 (unchanged)
2 Summary of Course Changes
" Expanded the background on Internet development and structure including Internet
Service Providers, POPs and IXPs.
" Added description of a packet transiting an Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router
" Provided more detail about Layer 2 technologies such as PPP, ATM and SONET/SDH
" Revised the Spanning Tree Protocol section to focus on a basic overview of the purpose
and operation of STP
" Reduced emphasis on VLSM and CIDR, instead focus on effective application of IP
subnetting
" Provided more examples of IP address planning using several different case studies
" Removed RIPv2 material and lab exercise
" OSPF section reduced to describe a single area network and router LSAs only
" BGP section reduced to cover only the basic purpose and operation of BGP with a simple
configuration exercise
" More description of the purpose and operation of an MPLS network, including MPLS
label operations
" Augmented the description of VPN service implementation including key components
and introduction of the service label
" Added simple VPLS configuration exercise and analysis of the VPLS service components
Visit http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/src/courses for the updated course outline.
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3 Summary of Exam Changes
The Alcatel-Lucent Scalable IP Networks exam (4A0-100) has changed to reflect questions
based on the revised course content as outlined in Section 2.
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