● Cisco IOS XR Software Overview
◦ Platform Overview
◦ Cisco IOS XR Architecture
◦ Cisco IOS XR High Availability
● Cisco IOS XR Software Configuration Basics
◦ Cisco IOS XR Configuration Operations
◦ Cisco IOS XR Initial Configuration
◦ Reviewing the Configuration
● Cisco IOS XR Software Operations
◦ Examining Configuration Operations
◦ Examining Configuration Rollback and Recovery
● Configuration File System Overview
◦ Examining the Binary Configuration
◦ Examining the Commit Database
◦ Examining the ASCII Configuration
◦ Examining the Nonvolatile Generation (NVgen) Files
◦ Verifying Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) Integrity
● Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
◦ Software Package Basics
◦ Installing Software Packages

● AAA Security
◦ AAA Fundamentals
◦ Task-Based Security
◦ Configuring a User Security Policy
◦ Authentication with Remote Servers
◦ Configuring Router to AAA Server Communication
◦ Configuring Authentication
◦ Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) Command Authorization
◦ Configuring Accounting
◦ AAA Troubleshooting

● Network Time Synchronization
◦ Network Time Protocol
● SNMP, Telemetry, and Logging
◦ Examining SNMP
◦ Examining Telemetry
◦ Examining Logging
● Basic Routing Configuration
◦ Configuring Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
◦ Configuring Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
◦ Configuring Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
◦ Configuring Routing Protocol for LLN (RPL) Policy
● Packet Filtering
◦ Access Control Lists
◦ Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
◦ Management Plane Protection
● Monitoring Process
◦ Examining Processes and Threads
◦ Process Crashes
◦ Commands for Debugging Processes
◦ Restartability of Processes
◦ Process Monitoring
◦ Identifying Memory Problems
◦ Memory Depletion
● Core Dumps
◦ Core Dump Fundamentals
◦ Using Core Dump Information

● Initial Configuration of a Cisco IOS XR Router
● Configuration Commit and Rollback
● Configuration File System
● Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
● Configuring User Security Policies
● Cisco IOS XR AAA Configuration
● Configuring NTP
● Configuring SNMP, Telemetry, and Logging
● Configuring Routing Protocols
● Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 Filtering
● Configuring uRPF and MPP
● Using Monitoring and Restarting Processes