CCIE Service Provider Practice Lab Walkthrough | Build the Full Lab in EVE-NG

Описание: Build and run your own CCIE Service Provider lab — without needing 300GB of RAM.

In this video, I walk through Cisco’s public CCIE Service Provider practice lab topology and show you how to rebuild the entire thing using more efficient XRv (classic) images. You’ll get the full 29-device topology, working configs, and Ansible automation files — no NDA content, just raw, usable lab material.

🔧 What’s covered in this walkthrough:

Overview of the official Cisco CCIE SP practice lab (topology, protocols, features)

XRv9000 vs XRv Classic: what to downgrade to reduce resource usage

What works, what doesn’t in virtual environments (L2VPN, SRv6, EVPN)

Recommended images, versions, and hardware specs

How to run this lab using EVE-NG, GNS3, or VMware

Using Ansible + Jinja2 to deploy the base IPv4 configurations automatically

📂 Download the full lab files (topology, configs, host_vars, playbooks):
👉 GitHub: https://github.com/learn-skillnuggets...

📝 Read the full post and lab breakdown:
👉 http://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/serv...

🧰 What's included:

Ansible host file

Base IPv4 addressing configs

Host vars for all devices

Playbooks with Jinja2 templates for XE and XRv

🧠 Want to learn automation? Check out Lab 6 for Jinja2 + OSPF playbooks.

This lab mirrors the CCIE SP v5.1 blueprint, and covers:

IS-IS, OSPFv3, LDP, MPLS

BGP, route reflectors, confederations

Segment Routing (SR-MPLS, SR-TE, partial SRv6)

EVPN-VPWS, VPLS, L3VPN

NSO-based automation (optional)

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