Vincentz Petzholtz
My name is Vincentz Petzholtz and I have been working in the Network Industry since ~2006.
I’ve been a Network Engineer and Solution Architect through different positions and companies (Interoute/GTT/SysEleven/Inter.link). I've worked in small to very large projects, enterprises and networks. From simple to complex SDN driven (commercial or self build) to internet scale solutions. I'm happy to talk at conferences, community events and arrange workshops in a public and/or private setting. Talking to customers and understanding their needs is something I enjoy. Engineering is at the heart of those things and is connecting everything. Main areas of expertise have been BGP (Routing, Policies etc.), MPLS/Traffic Engineering, DataCenter Fabric, Network Security (especially DDoS Detection and Mitigation) and overall network design and architecture. Besides that I also contribute to the Internet Community via the Berlin Internet Exchange (BCIX) as a member of the advisory board.
In 2024 I joined Arista Networks on my journey to build the best networks possible to tackle the challenges ahead together with our customers.
My linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentz-berlin/
Session
Want to perform the bgp handshake in real life based on a realistic topology? We got you covered ... in this workshop for intermediates we will dive into some network basics of bgp driven networks and also explore route filtering best practices (mainly for the DfZ = default free zone).
After some theory every attendee will receive one network node to configure. The fellow participants will be your peers. You will depend on the peers to reach your goals.
Teams work together in small groups. One group either jointly manages an AS consisting of 3 routers and a customer downlink router or the IXP infrastructure based on EVPN with additional route server. Troubleshooting takes place across groups in order to verify the corresponding availability within the lab topology.
Warning: You will have to socialise with the peers around you!
Topics Covered:
* Running BGP (iBGP and eBGP)
* BGP Attributes
* BGP & Routing Security
* Filtering
* BGP Tips & Tricks
Technologies Covered:
IPv4 and IPv6, IS-IS, iBGP, eBGP, BGP Scaling, BGP Policies,
BGP Best Practices, BGP Configuration Essentials, IXP Design.
Pre-requisites:
Participants must have technical hands on experience of routers.
Network Fundamentals, user level UNIX and maybe some system administration,
some use of network design preferably TCP/IP-based is also helpful.
Ideally, you should already have some experience with EOS or a comparable CLI.