Detailed Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: Traditional Data Center Architectures
- Explain traditional multitier architecture, its benefits, and challenges
- Describe a traditional data center-based scenario
Chapter 3: Juniper’s Modern Data Center Architectures
- Describe an IP fabric environment
- Explain routing in an IP fabric environment
- Explain using Juniper Apstra as a turnkey solution
Chapter 4: Ethernet Switching Overview
- Explain the basics of Ethernet switching
- Provide an overview of enterprise switching platforms
Chapter 5: Configuring Ethernet Switching
- Manage and interpret the Ethernet switching table
- Lab 1: Implementing Ethernet Switching
Chapter 6: Virtual Networks Overview
- Describe access and trunk port modes
- Describe alternate VLAN and data VLAN concepts
- Explain native VLAN routing operations
Chapter 7: Configuring Virtual Networks
- Configure and monitor VLANs
- Configure and monitor inter-VLAN routing
- Lab 2: Implementing Virtual Networks
Day 2
Chapter 8: Port Security
- Identify MAC limiting
- Review the basics of persistent MAC learning
- Implement MACsec (QFX-centric)
- Review storm control operational parameters
- Lab 3: Implement Port Security
Chapter 9: Link Aggregation
- Describe and implement link aggregation
- Identify link aggregation groups
- Review graceful Routing Engine switchover
- Explain nonstop active routing
- Review nonstop bridging
- Lab 4: Configuring and Monitoring Link Aggregation
Chapter 10: Protocol-Independent Routing
- Describe and configure static routes
- Explain and configure aggregate routes
- Explain and configure generated routes
Chapter 11: Routing Instances
- Describe routing instances
- Configure and share routes between routing instances
- Lab 5: Configuring Protocol-Independent Routing and Routing Instances
Chapter 12: Load Balancing
- Describe load-balancing concepts and operations
- Implement and monitor Layer 3 load balancing
Day 3
Chapter 13: Filter-Based Forwarding
- Explain the benefits of filter-based forwarding
- Configure and monitor filter-based forwarding
- Lab 6: Load Balancing and FBF
Day 3
Chapter 14: Fundamentals of OSPF
- Provide an overview of OSPF
- Explain OSPF scalability
- Describe adjacency formation and designated router election
- Configure and monitor OSPF
- Perform OSPF troubleshooting
- Lab 7: Configuring OSPF (Optional)
Chapter 15: Fundamentals of BGP
- Describe the basics of BGP
- Explain BGP attributes
Chapter 16: Deploying BGP.
- Compare IBGP versus EBGP
- Configure and monitor BGP
- Lab 8: Deploying BGP
Chapter 17: Graceful Restart and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
- Configure graceful restart
- Configure bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)
- Lab 9: Configuring Graceful Restart and BFD