Recommended Training Roadmap: J-, M- and T-series Platforms

M-series & T-series Certification Track

The Juniper Networks Technical Certification Program (JNTCP) M-series & T-series certification track is a multi-tiered program that allows participants to demonstrate, through a combination of written proficiency exams and hands-on configuration and troubleshooting exams, competence with Juniper Networks technology.

Successful candidates demonstrate thorough understanding of Internet technology in general and Juniper Networks M-series Routers, T-series Routing Platforms, and JUNOS Software in particular.

1.2 Juniper M/T Series Certification Course Details

1.2.1 CERTIFICATION LEVEL - JUNIPER NETWORKS CERTIFIED INTERNET ASSOCIATE (JNCIA – M/T)

1.2.1.1. Configuring Juniper Networks Routers - M/T-series (CJNR – M/T)

Please note the Introduction to Juniper Networks Routers (IJNR-M) class has been renamed Configuring Juniper Networks Routers. This name change aligns with the increased focus on configuration and protocol theory. With OTJNR as a suggested prerequisite for NOC personnel, this change will also help prevent confusion of having an "Introduction" class with a prerequisite. The existing IJNR-M materials have been modified to reduce overlap with the OTJNR class, and to address feedback from customers.

Course No: EDU-JUN-CJNR-M
Length: Five days

Prerequisites
While there are no official course prerequisites, attendees of all Juniper Networks technical education courses are expected to have general familiarity with topics in the following areas:

• TCP/IP basics
• Link-state routing protocols, including a familiarity with either OSPF or IS-IS
• Operation of BGP4 and knowledge of the BGP4 mandatory attributes
• General interdomain routing issues

While not required, familiarity with the command-line interface of a routing platform or UNIX system is helpful.

Course Overview
The Configuring Juniper Networks Routers (CJNR) course is an intermediate-level, instructor-led course that focuses on initial platform configuration and the configuration and operational analysis of common protocols, including OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, RIP, multicast, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). In-depth coverage of the operation and capabilities of each protocol is also provided. The newly updated course now covers selected features from the JUNOS software 6.3 release.

The course combines both lecture and labs, with significant time allocated for hands-on experience with JUNOS Internet software configuration and the operational analysis and troubleshooting of common protocols. The complete five-day CJNR class is the recommended way to prepare students for attending the advanced courses in the Juniper Networks training curriculum.

Course Contents
Day One

• Juniper Networks Command-line Interface Review
• Initial System and Interface Configuration
• Protocol-Independent Properties

Day Two

• Routing Policy
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol

Day Three

• Intermediate-System-to-Intermediate-System (IS-IS) protocol
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Day Four

• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Concepts
• Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• Named Paths Explicit Route Objects (ERO)

Day Five

• Internet Processor II ASIC-based Firewalls
• Multicast

1.2.2    CERTIFICATION LEVEL - JUNIPER NETWORKS CERTIFIED INTERNET SPECIALIST (JNCIS – M/T)

1.2.2.1 Advanced Juniper Networks Routing - M/T-series (AJNR – M/T)

Course No: EDU-JUN-AJNR
Length: Five days
Cost: $3,375 (US)

Prerequisites

Students attending this class should be able to establish, without assistance, a basic configuration for OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, and PIM. Students should also have knowledge of the JUNOS Internet software configuration syntax to the extent covered in the Configuring Juniper Networks Routers course.

Course Overview

This lab-intensive, hands-on, five-day course provides an advanced look at popular routing and traffic engineering protocols supported on Juniper Networks M-series and T-series platforms. The AJNR course investigates the intricacies of interior gateway protocol (IGP) operation through OSPF and IS-IS labs that engage the student in a detailed examination of the link-state database and the effects of virtually all protocol options. The complexities of large-scale routing using the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) are then explored, with the focus placed on scaling networks using route reflection and confederations. In addition, numerous BGP options, such as multihop, multipath, and authentication, are discussed and configured in a lab setting. The class moves on to cover advanced JUNOS software features relating to MPLS and traffic engineering. In these sections the student is exposed to detailed discussions of RSVP and LDP signaling. Additional topics include CSPF and ERO-based routing constraints, routing table integration options, and traffic protection. The final sections of the course are devoted to a detailed exploration of multicast routing protocols, such as PIM, MSDP, and MBGP, in the context of inter domain multicast topologies that permit the demonstration of advanced multicast configuration options and monitoring.
The class was recently updated to address features associated with the JUNOS software Release 6.1.

Course Contents

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

• LSA Contents and Flooding
• Shortest Path First Operation
• Graceful Restart
• OSPF Areas (Stub, Stub with no Summaries, NSSA, NSSA
• with no Summaries)
• Virtual Links
• Authentication
• Reference Bandwidth
• Prefix Limits
• Route Summarization
• Labs
• Content

Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)

• LSP / TLV Contents and Flooding
• Shortest Path First Operation
• Graceful Restart
• Multilevel IS-IS
• Route Leaking and Summarization
• Wide Metrics
• Overload
• Authentication
• Reference Bandwidth
• Prefix Limits
• Mesh Groups
• Labs

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• BGP Attributes
• Route Selection
• Graceful Restart
• Modifying Attribute Values
• Scaling with Route Reflection
• Scaling with Confederations
• Load Balancing
• Authentication
• Prefix Limits
• Multipath
• Multihop
• Labs

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• MPLS and RSVP Review
• RSVP Sessions
• RSVP Messages and State Structures
• Traffic Engineering Extensions
• RSVP Authentication
• RSVP Graceful Restart
• CSPF Overview
• Analyzing the Traffic Engineering Database (TED)
• CSPF Algorithm
• Applying User Constraints
• Primary and Secondary LSPs
• Fast Reroute and Link Protection
• Adaptive Style Reservations
• Forwarding Adjacencies
• Ultimate Hop Popping (Explicit Null)
• Auto Bandwidth
• Controlling the Time-to-Live
• LDP Neighbor Discovery
• LDP Session Establishment
• The LDP Database
• LDP Tunneling
• LDP Authentication
• LDP Graceful Restart
• Labs

Multicast

• Protocols and Forwarding Trees
• PIM-SM Packet Formats
• RP Options (Static, BSR, Auto-RP)
• Multicast Scoping
• MSDP Packet Formats
• MSDP Mesh Groups
• Anycast RP Using MSDP
• Inter-AS MSDP
• MBGP Overview
• MBGP Attributes
• Inter-domain Multicast Using MBGP
• Routing Table Groups
• Altering the RPF Table
• Labs

1.2.2.2 Advanced Policy - M/T-series (POL – M/T)

Course No: EDU-JUN-POL
Length: Four days

Prerequisites

Students should be able to configure both an Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) network and a multiple Autonomous System (AS) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network without assistance. Students should have knowledge of the JUNOS Internet software routing policy syntax to the extent covered in the Configuring Juniper Networks Routers course.

Course Overview

This intensive four-day course provides a detailed examination of the JUNOS software routing policy. The course reviews routing policy basics, then moves to advanced topics. It provides detailed discussions of load balancing, policy evaluation, and route creation, and examines how routing policies affect the interior gateway protocols as well as multicast routing. The course then explores the complexities of implementing and using policies in relation to BGP on the default behavior of the basic BGP attributes and their response to policy controls. Most course modules provide examples and use policies that are relevant in real-world networks. Students then implement the examples in the accompanying labs. This material was recently updated to reflect policy features associated with the JUNOS software 6.1 release.

JNCIS - M Boot Camp (AJNR + one extra day of lab & exam topics)

Length: Six days (5 days of AJNR + one day of lab & exam topics)
Exam Topics Covered
Operation, Configuration and Troubleshooting, Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS, Routing Policy, MPLS, Multicast Router and Network Security, Router and Network Management.

JNCIP - M Boot Camp

Course No: SJUN-BC-JNCIP-M
Length: Six days
Cost: $7,000 (US) – (inclusive of exam fee)

Prerequisites

Students must have attained the JNCIS certification level prior to registering for this class.

Course Overview

The JNCIP certification boot camp is an intensive 6-day course which prepares students for the demanding and highly sought-after Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional exam.

Each student in the class receives a copy of the official Juniper Networks JNCIP study guide. During the week, students are presented with individual topics and problems to solve using OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, and routing policy. On the final day of the course, students are presented with a complete practice exam which closely simulates the actual JNCIP testing environment. The boot camp is approximately 20% lecture and 80% hands-on lab and is limited to six students to maximize the individual attention you need to pass the JNCIP exam.

Course Contents

Test Taking Strategies

• Time management
• Approaching the test
• Planning ahead
• Troubleshooting

System and Interfaces
Creating users

• Syslog settings
• SNMP settings
• User authentication
• Software upgrades
•  Interface configurations
•  VRRP  

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

• Version 1, version 2, and interoperability
• Metrics
• Advertising routes and controlling routing updates
• Route redistribution
• Configuration and troubleshooting  

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

• Forming adjacencies
• Roles of the ABR and ASBR
• Design guidelines
• Stub, totally stub, and NSSA
• Route redistribution
•  Advanced configuration options
• Troubleshooting

Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

• Forming adjacencies
• Levels vs. Areas
• Design guidelines
• L1 networks, L2 networks, L1/L2 networks
• Route redistribution
• Advanced configuration options
• Route Leaking
• Troubleshooting

 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• IBGP vs. EBGP
•  Forming neighbor relationships
•  BGP attributes
•  Route selection
•  Design guidelines
•  Route redistribution
•  Route reflection and confederations
•  Advanced configuration options
•  Troubleshooting

Routing Policy

• Creating simple and complex policies
•  Advanced match criteria
•  Route filters
• Setting and manipulating route attributes
•  AS Path regular expressions
•  Community regular expressions

M-series & T-series Certification Exam Details