Juniper Networks Courses Training

This five-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to manage data center networks with Juniper Apstra software. This class will provide attendees with the knowledge to operate and manage Juniper Apstra software. Attendees will be given a background on modern data center design and intent-based networking concepts.

The course covers the Juniper Apstra architecture and its data center reference architecture including the designing, building, deploying, and automation of a three-stage IP fabric with Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay. The course goes on to cover navigation of the Juniper Apstra UI including creating resources, designs, templates, and instantiating blueprints (a running network).

After teaching you to use Juniper Apstra to build a running data center, the course reviews the operational tools for managing a system with Juniper Apstra including basic troubleshooting, global and blueprint UI walkthroughs, role-based access control, drain mode, adding and removing nodes from a fabric, rolling back an entire network (Time Voyager), creating on-box and off-box agents, configuring security policies, connectivity templates, querying the graph database, and performing intent-based analytics (IBA).

Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring an IP fabric using Juniper Apstra. This course is based on Juniper Apstra Release 4.0.1.

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Data Center, Specialist (JNCIS-DC)

This three-day course provides introductory instruction on data center switching using Juniper products. This course does not cover Ethernet VPN–Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN-VXLAN) architecture, but lays the foundational knowledge necessary to understand a data center that is built upon an IP fabric.

In addition, this course covers Ethernet switching, VLANs, Layer 2 security features, routing policies, link aggregation, load balancing, filter-based forwarding (FBF), routing instances, BGP, graceful restart, and bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD).

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Data Center, Associate (JNCIA-DC)

This three-day course demonstrates how to automate the Junos OS using DevOps automation tools, protocols, and technologies. This course introduces basic DevOps principles, Junos APIs, and the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF). It focuses on using Python, Junos PyEZ, Ansible, and the Junos Representational State Transfer (REST) API to automate Junos platforms.

Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and YAML Ain’t Markup Languate (YAML) are introduced as data formats that facilitate Junos automation. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience automating the Junos operating system. This course uses Junos OS Release 20.2R2.11, Python 3.6.8, Junos PyEZ 2.54, and Ansible 2.9.5.

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Automation and DevOps, Associate (JNCIA-DevOps)

This three-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with the Junos operating system and to configure Junos security devices. The course provides a brief overview of the Juniper security products and discusses the key architectural components of the Junos software.

Key topics include UI options with a heavy focus on CLI, configuration tasks typically associated with the initial setup of devices, interface configuration basics with configuration examples, secondary system configuration, and the basics of operational monitoring and maintenance of Junos Security devices.

The course then delves into foundational knowledge of security objects, security policies, and configuration examples including types of security objects, security policies, security services NAT, site-to-site IPsec VPN, and Juniper Secure Connect VPN. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring Junos OS and monitoring basic device operations on the SRX Series device. This course is based on Junos OS Release 21.2R1.10.

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Security, Associate (JNCIA-SEC)

This three-day course is designed to provide students with the foundational knowledge required to work with Juniper Contrail. The course summarizes cloud concepts, virtual networks, and cloud management. Key topics include fundamental cloud concepts, Linux virtualization, network virtualization, software defined networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and an introduction to OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Contrail.

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Cloud, Associate (JNCIA-Cloud)

This five-day course is designed to provide students with the knowledge required to work with the Juniper Contrail Enterprise Multicloud (CEM) solution. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of how to use the Contrail Command user interface, Contrail Networking, Contrail’s fabric management and administration features, Contrail Security, and the analytics features of Contrail Insights.

Students will also learn to use APIs and the CLI to perform the Contrail configuration tasks. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience with the features of Contrail and Insights. This course is based on Contrail Release 2011.

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Cloud, Specialist (JNCIS-Cloud)

This five-day course is designed to cover best practices, theory, and design principles for data center design including data center architectures, data center interconnects, security considerations, virtualization, and data center operations.

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Data Center Design, Specialist (JNCDS-DC)

This five-day course is designed to cover best practices, theory, and design principles for security design, including traditional and modern security principles such as security design specifics for campus and branch, enterprise wide area network (WAN), service provider WAN, and data center deployments. This course also includes design principles for security management, automation, and virtualization.

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Automation and DevOps, Associate (JNCIA-DevOps)

This five-day course is designed to cover best practices, theory, and design principles for Wide Area Network (WAN) design including WAN interconnects, security considerations, virtualization, and management/operations. This course covers both service provider and enterprise WAN design.

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Service Provider Design, Specialist (JNCDS-SP)

This three-day course provides students with the knowledge required to design, implement, and troubleshoot the most crucial elements of a modern MPLS deployment in a real-world service provider production network. This course includes extensive coverage of the RSVP and LDP protocols, and an introductory appendix on MPLS segment routing.

Technologies covered include the MPLS data plane, RSVP bandwidth and priorities, backup and local repair paths, label-switched path (LSP) optimization, LDP enhancements and best practices, and a dedicated module on troubleshooting. The course offers optional appendices on RSVP auto-bandwidth, and a wide variety of advanced RSVP features. Students will gain experience with all of these protocols and features through a combination of detailed instructor training and hands-on labs. This course is based on Junos OS Release 21.4R1.12.

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Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

This two-day course is designed to provide students with intermediate switching knowledge and configuration examples using Junos Enhanced Layer 2 Software (ELS). This course includes an overview of switching concepts and operations, VLANs, the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), port and device security features, and high availability (HA) features.

Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the Junos operating system (OS) and in monitoring device operations. This course uses Juniper Networks EX4300 Series Ethernet switches for the hands-on components, but lab environment does not preclude the course from being applicable to other Juniper hardware platforms running Junos OS. This course is based on Junos OS Release 21.4R1.12.

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Enterprise Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-ENT)

This three-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with the Junos operating system and to configure Junos devices. The course provides a brief overview of the Juniper products and discusses the key architectural components of the Junos software.

Key topics include user interface options with a heavy focus on the command-line interface (CLI), configuration tasks typically associated with the initial setup of devices, interface configuration basics with configuration examples, secondary system configuration, and the basics of operational monitoring and maintenance of Junos devices.

The course then delves into foundational routing knowledge and configuration examples including general routing concepts, routing policy, and firewall filters.

Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the Junos OS and monitoring basic device operations. This course is based on Junos OS Release 21.1R1.11.

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Junos, Associate (JNCIA-Junos)

This three-day course is designed to cover introductory best practices, theory, and design principles for overall network design.

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Design, Associate (JNCDA)

This five-day course provides students with knowledge of how to automate Junos using DevOps automation tools, protocols, and technologies. Students receive hands-on experience with tools and languages relevant to automating the Junos OS platform in a DevOps environment. The course includes an introduction to Jinja2 templates and a detailed explanation of how Ansible, Salt, and JSNAPy automation tools are used with the Junos operating system (OS).

The course introduces students to Junos commit, operation (op), event, and SNMP on-box scripts. Two languages for developing these scripts are discussed: SLAX and Python. The course also explains YANG, OpenConfig, Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET), and related APIs. Finally, the course discusses the use of Junos Telemetry Interface (JTI). Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in automating Junos OS and device operations. This course uses Junos OS Release 21.3R1, Ansible 2.11, Salt 3004, and JSNAPy 1.3.6.

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Automation and DevOps, Associate (JNCIA-DevOps)

This two-day course is designed to provide students with intermediate switching knowledge and configuration examples. The course includes an overview of switching concepts such as LANs, Layer 2 address learning, bridging, VLANs, provider bridging, VLAN translation, spanning-tree protocols, and Ethernet Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM).

This course also covers Junos operating system (OS) specific implementations of integrated routing and bridging (IRB) interfaces, routing instances, virtual switches, load balancing, and port mirroring. Furthermore, this course covers the basics of Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP), link aggregation groups (LAGs), and multichassis LAG (MC-LAG). This course is based on Junos OS Release 22.1R1.10. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring Junos OS operations. This course uses MX Series 3D Ethernet Universal Edge Routers for the hands-on component.

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Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

This four-day course, which is designed to build off the current Juniper Security (JSEC) offering, delves deeper into Junos security, next-generation security features, and ATP supporting software. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, you will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the advanced Junos OS security features with advanced coverage of advanced logging and reporting, next generation Layer 2 security, next generation advanced anti-malware with Juniper ATP On-Prem and SecIntel.

This course uses Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways for the hands-on component. This course is based on Junos OS Release 20.1R1.11, Junos Space Security Director 19.4, Juniper ATP On-Prem version 5.0.7.

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Security, Professional (JNCIP-SEC)

This two-day course provides students with intermediate routing knowledge and configuration examples. The course includes an overview of protocol-independent routing features, load balancing and filter-based forwarding, OSPF, BGP, IP tunneling, and high availability (HA) features. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the Junos OS and monitoring device operations.

This course uses Juniper Networks vSRX Series Services Gateways for the hands-on component, but the lab environment does not preclude the course from being applicable to other Juniper hardware platforms running the Junos OS. This course is based on Junos OS Release 21.1R1.11.

Associated Certification:

Enterprise Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-ENT)