Course Overview
This one-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with Junos Software and to configure devices running 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 devices running Junos Software.
Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the Junos Software and monitoring basic device operations.
Course Topics
- Describe the basic design architecture of Junos Software
- Identify and provide a brief overview of devices running JUNOS Software
- Navigate within the Junos Software CLI
- Perform tasks within the CLI operational and configuration modes
- Restore a device running Junos Software to its factory-default state
- Perform initial configuration tasks
- Configure and monitor network interfaces
- Describe user configuration and authentication options
- Perform secondary configuration tasks for features and services such as syslog and tracing, Network Time Protocol (NTP), configuration archival, and SNMP
- Monitor basic operation for JUNOS Software and devices
- Identify and use network utilities
- Upgrade the JUNOS Software
- Perform file system maintenance and password recovery on a device running JUNOS Software
Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: Junos Operating System Fundamentals
- The Junos OS
- Traffic Processing
- Platforms Running the Junos OS
Chapter 3: User Interface Options
- User Interface Options
- The Junos CLI: CLI Basics
- The Junos CLI: Operational Mode
- The Junos CLI: Configuration Mode
Chapter 4: Initial Configuration
- Factory-Default Configuration
- Initial Configuration
- Interface Configuration
Chapter 5: Secondary System Configuration
- User Configuration and Authentication
- System Logging and Tracing
- Network Time Protocol
- Archiving Configurations
- SNMP
Chapter 6: Operational Monitoring and Maintenance
- Monitoring Platform and Interface Operation
- Network Utilities
- Maintaining the Junos OS
- Password Recovery
Appendix A: Interface Configuration Examples
- Review of the Interface Configuration Hierarchy
- Interface Configuration Examples
- Using Configuration Groups
Appendix B: The J-Web Interface
- The J-Web GUI
- Configuration
Target Audience
This course is available as open-enrollment Classroom event, instructor-led Live Virtual Class, REAL-ILT™ or as part of a custom Onsite Training for up to 16 students.
Prerequisites
Students should have basic networking knowledge and an understanding of the OSI model and the TCP/IP protocol suite.