Course Outline
The 5-day Juniper Networks Enterprise Switching course prepares students to install, implement and manage the EX-Series switch family of products. The 4 courses that comprise this course discuss the configuration of Juniper Networks EX-series switches in an Enterprise network environment.
Topics include platform overview, user configuration interfaces, initial and secondary system configuration tasks, operational monitoring of an EX-series switch, Ethernet switching concepts, the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), inter-VLAN routing, switching security protocols and features, IP telephony features, class of service (CoS) and design and implementation considerations. Students will use remote access to configure Juniper EX switches in a variety of configurations in a lab environment.
The titles combined into this curriculum include:
- IJOS (via Anytime Interactive Training {CBT})
- JRE
- JEX
- AJEX
Course Topics
- Layer 2 Switching
- Ethernet Bridging Basics
- Terminology and Design Considerations
- Enabling and Monitoring Layer 2 Switching Operations
- Configuring and Monitoring VLANs
- Voice VLAN; Native VLAN
- Routed VLAN Interfaces (RVIs)
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
- Configuring and Monitoring STP and RSTP
- Implement multiple spanning tree instances in a network
- Implement one or more spanning tree instances for a VLAN
- Protection Features
- Port Security
- MAC Limiting
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
- DHCP Snooping
- Device Security
- Firewall Filters
- High Availability
- Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
- Redundant Trunk Groups (RTG)
- Virtual Chassis
- Identify tools used in network troubleshooting
- Use available tools to resolve network issues
- Describe common IP telephony deployment scenarios
- Describe features that facilitate IP telephony deployments
- Configure and monitor features used in IP telephony deployments
- Explain the purpose and basic operations of class of service
- Describe class of service features used in Layer 2 networks
- Configure and monitor class of service in a Layer 2 network
Course Prerequisites
Students must have a basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocols, while not required, familiarity with a command-line interface of a switching platform or UNIX system is helpful.
Target Audience
Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and/or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course.
Course Outline
IJOS (this course is viewed online prior to classroom event)
Day 1 JRE
Chapter 1: Course Overview
Chapter 2: Routing Fundamentals
- Routing Concepts: Overview of Routing
- Routing Concepts: The Routing Table
- Routing Concepts: Routing Instances
- Static Routing
- Dynamic Routing
Chapter 3: Routing Policy and Firewall Filters
- Routing Policy Overview
- Case Study: Routing Policy
- Firewall Filters Overview
- Case Study: Firewall Filters
- Unicast Reverse-Path-Forwarding Checks
Chapter 4: Class of Service
- CoS Overview
- Traffic Classification
- Traffic Queuing
- Traffic Scheduling
- Case Study: CoS
Day 2 JEX
Chapter 2: Layer 2 Switching
- Ethernet Bridging Basics
- Terminology and Design Considerations
- Overview of Enterprise Switching Platforms
- Enabling and Monitoring Layer 2 Switching Operations
Chapter 3: Virtual Networks
- Overview of VLANs
- Configuring and Monitoring VLANs
- Voice VLAN
- Native VLAN
- Routed VLAN Interfaces
Chapter 4: Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- Configuring and Monitoring STP and RSTP
- Protection Features: BPDU Protection
- Protection Features: Loop Protection
- Protection Features: Root Protection
Day 3 JEX
Chapter 5: Port Security
- MAC Limiting
- DHCP Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
- IP Source Guard
Chapter 6: Device Security and Firewall Filters
- Storm Control
- Firewall Filters
Chapter 7: High Availability
- Overview of High Availability Networks
- Link Aggregation Groups
- Redundant Trunk Groups
- Overview of Virtual Chassis
- Configuring and Monitoring a Virtual Chassis
Day 4 AJEX
Chapter 2: Advanced Ethernet Switching
- Virtual Local Area Networks
- Automating VLAN Administration
- Tunneling Layer 2 Traffic
Chapter 3: Advanced Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Review
- MSTP
- VSTP
Chapter 4: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Layer 2 Networks
- Introduction to Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools
- Case Studies
Day 5 AJEX
Chapter 5: Authentication and Access Control
- Authentication Overview
- Access Control Features
- Overview of Authentication Processing
Chapter 6: Deploying IP Telephony Features
- Deployment Scenarios
- IP Telephony Features
- Case Study: Deploying IP Telephony Features
Chapter 7: Class of Service
- Class of Service Review
- Processing and Feature Overview
- Case Study: Implementing Class of Service
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 must have a basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocols, while not required, familiarity with a command-line interface of a switching platform or UNIX system is helpful.