Course Overview
This 4-day course combines 3 courses which are geared toward all Juniper Routing platforms including J-Series, M-Series, SRX and MX products. Students will learn all aspects of JUNOS Routing beginning with an introduction to JUNOS, basic and intermediate level routing operations, and troubleshooting skills.
NOTE: this course replaced the OJRE course as of November 01, 2010.
Topics included in this condensed curriculum include:
- IJOS
- JRE
- JIR
Course Topics
Refer to each course for detailed content, a general outline of course content includes:
- 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
- Explain basic routing operations and concepts
- View and describe routing and forwarding tables
- Configure and monitor static routing;
- Configure and monitor OSPF
- Describe the framework for routing policy and firewall filters
- Explain the evaluation of routing policy and firewall filters
- Identify instances where you might use routing policy
- Write and apply a routing policy;
- Identify instances where you might use firewall filters
- Write and apply a firewall filter;
- Describe the operation and configuration for unicast reverse path forwarding (RPF)
- Explain the purpose and benefits of class of service (CoS);
- List and explain the various components of CoS
- Implement and verify proper operation of CoS
- Configure and monitor static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Configure and share routes between routing instances
- Describe load-balancing concepts and operations
- Implement and monitor Layer 3 load balancing
- Configure and monitor filter-based forwarding
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot OSPF
- Describe BGP and its basic operations
- Configure and monitor BGP
- Describe IP tunneling concepts and applications
- Configure and monitor GRE and IP-IP tunnels
- Identify various high-availability features supported in JUNOS
- Configure and monitor high-availability features
- Describe some differences between IPv4 and IPv6
- List IPv6 address types and describe the IPv6 addressing format
- Configure and monitor routing for IPv6 environments
- Tunnel IPv6 traffic over an IPv4 network
- Explain the operations of IS-IS
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot IS-IS
Target Audience
Network engineers, support personnel, reseller support, and others responsible for implementing Juniper MX products in a Service Provider environment or striving to become certified engineers will find the most value in this course.
Course Outline
Day 1 IJS
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
Day 2 JRE
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
- 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
Day 3 JIR
Chapter 2: Protocol-Independent Routing
- Static Routes
- Aggregated Routes
- Generated Routes
- Martian Addresses
- Routing Instances
Chapter 3: Load Balancing and Filter-Based Forwarding
- Overview of Load Balancing
- Configuring and Monitoring Load Balancing
- Overview of Filter-Based Forwarding
- Configuring and Monitoring Filter-Based Forwarding
Chapter 4: Open Shortest Path First
- Overview of OSPF
- Adjacency Formation and the Designated Router Election
- OSPF Scalability
- Configuring and Monitoring OSPF
- Basic OSPF Troubleshooting
Day 4 JIR
JIR Chapter 5: Border Gateway Protocol
- Overview of BGP
- BGP Attributes
- IBGP Versus EBGP
- Configuring and Monitoring BGP
JIR Chapter 6: IP Tunneling
- Overview of IP Tunneling
- GRE and IP-IP Tunnels
- Implementing GRE and IP-IP Tunnels
JIR Chapter 7: High Availability
- Overview of High Availability Networks
- GR
- Graceful RE Switchover
- Nonstop Active Routing
- BFD
- VRRP
All courses are available as open-enrollment Classroom events, instructor-led Live Virtual Classes, REAL-ILT™ or as 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.