Service Provider Routing and Switching Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

The Service Provider Routing and Switching track enables you to demonstrate a thorough understanding of networking technology in general and Juniper Networks service provider routing and switching platforms. JNCIS-SP, the specialist-level certification in this track, is designed for networking professionals with beginner to intermediate knowledge of routing and switching implementations in Junos.

Course Highlights

  • Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of various protocol-independent routing components
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot various protocol-independent routing components
  • Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of OSPF
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot OSPF
  • Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IS-IS
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IS-IS
  • Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of BGP
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot BGP
  • Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of Layer 2 bridging for the Junos OS and VLANs
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging or VLANs
  • Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot STP and its variants
  • Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of high availability
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components

Course Schedule

1. Protocol-Independent Routing

Static, aggregate, and generated routes
Martian addresses
Routing instances, including routing information base (RIB) (also known as routing table) group
Load balancing
Filter-based forwarding
Static, aggregate, and generated routes
Load balancing
Filter-based forwarding

2. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Link-state database
OSPF packet types
Router ID
Adjacencies and neighbors
Designated router and backup designated router
OSPF area and router types
Link-state advertisement (LSA) packet type
Areas, interfaces and neighbors
Additional basic options
Routing policy application
Troubleshooting tools

3. Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

Link-state database
IS-IS protocol data units (PDUs)
Type, length, values (TLVs)
Adjacencies and neighbors
Levels and areas
Designated intermediate system (DIS)
Metrics
Levels, interfaces and adjacencies
Additional basic options
Routing policy application
Troubleshooting tools

4. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

BGP basic operation
BGP message types
Attributes
Route/path selection process
Internal and external BGP (IBGP and EBGP) functionality and interaction
Groups and peers
Additional basic options
Routing policy application

5. Layer 2 Bridging or VLANs

Service provider switching platforms
Bridging elements and terminology
Frame processing
Virtual Switches
Provider bridging (Q-in-Q tunneling)
Port modes
Tagging
Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)
Interfaces and ports
VLANs
IRB
Provider bridging

6. Spanning-Tree Protocols

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), and VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) concepts
Port roles and states
Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
Convergence and reconvergence
Spanning-tree security
Spanning-tree protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP, VSTP)
BPDU, loop and root protection

7. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

MPLS terminology
MPLS packet header
End-to-end packet flow and forwarding
Labels and the label information base
MPLS and routing tables
RSVP
LDP
Segment routing
MPLS forwarding
RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)

8. IPv6

IPv4 versus IPv6
Address types, notation, and format
Address scopes
Autoconfiguration
Tunneling
Interfaces
Static routes
Dynamic routing (OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling

9. Tunnels

Tunneling applications and considerations
Generic routing encapsulation (GRE)
GRE

10. High Availability

Link aggregation groups (LAGs) and multichassis LAGs (MC- LAGs)
Graceful restart (GR)
Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
Nonstop bridging (NSB)
Nonstop active routing (NSR)
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Unified In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
LAG
Graceful restart, GRES, NSB, and NSR
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)