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).

Associated Certification:

Data Center, Associate (JNCIA-DC)

• Identify and describe how to configure a typical data center layout, including spine and leaf placements.
• Describe an IP fabric architecture.
• Explain and configure basic Ethernet switching.
• Explain and configure virtual networks (VLANs).
• Describe layer 2 security.
• Implement link aggregation.
• Describe and implement protocol independent routing and routing instances with Junos OS.
• Configure load balancing within Junos OS.
• Implement FBF using Junos OS.
• Describe and deploy OSPF.
• Describe and deploy BGP.
• Implement graceful restart and BFD using Junos OS.

DAY 1

1. Course Introduction

2. Traditional Data Center Architectures

• Explain traditional multitier architecture, its benefits, and challenges
• Describe a traditional data center-based scenario

3. Juniper’s Modern Data Center Architectures

• Describe an IP fabric environment
• Explain routing in an IP fabric environment
• Explain using Juniper Apstra as a turnkey solution

4 Ethernet Switching Overview

• Explain the basics of Ethernet switching
• Provide an overview of enterprise switching platforms

5 Configuring Ethernet Switching

• Manage and interpret the Ethernet switching table

Lab 1: Implementing Ethernet Switching

6. Virtual Networks Overview

• Describe access and trunk port modes
• Describe alternate VLAN and data VLAN concepts
• Explain native VLAN routing operations

7. Configuring Virtual Networks

• Configure and monitor VLANs
• Configure and monitor inter-VLAN routing

Lab 2: Implementing Virtual Networks

DAY 2

8 Port Security

• Identify MAC limiting
• Review the basics of persistent MAC learning
• Implement MACsec (QFX-centric)
• Review storm control operational parameters

Lab 3: Implement Port Security

9 Link Aggregation

• Describe and implement link aggregation
• Identify link aggregation groups
• Review graceful Routing Engine switchover
• Explain nonstop active routing
• Review nonstop bridging

Lab 4: Configuring and Monitoring Link Aggregation

10. Protocol-Independent Routing

• Describe and configure static routes
• Explain and configure aggregate routes
• Explain and configure generated routes

11. Routing Instances

• Describe routing instances
• Configure and share routes between routing instances

Lab 5: Configuring Protocol-Independent Routing and Routing Instances

12. Load Balancing

• Describe load-balancing concepts and operations
• Implement and monitor Layer 3 load balancing

DAY 3

13 Filter-Based Forwarding

• Explain the benefits of filter-based forwarding
• Configure and monitor filter-based forwarding

Lab 6: Load Balancing and FBF

14 Fundamentals of OSPF

• Provide an overview of OSPF
• Explain OSPF scalability
• Describe adjacency formation and designated router election
• Configure and monitor OSPF
• Perform OSPF troubleshooting

Lab 7: Configuring OSPF (Optional)

15 Fundamentals of BGP

• Describe the basics of BGP
• Explain BGP attributes

16 Deploying BGP

• Compare IBGP versus EBGP
• Configure and monitor BGP

Lab 8: Deploying BGP

17. Graceful Restart and Bidirectional ForwardingDetection

• Configure graceful restart
• Configure bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)

Lab 9: Configuring Graceful Restart and BFD

This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring and managing network equipment in data centers.

The following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Knowledge of basic TCP/IP networking
• Understanding basic layer 2
• Familiarity with Data Center technologies
• Completion of the Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS) course or equivalent Junos OS configuration experience