Protocol-Independent Routing |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of various protocol-independent routing components:
- 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
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot various protocol-independent routing components:
- Static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Load balancing
- Filter-based forwarding
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Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of 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
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot OSPF:
- Areas, interfaces and neighbors
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
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Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of 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
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IS-IS:
- Levels, interfaces and adjacencies
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of BGP:
- BGP basic operation
- BGP message types
- Attributes
- Route/path selection process
- Internal and external BGP (IBGP and EBGP) functionality and interaction
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot BGP:
- Groups and peers
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
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Layer 2 Bridging or VLANs |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of Layer 2 bridging for the Junos OS:
- Service provider switching platforms
- Bridging elements and terminology
- Frame processing
- Virtual Switches
- Provider bridging (Q-in-Q tunneling)
Identify the concepts, benefits, or functionality of VLANs:
- Port modes
- Tagging
- Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)/li>
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging or VLANs:
- Interfaces and ports
- VLANs
- IRB
- Provider bridging
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Spanning-Tree Protocols |
Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants:
- 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
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot STP and its variants:
- Spanning-tree protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP, VSTP)
- BPDU, loop and root protection
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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of 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
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot MPLS:
- MPLS forwarding
- RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)
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IPv6 |
Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IPv6:
- IPv4 versus IPv6
- Address types, notation, and format
- Address scopes
- Autoconfiguration
- Tunneling
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshooting IPv6:
- Interfaces
- Static routes
- Dynamic routing (OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP)
- IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling
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Tunnels |
Identify the concepts, requirements, or functionality of IP tunneling:
- Tunneling applications and considerations
- Generic routing encapsulation (GRE)
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP tunnels:
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High Availability |
Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of 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)
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components:
- LAG
- Graceful restart, GRES, NSB, and NSR
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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Official Information |
https://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/tracks/service-provider-routing-switching/jncis-sp.html?tab=jncis-sp |