JNCIA Practicum and Exam Preparation

2 Days

12 CPD hours

This program is designed for students who have attended successfully the IJOS and JRE courses (prior to April 1, 2017) or the IJOS course (since April 3, 2017) and are working toward JNCIA-JUNOS certification.

The objectives for this course follow the requirements for the current JNCIA-JUNOS. At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
Identify the concepts and functionality of various fundamental elements of networking
Identify the concepts, benefits and functionality of the core elements of the Junos OS
Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of the Junos user interfaces
Identify the main elements for configuring Junos devices
Describe how to configure basic components of a Junos device
Identify methods of monitoring and maintaining Junos devices
Describe monitoring and maintenance procedures for a Junos device
Identify basic routing concepts and functionality for Junos devices
Describe how to configure and monitor basic routing elements for a Junos device
Identify the concepts and functionality of routing policy and firewall filters on Junos devices
Describe how to configure and monitor routing policies and firewall filters on a Junos device
Apply knowledge of Junos operating system configuration, operations, and functionality to real-world scenarios

This intense, two-day program is designed to prepare attendees who have previously taken the Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS) course for taking the certification exam while simultaneously gaining insight into real-world applications

Session 1: Practice Labs

• Guided practice labs to reintroduce the lab environment

Session 2: Real-World Scenario Labs

• Labs that emulate real-world application of JNCIA-level knowledge, configurations, operations, and functionality. These labs will challenge students to complete scenario-based problems to accomplish specific network goals.

Session 3: Networking Fundamentals

• Collision domains and broadcast domains
• Function of routers and switches
• Optical network fundamentals ? SONET/SDH, OTN
• Ethernet networks
• Layer 2 addressing, including address resolution
• IPv4 and IPv6 fundamentals
• Layer 3 / IP addressing, including subnet masks
• Subnetting and supernetting
• Decimal to binary conversion
• Longest match routing
• Connection-oriented vs. connectionless protocols

Session 4: Junos OS Fundamentals

• Junos device portfolio ? product families, general functionality
• Software architecture
• Control and forwarding planes
• Routing Engine and Packet Forwarding Engine
• Protocol daemons
• Transit traffic processing
• Exception traffic

Session 5: User Interfaces

• CLI functionality
• CLI modes
• CLI navigation
• CLI Help
• Filtering output
• Active vs. candidate configuration
• Reverting to previous configurations
• Modifying, managing, and saving configuration files
• Viewing, comparing, and loading configuration files
• J-Web ? core/common functionality

Session 6: Junos Configuration Basics

• Initial configuration
• User accounts
• Login classes
• User authentication methods
• Interface types and properties
• Configuration groups
• Additional initial configuration elements ? NTP, SNMP, syslog, etc.
• Configuration archival
• Logging and tracing
• Rescue configuration

Session 7: Operational Monitoring and Maintenance

• Show commands
• Monitor commands
• Interface statistics and errors
• Network tools ? ping, traceroute, telnet, SSH, etc.
• Real-time performance monitoring (RPM)
• Junos OS installation
• Software upgrades
• Powering on and shutting down Junos devices
• Root password recovery

Session 8: Routing Fundamentals

• Packet forwarding concepts
• Routing tables
• Routing vs. forwarding tables
• Route preference
• Routing instances
• Static routing
• Advantages of / use cases for dynamic routing protocols

Session 9: Routing Policy and Firewall Filters

• Default routing policies
• Import and export policies
• Routing policy flow
• Effect of policies on routes and routing tables
• Policy structure and terms
• Policy match criteria, match types, and actions
• Firewall filter concepts
• Firewall filter concepts
• Filter match criteria and actions
• Effect of filters on packets
• Unicast reverse-path-forwarding (RPF)

Session 10: JNCIA-JUNOS Certification Exam

• The exam voucher is included in the price of the course
• DWWTC is a certified PearsonVUE Testing Center'

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans JNCIA Practicum and Exam Preparation training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.