Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)
Overview

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. The written exam verifies your basic understanding of routing and switching technologies and related platform configuration and troubleshooting skills.

$400

Description

Course Summary
JNCIS-SP-TOPICS
Here’s a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIS-SP certification exam.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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:
    • GRE
  • 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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