Exam Objectives

                                 Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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:

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)