Course Overview
The Junos Service Provider Switching course is a two-day course that provides students with intermediate switching knowledge and configuration examples that are most common in a Service provider implementation. The course includes an overview of switching concepts such as LANs, Layer 2 address learning, bridging, virtual LANs (VLANs), provider bridging, provider backbone bridging, VLAN translation, spanning-tree protocols, and Ethernet Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM). This course also covers Junos operating system-specific implementations of Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces, routing instances, virtual switches, load balancing, and port mirroring. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring the Junos Software and device operations.
Who should attend
This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring, managing, and monitoring devices running Junos OS.
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
Prerequisites
Students should have basic networking knowledge and an understanding of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the TCP/IP protocol suite. Students should also attend the Introduction to the Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS) courses prior to attending this class.
Course Objectives
- Introduction to carrier Ethernet
- Describe the function of an Ethernet LAN
- Describe Ethernet frame filtering
- Implement VLAN tagging
- Implement IRB
- Implement a virtual switch
- Describe interconnecting routing instances
- Describe provider bridging
- Configure and monitor provider bridging
- Configure and monitor provider backbone bridging
- Explain the purpose of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Configure and monitor the STP, the RSTP, the MSTP, and the VSTP
- Explain the purpose of bridge protocol data unit (BPDU), loop, and root protection
- Describe the basic operation of link fault management (LFM)
- Describe the basic operation of connectivity fault management (CFM)
- Configure and monitor Ethernet OAM
- Describe and configure Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP)