Course Description
Course Outline
The 4-day Juniper Networks Enterprise Switch Bundle course prepares students to install, implement and manage the EX-Series switch family of products. The courses that comprise this course discuss the configuration of Juniper Networks EX-series switches in an Enterprise network environment.
Topics include platform overview, user configuration interfaces, initial and secondary system configuration tasks, operational monitoring of an EX-series switch, Ethernet switching concepts, the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), inter-VLAN routing, switching security protocols and features, IP telephony features, class of service (CoS) and design and implementation considerations. Students will use remote access to configure Juniper EX switches in a variety of configurations in a lab environment.
The titles combined into this curriculum at a discounted price include:
- Junos Enterprise Switching (JEX)
- Advanced Junos Enterprise Switching (AJEX)
Course Objectives
- List the benefits of implementing switched LANs
- Describe transparent bridging concepts and operations
- Configure interfaces for Layer 2 switching operations
- Explain the concept of a VLAN
- Configure and monitor VLANs
- Describe voice VLAN and native VLAN concepts
- Configure and monitor inter-VLAN routing
- Describe STP and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) operations
- Configure and monitor RSTP
- Configure and monitor the BPDU, Loop, and Root protection features.
- Configure and monitor port security features
- Configure and monitor storm control
- Implement and monitor the effects of a firewall filter
- Implement a Classroom chassis with multiple EX4200 switches
- List and describe some features that promote high availability
- Configure and monitor high availability features
- Implement filter-based VLAN assignments
- Restrict traffic flow within a VLAN
- Tunnel Layer 2 traffic through Ethernet networks
- Implement multiple spanning-tree instances in a network
- Implement one or more spanning-tree instances for a VLAN
- Configure and monitor various access control features
- Describe processing considerations when multiple authentication and access control features are enabled
- Configure and monitor features used in IP telephony deployments
- Describe CoS features used in Layer 2 networks
- Configure and monitor CoS in a Layer 2 network
- List common issues that disrupt network operations
- Identify tools used in network troubleshooting
- Use available tools to resolve network issues
Target Audience
Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and/or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course.
Course Outline
Day 1 JEX
Chapter 2: Layer 2 Switching
- Ethernet Bridging Basics
- Terminology and Design Considerations
- Overview of Enterprise Switching Platforms
- Enabling and Monitoring Layer 2 Switching Operations
Chapter 3: Classroom Networks
- Overview of VLANs
- Configuring and Monitoring VLANs
- Voice VLAN
- Native VLAN
- Routed VLAN Interfaces
Chapter 4: Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- Configuring and Monitoring STP and RSTP
- Protection Features: BPDU Protection
- Protection Features: Loop Protection
- Protection Features: Root Protection
Day 2 JEX
Chapter 5: Port Security
- MAC Limiting
- DHCP Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
- IP Source Guard
Chapter 6: Device Security and Firewall Filters
- Storm Control
- Firewall Filters
Chapter 7: Classroom Chassis
- Overview of Classroom Chassis
- Configuring and Monitoring a Classroom Chassis
Chapter 8: High Availability Features **
- Overview of High Availability Networks
- Link Aggregation Groups
- Redundant Trunk Groups
Day 3 AJEX
Chapter 2: Advanced Ethernet Switching
- Classroom Local Area Networks
- Automating VLAN Administration
- Tunneling Layer 2 Traffic
Chapter 3: Advanced Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Review
- MSTP
- VSTP
Chapter 4: Authentication and Access Control
- Authentication Overview
- Access Control Features
- Overview of Authentication Processing
Day 4 AJEX
Chapter 5: Deploying IP Telephony Features
- Deployment Scenarios
- IP Telephony Features
- Case Study: Deploying IP Telephony Features
Chapter 6: Class of Service vClass of Service Review
- Processing and Feature Overview
- Case Study: Implementing Class of Service
Chapter 7: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Layer 2 Networks
- Introduction to Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools
- Case Studies