Duration: 4 Days
We combined two authorized Juniper courses, Juniper Enterprise Switching (JEX) and Advanced Juniper Enterprise Switching (AJEX), to create this convenient, four-day course in which you will build your intermediate and advanced Junos enterprise switching skills. You will gain hands-on experience with the features of EX Series Ethernet switches, including:
- Virtual LANs (VLANs)
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), and VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP)
- Authentication and access control for Layer 2 networks
- Port and device security features
- High availability (HA) features
- IP telephony features
- Class of Service (CoS)
- Monitoring and troubleshooting
What You Will Learn
- Benefits of implementing switched LANs
- Transparent bridging concepts and operations
- Terms and design considerations for switched LANs
- Enterprise platforms that support Layer 2 switching
- Configure interfaces for Layer 2 switching operations
- Display and interpret the Ethernet switching table
- VLAN concepts, including Voice and native VLANs
- Access and trunk port modes
- Configure and monitor VLANs
- Inter-VLAN routing operation, configuration, and monitoring
- Implement filter-based VLAN assignments and restrict traffic flow within a VLAN
- Manage dynamic VLAN registration
- Purpose and operations of a spanning tree
- Configure and monitor STP and Rapid STP (RSTP) operations
- Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU), Loop, and Root protection features configuration
- Configure and monitor port security features and storm control
- Implement multiple spanning-tree instances in a network
- Implement one or more spanning-tree instances for a VLAN
- Firewall filter support for EX Series Ethernet switches
- Implement and monitor the effects of a firewall filter
- Configure and monitor HA features
- Implement and operate a virtual chassis with multiple EX4200 switches
- Tunnel Layer 2 traffic through Ethernet networks
- Benefits of implementing end-user authentication
- Configure and monitor access control features
- Processing considerations when multiple authentication and access control features are enabled
- Configure and monitor features used in IP telephony deployments
- Configure and monitor CoS in a Layer 2 network
- Basic troubleshooting methods and tools
- Common issues that disrupt network operations
Audience
Network technicians responsible for configuring and monitoring EX Series switches
Prerequistes
- Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS)
- Junos Routing Essentials (JRE)
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Course Outline
1. Layer 2 Switching
- Ethernet Bridging Basics
- Terminology and Design Considerations
- Enterprise Switching Platforms
- Enabling and Monitoring Layer 2 Switching Operations
2. Virtual Networks
- VLANs
- Configuring and Monitoring VLANs
- Voice VLAN
- Native VLAN
- Routed VLAN Interfaces
3. Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
- Configuring and Monitoring STP and RSTP
- Protection Features
- BPDU Protection
- Loop Protection
- Root Protection
4. Port Security
- MAC Limiting
- Persistent MAC Learning
- DHCP Snooping
- Dynamic ARP Inspection
- IP Source Guard
5. Device Security and Firewall Filters
- Storm Control
- Firewall Filters
6. Virtual Chassis
- High Availability Networks
- Configuring and Monitoring a Virtual Chassis
7. High Availability (HA) Features
- HA Networks
- Link Aggregation Groups
- Redundant Trunk Groups
- Graceful Routing Engine Switchover
- Nonstop Active Routing
- Nonstop Bridging
8. Advanced Ethernet Switching
- VLANs
- Assigning User Traffic to VLANs
- Restricting User Traffic within a VLAN
- Automating VLAN Administration
- Tunneling Layer 2 Traffic
- Advanced Spannin
9. Advanced Spanning Tree
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
- VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP)
10. Authentication and Access Control
- Access Control Features
- 802.1X
- MAC RADIUS
- Captive Portal
- Authentication Processing
11. Deploying IP Telephony Features
- Deployment Scenarios
- IP Telephony Features
- Power over Ethernet
- Neighbor Discovery
- Voice VLAN
- Case Study
12. Class of Service
- Implementing Class of Service
- Case Study
13. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Layer 2 Networks
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools
- Troubleshooting Case Studies
- Reachability Issues
- Network Congestion
Course Labs
Lab 1: Implementing Layer 2 Switches
Lab 2: Implementing Virtual Networks
Lab 3: Implementing Spanning Tree
Lab 4: Implementing Port Security
Lab 5: Implementing Storm Control and Firewall Filters
Lab 6: Implementing High Availability Features
Lab 7: Advanced Ethernet Switching
Lab 8: Implementing MSTP and VSTP
Lab 9: Authentication and Access Control
Lab 10: Deploying IP Telephony Features
Lab 11: Class of Service
Lab 12: Monitoring and Troubleshooting
