This list is intended to provide a general view of the skill set required to successfully complete the specified certification exam. Topics listed are subject to change.
- Junos OS Fundamentals
- User Interface Options
- Junos Configuration Basics
- Operational Monitoring and Maintenance
- Routing Fundamentals
- Routing Policy and Firewall Filters
- Class of Service
- Networking Fundamentals
Junos OS Fundamentals
- Explain the Junos OS architecture
- Describe the functions of the control and forwarding planes
User Interface Options
- Describe the functions of the CLI modes
- List options for getting help and filtering output
- Explain options for moving around in the CLI
- Explain the Junos batch configuration model
- Modify and manage configuration files
- Describe the J-Web user interface
Junos Configuration Basics
- Describe initial configuration steps and system maintenance
- Save and restore a rescue configuration
- Describe network interfaces and their associated properties
- Configure various types of interfaces
- List and describe user authentication methods
- Configure user accounts with default and custom login classes
- Describe, configure and monitor syslog and tracing
- Describe, configure and monitor configuration tasks, such as NTP, SNMP, and configuration archival
Operational Monitoring and Maintenance
- Explain how to view relevant interface statistics and errors in the CLI
- List ways of gathering state and health information for a Junos device
- Explain the purpose and syntax for various network utilities such as ping, traceroute, telnet, ssh etc.
- Identify the procedure for installing or upgrading Junos
- Explain how to reset a lost root password
Routing Fundamentals
- Define route preference and list some default route preferences
- Explain how to view the contents of the routing tables
- Explain how the routing and forwarding tables differ
- Describe and configure static routing
- List the advantages and applications of a dynamic routing protocol
Routing Policy and Firewall Filters
- Define a term
- Explain when import and export policies are evaluated in relation to the learning and advertising of prefixes
- List several match criteria and actions for firewall filters and routing policy
- Explain some common match criteria and
- Identify the results of a route or packet with a given filter or policy
- Configure a routing policy and firewall filters
Class of Service
- Describe class of service
Networking Fundamentals
- Convert decimal to binary and binary to decimal
- Define the term broadcast domain and the purpose of a router
- Describe Ethernet operation
- Describe the purpose of the subnet mask
- Compare and contrast connection oriented and connnectionless protocols
- Explain how to segment large networks into smaller ones
- Identify the longest match from a routing table for a given destination
