JNCIA-WX Exam Objectives (Exam: JN0-311)

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.

• WX Framework Overview
• Basic Installation
• Basic Configuration and Compression
• Route Learning
• Quality of Service
• Packet Flow Acceleration
• Application Flow Acceleration
• Monitoring and Reporting
• WX Central Management System (WX CMS)
• Operation and Management
• Troubleshooting

WX Framework Overview

• Technology Overview
  • Name and define the various patented technologies which allow state-of-the-art compression and acceleration of WAN traffic.
• Product Overview
  • List the WAN Acceleration Platforms and describe their differences.
  • Define how the WX Framework relates to Routing.

Basic Installation

• Pre-installation and Configuration Considerations
  • List the pre-installation and configuration considerations.
• Installation Tasks
  • Describe the procedure to connect to the Web Console or CLI.
  • List the steps in Quick Setup.
• List common items configured to complete initial installation
• Configure application definitions

Basic Configuration and Compression

• Configuring Endpoints for Reduction Tunnels
  • Describe the procedure to verify if the Endpoints are configured properly.
  • Describe how to verify if the Reduction Tunnels are up and passing data.
• Molecular Sequence Reduction (MSR)
  • Define the patented technology which allows state-of-the-art compression of WAN traffic.
• Network Sequence Caching (NSC)
  • List the differences between MSR and NSC.

Route Learning

• Discovering Local Routes
  • List the ways a WX device can learn routes for optimization.
  • Configure RIP and OSPF support.
• Advertising Reduction Subnets
  • Define Reduction Subnets.
• Configuring Reduction Filters
  • Describe the use of a reduction filter.

Quality of Service

• Describe the components of outbound QoS.
• Describe the difference between dedicated and oversubscribed WANs.
• Describe the types of QoS settings that require Direct Setup.
• List the reasons why you would use Bandwidth Detection.
• Describe the difference between WFQ and WSP.

Packet Flow Acceleration

• Examine each method of Packet Flow Acceleration (PFA).
• Describe the WAN environments and applications that can benefit most from each PFA method.
• Configuring Packet Flow Acceleration.

Application Flow Acceleration

• Overview of Application Flow Acceleration
  • Describe the difference between Packet Flow Acceleration and Application Flow Acceleration.
  • Describe the applications supported by Application Flow Acceleration.
• Common Internet File System (CIFS)
  • List the CIFs commands that the WX platform accelerates.
  • List the requirements for CIFS acceleration configuration.
• Exchange and the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
  • Define the Exchange and Outlook versions the WX accelerates.
• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • Define the difference between header and content caching.
• Configuring AppFlow
  • Describe how to configure Application Flow Acceleration.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Interpret reporting statistics.
• List the WAN reports available on the WX and WXC platforms.
• Identify the statistics of a data reduction report.
• Identify the statistics of a data acceleration report.
• Describe an Executive Summary report.
• Identify the statistics of a QoS report.

WX Central Management System (WX CMS)

• Describe the functionality of the WX CMS software.

Operation and Maintenance

• Describe the security features.
• Describe SNMP and DNS support.
• Describe how to upgrade WXOS software and maintain configuration files.
• Describe the logs and Syslog support.
• List the WX network tools.

Troubleshooting

• Basic Installation
  • Describe the error messages which indicate the WX is not cabled properly.
• Basic Configuration and Compression
  • Name the preferred community topologies.
  • List the Switch-to-Wire functionality.
• Route Learning
  • Verify proper default gateway connectivity.
• Application Flow Acceleration
  • List the reasons why AppFlow may not be working.
• Operation and Management
  • List the ways to export data and generate support files.
• Compression
  • List reasons why Compression may not be working.
• Packet Flow Acceleration
  • List reasons why Packet Flow Acceleration may not be working.