Resources - JNCIE-M Objectives

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.

• IP Unicast Routing Protocols
• Multicast Protocols and Architectures
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
• Routing Policy
• Network Management
• Security
• CoS
• Miscellaneous Juniper Networks Hardware and Software Features
• General Troubleshooting and Fault Isolation
• IPv6
• VPNs

IP Unicast Routing Protocols

• Routing Information Protocol (RIP), version 1 and 2.
• • Theory of operation, design principles
  • Metrics
  • JUNOS Internet software implementation
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• • Metrics
  • Area Border Router (ABR)
  • Theory of operation, design principles
  • Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR)
  • Address summarization, restricting LSAs
  • Authentication
  • Stub Areas, NSSAs, and Totally Stubby Areas
  • Network types
  • Virtual Links
  • Multiple instances
  • JUNOS Internet software implementation
• Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS).
• • Theory of operation, design principles
  • Network types
  • Metrics
  • Router types
  • Authentication
  • Route Leaking
  • Address summarization
  • JUNOS Internet software implementations
• Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP).
• • Theory of operation, design principles
  • BGP attributes
  • IBGP vs. EBGP
  • Route selection algorithm
  • Route Reflectors, confederations
  • Load balancing
  • Authentication
  • JUNOS Internet software implementation

Multicast protocols and architectures

• Protocol Independent Multicast.
• • Theory of operation, design principles
  • BSR, Auto-RP, Logical RP
  • JUNOS Internet software implementations
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).
• Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP).
• • Theory of operation, design principles
  • JUNOS Internet software implementations
• Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP).
• Multicast Scoping.
• MSDP and SAP.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• Theory of operation, design principles.
• Methods of Label Switched Path establishment.
• Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP).
• Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).
• CSPF and ERO based path constraints.
• Prefix mapping, routing table integration.
• Traffic protection.
• CCC.
• JUNOS Internet software implementation.

Routing Policy

• Policy creation and application.
• Route filters.
• Regular expressions (AS path and community).

Network Management

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
• JUNOS Internet software implementation.

Security

• Firewall filters.
• User authentication mechanisms.

CoS

• JUNOS Internet software CoS capabilities and options.
• • Precedence maps, rewrite, firewall classification
  • PLP, WRR, RED
• CoS and MPLS interaction.
• JUNOS Internet software implementation.

Miscellaneous Juniper Networks hardware and software features

• Product architecture and packet processing.
• • Packet flow
  • M5, M10, M20, M40, and M160 Internet router hardware
  • Redundancy and maintenance
• Interfaces types and configuration, layer 2 encapsulation options.
• The JUNOS Internet software file system and upgrade procedures.
• System logging.
• VRRP.
• NTP.
• Statistical sampling, cflowd export.
• GRE and IP tunnels.
• Rate-limiting.

General troubleshooting and fault isolation

• Protocol tracing, log analysis, use of show commands, etc.

IPv6

• IPv6 JUNOS software configuration.
• Techniques for troubleshooting IPv6.
• IPV6 addressing structure.
• Protocol header fields and functions.
• Host address assignment.

VPNs

• Theory of Operation.
• • VPN routing instances and rib groups
  • BGP extensions for support of VPN both layer 3 and layer 2
  • Label distribution mechanics for L2 and L3 VPN's
  • PE-PE label protocols
• Configuration of L3 VPN's.
• • L3VPN routing instance configuration
  • PE-CE routing configuration
  • PE-PE configuration
• Configuration of L2 VPN's.
• • L2VPN routing instance configuration
  • L2VPN interface types, L2 encapsulation types, L2 connection types
  • PE-PE configuration
• Techniques for trouble shooting of L2 and L3 VPN's.