This list provides a general view of the skill set required to successfully complete the specified certification exam.

Protocol-Independent Routing
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Layer 2 Bridging and VLANs
Spanning-Tree Protocols
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
IPv6
Tunnels
High Availability

• Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of various protocol-independent routing components
  • Static, aggregate, and generated routes
  • Martian addresses
  • Routing instances, including RIB groups
  • Load balancing
  • Filter-based forwarding
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor various protocol-independent routing components
  • Static, aggregate, and generated routes
  • Load balancing
  • Filter-based forwarding

• Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of OSPF
  • Link-state database
  • OSPF packet types
  • Router ID
  • Adjacencies and neighbors
  • Designated router (DR) and backup designated router (BDR)
  • OSPF area and router types
  • LSA packet types
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot OSPF
  • Areas, interfaces and neighbors
  • Additional basic options
  • Routing policy application
  • Troubleshooting tools

• Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of IS-IS
  • Link-state database
  • IS-IS PDUs
  • TLVs
  • Adjacencies and neighbors
  • Levels and areas
  • Designated intermediate system (DIS)
  • Metrics
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot IS-IS
  • Levels, interfaces, and adjacencies
  • Additional basic options
  • Routing policy application
  • Troubleshooting tools

• Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of BGP
  • BGP basic operation
  • BGP message types
  • Attributes
  • Route/path selection process
  • IBGP and EBGP functionality and interaction
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot BGP
  • Groups and peers
  • Additional basic options
  • Routing policy application

• Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of Layer 2 bridging for the Junos OS
  • Service Provider switching platforms
  • Bridging elements and terminology
  • Frame processing
  • Virtual Switches
  • Provider bridging (e.g., Q-in-Q tunneling)
• Identify the concepts, benefits, and functionality of VLANs
  • Port modes
  • Tagging
  • MVRP
  • IRB
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging and VLANs
  • Interfaces and ports
  • VLANs
  • MVRP
  • IRB
  • Provider bridging

• Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants
  • STP, RSTP, MSTP and VSTP concepts
  • Port roles and states
  • BPDUs
  • Convergence and reconvergence
  • Spanning-tree security
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor or troubleshoot STP and its variants
  • Spanning-tree protocols: STP, RSTP, MSTP, VSTP
  • BPDU, loop, and root protection

• Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of MPLS
  • MPLS terminology
  • MPLS packet header
  • End-to-end packet flow and forwarding
  • Labels and the label information base (LIB)
  • MPLS and routing tables
  • RSVP
  • LDP
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot MPLS
  • MPLS forwarding
  • RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled LSPs

• Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IPv6
  • IPv4 vs. IPv6
  • Address types, notation and format
  • Address scopes
  • Autoconfiguration
  • Tunneling
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IPv6
  • Interfaces
  • Static routes
  • Dynamic routing: OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP
  • IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling

• Identify the concepts, requirements, or functionality of IP tunneling
  • Tunneling applications and considerations
  • GRE
  • IP-IP
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP tunnels
  • GRE
  • IP-IP

• Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of high availability
  • Link aggregation groups (LAG) and multichassis LAGs (MC-LAGs)
  • Graceful restart (GR)
  • Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
  • Nonstop active routing (NSR)
  • Nonstsop bridging (NSB)
  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
  • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
  • Unified In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
  • Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP)
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components
  • LAG, MC-LAG
  • GR, GRES, NSR and NSB
  • VRRP
  • ISSU