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JNCIS-SP Exam Objectives (Exam: JN0-361)
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
Protocol-Independent Routing
- 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
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- 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
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- 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
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- 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
Layer 2 Bridging and VLANs
- 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
Spanning-Tree Protocols
- 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
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- 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
IPv6
- 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
Tunnels
- 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
High Availability
- 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