Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist – SP Certification

Designed for experienced networking professionals with beginner to intermediate knowledge of routing and switching implementations in Junos. This written exam verifies the candidate’s basic understanding of routing and switching technologies and related platform configuration and troubleshooting skills.

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

• Explain Layer 3 and Layer 2 VPN concepts
• Monitor and troubleshoot VPNs
• Explain VPLS concepts and operation

Ethernet Switching and Virtual LANs

• Describe the functions on an Ethernet LAN
• Explain learning and forwarding
• Configure VLAN tagging
• Configure IRB
• Configure learning and forwarding
• Configure Layer 2 firewall filters

Spanning Tree

• Explain the purpose of STP
• Describe the basic operation of STP, RSTP, VSTP and MSTP
• Configure STP, RSTP, MSTP
• Monitor STP, RSTP, MSTP

Protocol Independent Routing and High Availability

• Describe typical uses of static, aggregate, and generated routes
• Configure and monitor static, aggregate, and generated routes
• Configure load balancing
• Explain GRES and Non-Stop Routing

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

• Explain OSPF operation and LSA functions
• Describe the selection and role of the Designated Router
• List and describe OSPF area types
• Configure, monitor and troubleshoot OSPF

Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

• Explain ISIS operation and TLV functions
• Describe the selection and role of the Designated Intermediate System
• List and describe ISIS area types
• Configure, monitor and troubleshoot ISIS

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• Describe BGP and its basic operations
• Name and describe common BGP attributes
• Configure and monitor BGP
• Describe BGP peering options and the default route advertisement rules
• List the steps in the BGP route selection algorithm

Tunnels

• Describe IP tunneling concepts and applications
• Configure and monitor GRE and IP-IP tunnels

IPv6

• Describe the differences between IPv4 and IPv6
• List IPv6 address types and describe the IPv6 addressing format
• Enable an interface for IPv6 operation

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• Describe the operation and configuration of Label Switched Paths
• Describe RSVP operation and configuration
• Describe LDP operation and configuration
• Monitor and troubleshoot MPLS
• Monitor and troubleshoot MPLS Label Switched Paths

78 multiple-choice questions

90 minutes