NSMF – Network and Security Manager Fundamentals

Duration:   2 Days
Price:   $2,195.00
Test Level:    0
Certifications:   No Certification
Exams:   No Exam

 
Course Overview

The two-day NSMF course discusses the basic operations of Network and Security Manager. Key topics include server and domain administration, device configuration, template creation and management, policy creation and management, logging, and report generation. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students gain experience in configuring, testing, and troubleshooting features of Network and Security Manager.

Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students gain experience in configuring, testing, and troubleshooting features of the Juniper Network and Security Manager. By the end of this course, students will be able to use Juniper Security Manager to manage Firewall/VPN and routing products.

Course Objectives

  • NSM Concepts
  • Architecture and Communication
  • Server Administration
  • High Availability
  • NSM UI
  • Licensing
  • Domains and Subdomains
  • Role-Based Administration
  • Adding Devices
  • VSYS, Cluster, Extranet, Group
  • Add Device Wizard
  • Automatic Discovery
  • Abstraction – Objects and Templates
  • Abstraction Policies
  • Managing Devices
  • Configuration Management
  • Device Management
  • Logging, Reporting, and Monitoring
  • Action Manager
  • Central Manager
  • Central Manager
  • Global Policy and Polymorphic Objects
  • Virtual Private Networks

Target Audience
Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course.

Course Outline
Day 1

Chapter 1: Course Introduction

Chapter 2: Network and Security Manager Concepts

  • The Role of Network and Security Manager
  • Architecture and Communication

Chapter 3: Server Administration

  • Network and Security Manager Processes and Directory Structure
  • High Availability
  • Installation Overview–Network and Security Manager
  • Installation Overview–NSMXpress
  • NSM UI Installation
  • NSM UI Overview
  • Licensing

Chapter 4: Domains and Administrators

  • Domains and Subdomains
  • Role-Based Administration
  • Configuration

Chapter 5: Adding Devices

  • Scenarios and Methods
  • Device Exists
  • Device Does Not Yet Exist
  • VSYS, Cluster, Extranet, Group
  • Add Device Wizard
  • Automatic Discovery

Chapter 6: Abstraction–Objects and Templates

  • Objects
  • Templates

Day 2

Chapter 7: Abstraction–Policies

  • What Is a Policy?
  • Creating New Policies
  • Merging Policies

Chapter 8: Managing Devices

  • Directives
  • Configuring Devices
  • Configuration Management
  • Device Management

Chapter 9: Logging, Reporting, and Monitoring

  • Logging
  • Reporting
  • Action Manager
  • Monitoring

Chapter 10: Central Manager

  • Central Manager
  • Global Policy and Polymorphic Objects

Chapter 11: Virtual Private Networks

  • Concepts and Terminology
  • Device-Level VPNs Versus VPN Manager
  • Configuring Policy-Based VPNs
  • Configuring Route-Based VPNs
  • Configuring Auto-Connect VPNs
  • Configuring VPNs with Extranet Devices

This course is available as open-enrollment Classroom event, instructor-led Live Virtual Class, REAL-ILT™ or as part of a custom Onsite Training for up to 16 students.

Prerequisites
This course assumes that students have basic networking knowledge and experience in the following areas:

  • JUNOS or ScreenOS
  • Ethernet
  • TCP/IP and Routing