OSPF Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of OSPF Various OSPF LSA types Flooding of LSAs in an OSPF

network SPF algorithm OSPF metrics, including external metric types OSPF authentication options OSPF area types and operations, including stub areas and NSSAs Summarize and restrict routes Purpose of virtual links Key differences between OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor single-area and multi-area OSPF Implement OSPF routing policy IS-IS Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of IS-IS Various IS-IS link-state PDU (LSP) types IS-IS adjacency rules Interpret the LSDB IS-IS metrics, including wide metrics IS-IS authentication options Default operation in multi-area IS-IS IS-IS route summarization and route leaking methods Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor single-area and multi-area IS-IS Implement IS-IS routing policy BGP Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of BGP BGP route selection process How to alter the route selection process Various BGP attributes and explain the operation of those attributes Purpose and function of BGP communities Utilize regular expressions for route selection Describe, configure and monitor BGP route damping Manipulate BGP attributes using routing policy Multiprotocol BGP Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor BGP Implement BGP routing policy Describe and configure BGP scaling mechanisms, including route reflection and co nfederations Class of Service (CoS) Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of Junos CoS Purpose of forwarding classes Function and types of packet classification Function and types of policers Function and interrelationships of the components of scheduling Purpose of hierarchical scheduling (H-CoS), and describe the characteristics of the four levels of H-CoS (high-level only) Characteristics of Differentiated Services Common per-hop behaviors (PHBs) Describe the CoS fields in various packet headers List the CoS processing stages on devices running Junos OS Function of rewriting packet headers Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure the various CoS components, including

forwarding classes, classifiers, policers, schedulers, and rewrite rules Describe and configure CoS-based forwarding (CBF) Describe how to monitor CoS using various operational commands IP Multicast Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of IP multicast IP multicast traffic flow Components of IP multicast, including multicast addressing Function of RPF in multicast Demonstrate knowledge of the components and function of common multicast routing protocols Function of IGMP and compare the various IGMP versions Compare PIM dense-mode and sparse-mode Various rendezvous point (RP) discovery options Compare Any-Source Multicast (ASM) and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) Requirements, benefits, and address ranges used for SSM Purpose and operation of MSDP within a single PIM domain and across multiple PIM domains Function and benefit of using Anycast RP Use of routing policies to control PIM and MSDP message traffic and to scope mul ticast groups Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor IGMP, PIM-DM, PIM-SM (incl uding SSM) and MSDP Implement IP multicast routing policy MPLS Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of MPLS Common MPLS terms How a router forwards MPLS packets MPLS packet flow from an ingress node to an egress node Examine the Label Information Base Functionality of the two common label distribution protocols used by the Junos O S LSP metrics, including interaction with IGP metrics Default traffic protection behavior of RSVP-signaled LSPs Compare primary and secondary LSPs Function and interrelationship of LSP priority and preemption Compare the operation of fast reroute, link protection and node protection LSP optimization options Routing table integration options for traffic engineering Use of routing policies to control path selection Additional MPLS features, such as automatic bandwidth, TTL handling, and MPLS pi ngs Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of Constrained Shortest Path First (CSPF) IGP extensions needed to build and maintain a traffic engineering database (TED) How the CSPF algorithm selects the best path Purpose of administrative groups Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor MPLS, LDP and RSVP Configure a router to perform MPLS forwarding Configure RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled LSPs Implement MPLS routing policy Configure traffic protection mechanisms Configure the components of CSPF Layer 3 VPNs Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of L3 VPNs Roles of P, PE, and CE routers

Format of VPN-IPv4 addresses Function of a route distinguisher Operation and flow of the control and data planes Various L3 VPN CoS mechanisms How to support communications between sites attached to a common PE router Benefits and requirements of using a hub-and-spoke topology Methods to scale L3 VPNs Compare L3 VPN Internet access options Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot L3 VPNs Demonstrate knowledge of the operation and configuration of multicast VPNs Concepts, operation and functionality of next-generation MVPNs (NG-MVPN) Flow of control and data traffic in a NG-MVPN Configure and monitor NG-MVPNs Describe Junos support for carrier of carrier and interprovider VPN models Layer 2 VPNs Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of BGP L2 VPNs Roles of a CE, PE, and P router in an L2 VPN Flow of control and data traffic for a BGP L2 VPN Benefits and requirements of over-provisioning Methods to scale BGP L2 VPNs Various BGP L2 VPN CoS mechanisms Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of LDP L2 circuits Flow of control and data traffic for an LDP L2 circuit Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of VPLS Purpose of the PE, CE, and P devices Signaling, learning and forwarding process of VPLS Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot L2 VPNs Configure, monitor and troubleshoot BGP L2 VPNs Configure, monitor and troubleshoot LDP L2 circuits Configure, monitor and troubleshoot VPLS Automation Demonstrate basic knowledge of using automation scripts