Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

Protocol-Independent Routing

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of various protocol-independent routing components:

• Static, aggregate, and generated routes
• Martian addresses
• Routing instances, including routing information base (RIB) (also known as routing table) group
• Load balancing
• Filter-based forwarding

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot 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 and backup designated router
• OSPF area and router types
• Link-state advertisement (LSA) packet type

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or 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, or functionality of IS-IS:

• Link-state database
• IS-IS protocol data units (PDUs)
• Type, length, values (TLVs)
• Adjacencies and neighbors
• Levels and areas
• Designated intermediate system (DIS)
• Metrics

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IS-IS:

• Levels, interfaces and adjacencies
• Additional basic options
• Routing policy application
• Troubleshooting tools

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of BGP:

• BGP basic operation
• BGP message types
• Attributes
• Route/path selection process
• Internal and external BGP (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 or 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 (Q-in-Q tunneling)

Identify the concepts, benefits, or functionality of VLANs:

• Port modes
• Tagging
• Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)/li>

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging or VLANs:

• Interfaces and ports
• VLANs
• IRB
• Provider bridging

Spanning-Tree Protocols

Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants:

• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), and VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) concepts
• Port roles and states
• Bridge Protocol Data Units (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
• MPLS and routing tables
• RSVP
• LDP
• Segment routing

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot MPLS:

• MPLS forwarding
• RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)

IPv6

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IPv6:

• IPv4 versus IPv6
• Address types, notation, and format
• Address scopes
• Autoconfiguration
• Tunneling

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshooting 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
• Generic routing encapsulation (GRE)

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP tunnels:

• GRE

High Availability

Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of high availability:

• Link aggregation groups (LAGs) and multichassis LAGs (MC- LAGs)
• Graceful restart (GR)
• Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
• Nonstop bridging (NSB)
• Nonstop active routing (NSR)
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Unified In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components:

• LAG
• Graceful restart, GRES, NSB, and NSR
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)