Service Provider Routing and Switching, Expert (JNCIE-SP)

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The Service Provider Routing and Switching track enables you to demonstrate a thorough understanding of networking technology in general and Juniper Networks service provider routing and switching platforms. JNCIE-SP is at the pinnacle of the Service Provider Routing and Switching certification track.

The JNCIE-SP lab exam is designed to validate your ability to implement, troubleshoot and maintain Juniper Networks service provider networks. The 6-hour format of this exam requires that you build a service provider network consisting of multiple vMX virtual routers. You will perform system configuration on all devices, implement various protocols, policies and VPNs, multicasts, and class of services.

This track contains four certifications:

  • JNCIA-Junos: Junos, Associate. For details, see JNCIA-Junos
  • JNCIS-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist. For details, see JNCIS-SP.
  • JNCIP-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Professional. For details, see JNCIP-SP.
  • JNCIE-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Expert. For details, see the sections below.

Exam Preparation

We recommend the following resources to help you prepare for your exam. However, these resources aren't required, and using them doesn't guarantee you'll pass the exam.

Recommended Training

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Additional Preparation

Exam Objectives

Here’s a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIE-SP certification exam.

Exam Objective

Description

System Management and Monitoring

In a network that comprises a service provider network and multiple customer sites, a successful candidate will:

  • Create, modify, and validate stateless control plane protection based on specific restrictions while ensuring that additional traffic is handled appropriately.
  • Deploy, modify, and troubleshoot OP, event, and commit scripts to achieve precise behaviors.
  • Implement and modify configurations to secure streaming telemetry data based on specific requirements and expected behaviors.
  • Modify and validate SNMPv3 configurations to ensure communication and encryption is applied based on expected behavior.
  • Implement and modify IPv4 and IPv6 traffic sampling. 
  • Configure local and remote system logging.

Core Technologies

In a network that comprises a service provider network and multiple customer sites, a successful candidate will:

  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot various IS-IS configurations and adjacencies.
  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot numerous routing policies to ensure that the proper routes are received and advertised between peers.
  • Deploy BFD to detect failures.
  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot various BGP configurations and adjacencies.
  • Secure BGP sessions using advanced authentication methods.
  • Use RIB groups to share routes between routing tables.
  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot RSVP-signaled label-switched paths.
  • Deploy and validate RSVP-signaled label-switched path protection.
  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot LDP-signaled label-switched paths in a mixed core environment.
  • Modify and troubleshoot administrative groups for label-switched paths. 
  • Create, modify, and troubleshoot various segment routing over MPLS configurations and settings.
  • Implement LDP and segment routing domain interconnection.
  • Classify, prioritize, and modify traffic based on specific requirements to ensure consistent handling throughout the network.

Edge Services

In a network that comprises a service provider network and multiple customer sites, a successful candidate will:

  • Configure and modify interprovider VPN solutions being used in the service provider network.
  • Ensure that remote CE devices can communicate with peer sites using various PE-to-CE routing protocols.
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a hub-and-spoke Layer 3 VPN.
  • Configure, verify and troubleshoot Internet access for Layer 3 VPNs.
  • Filter VPN routes that are received by PE devices.
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a BGP-signaled VPLS to provide Layer 2 connectivity between multiple customer sites.
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot an LDP-signaled VPLS to provide Layer 2 connectivity between multiple customer sites.
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a VLAN-aware EVPN to provide Layer 2 connectivity between multiple customer sites.
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a VLAN-based EVPN to provide Layer 2 connectivity between multiple customer sites.
  • Use a policer to limit broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast traffic.
  • Implement various MAC learning security features.

Exam Details

Exam questions are derived from the recommended training and the exam resources listed above. The exam is only provided in English.

Exam Code

JPR-962

Prerequisite Certification

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Exam Length

6 hours

Exam Type

Hands-on lab exam

Recertification

Juniper certifications are valid for three years. For more information, see Recertification.