Juniper Networks Design - Data Center (JND-DC)

This course is targeted for Juniper Networks system engineers, partner sales engineers (including Champions), and services partners. However, the course is also applicable to a general audience of Juniper customers with a desire to learn more about data center design.

The following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Knowledge of routing and switching architectures and protocols.
• Knowledge of Juniper Networks products and solutions.
• Understanding of infrastructure security principles.
• Basic knowledge of hypervisors and load balancers.
• Completion of the Juniper Networks Design Fundamentals (JNDF) course.

After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe high-level concepts about the different data center architectures.
• Identify features used to interconnect data centers.
• Describe key high-level considerations about securing and monitoring a data center deployment.
• Outline key high-level concepts when implementing different data center approaches.
• Describe data center cooling designs and considerations.
• Explain device placement and cabling requirements.
• Outline different data center use cases with basic architectures.
• Describe a traditional multi-tier data center architecture.
• Explain link aggregation and redundant trunk groups.
• Explain multichassis link aggregation.
• Describe the reasons for the shift to IP fabrics.
• Describe the design considerations of a controller-less overlay.
• Describe the design considerations of an SDN-controlled overlay.
• Describe the design considerations for routing in an IP fabric.
• Describe how to scale an IP fabric.
• Describe the need for DCI.
• Describe the various options for providing DCI.
• Describe a potential DCI design using VXLAN and EVPN.
• Discuss the security requirements and design principles of the data center.
• Describe the security elements of the data center.
• Explain how to simplify security in the data center.
• Discuss the security enforcement layers in the data center.
• Describe the purpose of SDN.
• Explain the function of Contrail.
• Describe the purpose of NFV.
• Discuss the purpose and function of vSRX and vMX.
• Explain basic strategies for managing all types of data center deployments.
• Provide details about different network management strategies.
• Explain key concepts of network monitoring solutions.
• Explain automation options and solutions.
• Discuss the importance of understanding the baseline behaviors in your data center.
• Describe the Junos Space Network Management Platform and its deployment options.
• Describe the importance of analytics.
• Discuss automation in the data center.
• Describe the HA features available when using Junos.
• Describe the different methods used to protect data in the data center.