This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring and monitoring EX Series switches.

Junos Enterprise Switching is a two-day course that provides students with introductory switching knowledge and configuration examples. This course includes an overview of switching concepts and operations virtual LANs (VLANs) the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) port and device security features and high availability (HA) features. This course is based on the Junos operating system Release 10.1R2.8.

Day 1:

• Chapter 1: Course Introduction
• Chapter 2: Layer 2 Switching

• Ethernet Bridging Basics
• Terminology and Design Considerations
• Overview of Enterprise Switching Platforms
• Enabling and Monitoring Layer 2 Switching Operations
• Lab 1: Implementing Layer 2 Switching

• Chapter 3: Virtual Networks

• Overview of VLANs
• Configuring and Monitoring VLANs
• Voice VLAN
• Native VLAN
• Routed VLAN Interfaces
• Lab 2: Implementing Virtual Networks

• Chapter 4: Spanning Tree

• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• Configuring and Monitoring STP and RSTP
• Protection Features: BPDU Protection
• Protection Features: Loop Protection
• Protection Features: Root Protection
• Lab 3: Implementing Spanning Tree

Day 2:

• Chapter 5: Port Security

• MAC Limiting
• DHCP Snooping
• Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
• IP Source Guard
• Lab 4: Implementing Port Security

• Chapter 6: Device Security and Firewall Filters

• Storm Control
• Firewall Filters
• Lab 5: Implementing Storm Control and Firewall Filters

• Chapter 7: High Availability

• Overview of High Availability Networks
• Link Aggregation Groups
• Redundant Trunk Groups
• Lab 6: Configuring LAGs and RTG
• Overview of Virtual Chassis
• Configuring and Monitoring a Virtual Chassis
• Lab 7: Implementing a Virtual Chassis System

Students should have basic networking knowledge and an understanding of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the TCP/IP protocol suite. Students should also attend the "Introduction to the Junos Operating System" (IJOS) and the "Junos Routing Essentials" (JRE) courses prior to attending this class.