Juniper Networks Certified Design Specialist- Service Provider Design (JNCDS-SP)

The Design track enables you to demonstrate competence with Juniper Networks design principles and associated technologies. JNCDS-SP, one of the specialist-level certifications in this track, is designed for networking professionals and designers with intermediate knowledge of service provider design, theory, and best practices. The written exam verifies your understanding of service provider design principles.

WAN Connectivity
Describe the various methods of WAN connectivity

  • Public/private/managed
  • Service provider connectivity
  • Service provider hand-off methods
  • Service provider MPLS services
  • Enterprise Internet transport
  • Enterprise Layer 2/Layer 3 handoff services
  • Enterprise private connections

Network Availability and Traffic Prioritization
Describe network availability concepts

  • Calculating availability
  • Physical redundancy
  • Logical redundancy
  • Fate sharing (for example, high availability)
  • Capacity planning

Describe class of service concepts

  • Diffserv
  • CoS processing

Service Provider Core WAN Design
Describe the design considerations of a service provider's core WAN

  • Network segmentation
  • IGP design
  • BGP design
  • MPLS design

Service Provider Edge WAN Design
Describe the design considerations of a service provider's edge WAN

  • Layer 2 Services
  • Layer 3 services
  • Metro Ethernet
  • Subscriber services
  • Multicast services

Enterprise WAN
Describe the design considerations of an Enterprise WAN

  • Private WANs
  • Large enterprise WAN design
  • SME WAN design

Data Center WAN
Describe the design considerations of a data center WAN

  • Gateway and fabric connectivity
  • L2 WAN extensions
  • EVPN
  • VXLAN

WAN Security
Describe the design considerations for security in the WAN

  • Platform security
  • BGP Flowspec
  • MACsec
  • IPsec
  • Subscriber access security

WAN Management
Describe the design considerations for WAN management

  • OoB management design
  • Junos Space management platform
  • Best practices

SDN in the WAN
Describe the design considerations of SDN in the WAN

  • SDN in the WAN
  • Paragon Pathfinder
  • Paragon Planner

Prerequisites

Juniper Networks Certified Design Associate (JNCDA)

Exams

JN0-1362

Recertification

The certification is valid for three years. To view the recertification options, go to the Recertification webpage.