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Course Overview
This five-day course provides a comprehensive focus on Juniper Networks data center switching technologies.The first three days are designed to introduce the data center features including zero touch provisioning (ZTP), unified in-service software upgrade (ISSU), multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG), Mixed Virtual Fabric, and Virtual Chassis Fabric (VCF) and provide students with knowledge of troubleshooting some of the key data center features including MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis, and VCF deployments.The last two days of the course are designed to introduce data center features that are more advanced including IP Fabric, Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Layer 2 and Layer 3 Gateways, VXLAN with Ethernet VPN (EVPN) signaling, and Data Center Interconnect (DCI) for a VXLAN overlay. Students will learn to configure and monitor these features on the Junos operating system running on the QFX5100, EX4300, and vMX Series platforms. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting, and analyzing the mentioned features of the Junos OS. This content is based on Junos OS Release 17.1R1.8. Course Level Advanced Data Center Switching (ADCX) is an advanced level course.
Who Should Attend
- Data center implementation engineers
- Data center design engineers
Course Objectives
- Describe and configure an IP fabric.
- Describe and configure an EVPN-VXLAN data center.
- Describe and configure Centrally Routed Bridging (CRB) EVPN-VXLAN.
- Describe and configure Edge Routed Bridging (ERB) EVPN-VXLAN.
- Describe basic and advanced data center design concepts.
- Describe and configure Data Center Interconnect.
- Describe enhancements to multicast functionality in an EVPN-VXLAN.
- Describe the role of multicloud data center controllers.
Course Outline
1: Course Introduction
2: Data Center Fundamentals Overview
- Traditional Multitier Architecture Challenges
- Next Generation Data Center Fabrics
- Juniper Networks Data Center Platforms
3: IP Fabrics
- IP Fabric Overview
- IP Fabric Routing
- IP Fabric Scaling
- IP Fabric Configuration
- Lab 1: IP Fabric
4: VXLAN Fundamentals
- VXLAN Functions and Operations
- VXLAN Implementation
- VXLAN Gateways
5: EVPN Controlled VXLAN
- Benefits of EVPN
- VXLAN using EVPN Control Plane
6: Configuring EVPN VXLAN
- Configuring and Monitoring EVPN Signaling for VXLAN Routing
- Lab 2: EVPN-VXLAN Routing
7: Basic Data Center Architectures
- Basic Data Center Architecture
- Base Design
- Design Options and Modifications
- Lab 3: EVPN-VXLAN Layer 3 Gateways
8: Data Center Interconnect
- DCI Overview
- DCI Options for a VXLAN Overlay
- EVPN Type 5 Routes
- DCI Example
- Lab 4: DCI
9: Advanced Data Center Architectures
- Advanced Data Center Architectures
- Base Design
10: EVPN Multicast
- Multicast Overview
- Multicast in an EVPN-VXLAN Environment
11: Introduction to Multicloud Data Center
- Data Center Evolution
- Contrail Enterprise Multicloud Use
12: Comprehensive Data Center Lab
- Data Center Architectures
- Lab 5: Data Center Comprehensive Lab