JEX After successfully completing this course, you should be able to: • List the benefits of implementing switched LANs. • Describe transparent bridging concepts and operations. • Describe terms and design considerations for switched LANs. • List enterprise platforms that support Layer 2 switching. • Configure interfaces for Layer 2 switching operations. • Display and interpret the Ethernet switching table. • Explain the concept of a VLAN. • Describe access and trunk port modes. • Configure and monitor VLANs. • Describe voice VLAN and native VLAN concepts. • Explain inter-VLAN routing operations. • Configure and monitor inter-VLAN routing. • Explain when a spanning tree is required. • Describe STP and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) operations. • List some advantages of using RSTP over STP. • Configure and monitor RSTP. • Describe the bridge protocol data unit (BPDU), Loop, and Root protection features. • Configure and monitor the BPDU, Loop, and Root protection features. • List and describe various port security features. • Configure and monitor port security features. • Describe the storm control feature. • Configure and monitor storm control. • Describe firewall filter support for EX Series Ethernet Switches. • Implement and monitor the effects of a firewall filter. • Describe the basic concepts and operational details of a virtual chassis. • Implement a virtual chassis with multiple EX4200 switches. • List and describe some features that promote high availability. • Configure and monitor high availability features. JIR After successfully completing this course, you should be able to: • Describe typical uses of static, aggregate, and generated routes. • Configure and monitor static, aggregate, and generated routes. • Explain the purpose of Martian routes and add new entries to the default list. • Describe typical uses of routing instances. • Configure and share routes between routing instances. • Describe load-balancing concepts and operations. • Implement and monitor Layer 3 load balancing. • Illustrate benefits of filter-based forwarding. • Configure and monitor filter-based forwarding. • Explain the operations of OSPF. • Describe the role of the designated router. • List and describe OSPF area types. • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot OSPF. • Describe BGP and its basic operations. • Name and describe common BGP attributes. • List the steps in the BGP route selection algorithm. • Describe BGP peering options and the default route advertisement rules. • Configure and monitor BGP. • Describe IP tunneling concepts and applications. • Explain the basic operations of generic routing encapsulation (GRE) and IP over IP (IP-IP) tunnels. • Configure and monitor GRE and IP-IP tunnels. • Describe various high availability features supported by the Junos OS. • Configure and monitor some of the highlighted high availability features.