The course prerequisites include the following:

• Basic knowledge of networking & data center designs
• Understanding of Clos IP fabric
• Understanding of routing protocol design, configuration, & performance
• Knowledge of overlay & underlay routing designs
• Basic knowledge of automation design & workflows
• Knowledge of network device configuration via CLI
• Understanding of BGP — recommended but not required
• Completion of the Introduction to Juniper Data
• Center Networking (IJDC) course or equivalent knowledge

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Audience Profile

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The primary audience for this course includes:

• Networking architects & operators, system engineers, DevOps professionals, and IT professionals
• Individuals responsible for configuring, monitoring, & troubleshooting modern spine-& leaf data centers of any size, leveraging any networking vendor hardware or operating system

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Module 1: Course Introduction

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Module 2: Intent-Based Networking

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Lessons

• What do we mean by intent?
• Where is Juniper Apstra positioned?

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Module 3: Juniper Apstra Overview

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Lessons

• Juniper Apstra server
• Juniper Apstra device agents

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Module 4: Apstra UI Walkthrough

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Lessons

• Navigate the global Apstra UI

Lab:

• Apstra UI Walkthrough

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Module 5: Role-Based Access Control

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Lessons

• Configure users, roles, & providers to enable local & remote authentication

Lab:

• Configuring RBAC

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Module 6: IP Fabric Architecture

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Lessons

• IP fabric options, including collapsed (spineless), three-stage, & five-stage fabrics
• IP fabric routing strategy
• EBGP fabric
• IP fabric best practices

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Module 7: VXLAN Overview

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Lessons

• VPN terminology—control planes & data planes
• VXLAN broadcast domains
• VXLAN control plane evolution
• VXLAN fundamentals
• Hardware VTEPs & software VTEPs

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Module 8: EVPN Protocol

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Lessons

• Summary of the EVPN protocol in a VXLAN environment  Route distinguishers
• Route targets (policy)  
• EVPN route types & usage
• Edge routing using Type 2 routes
• Edge routing using Type 5 routes

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Module 9: Data Center Reference Design

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Lessons

• Summary of using templates to design your network

• Summary of using rack types to design your network
• Host connectivity options
• Life-cycle management (design, build, deploy, validate)

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Module 10: L2Circuit—Advanced Concepts

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Lessons

• Device Management

Lab:

• Managing Devices

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Module 11: Resources

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Lessons

• Make IP, VNI, & ASN Pools

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Module 12: Tags

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Lessons

• Make Tags

Lab:

• Configuring Resources & Tags

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Module 13: Logical Devices, Device Profiles, & Interface Maps

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Lessons

• Explain Logical Devices
• Explain Device Profiles
• Explain Interface Maps

Lab:

• Logical Devices, Device Profiles, & Interface Maps

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Module 14: Design: Racks

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Lessons

• Make Custom Rack Types

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Module 15: Design: Templates

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Lessons

• Make Custom Templates

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Module 16: Build & Deploy: Blueprints

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Lessons

• Build & deploy a blueprint

Lab:

• Design, Build, & Deploy a Blueprint

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Module 17: Navigating the Blueprint UI

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Lessons

• Navigate the tabs—Dashboard, Analytics, Staged, Uncommitted, Active, & Time Voyager
• Explain layered views of the staged & active networks
• IBA probe versus service anomalies

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Module 18: Basic Blueprint Operation

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Lessons

• To view neighbours, links, headroom, telemetry, device, properties, tags, and virtual settings, select a node.
• To determine the status of a blueprint, use the Active tab.
• Query the blueprint (MAC, ARP, & VM)
• Find by tags
• Troubleshooting example
• Make changes to your blueprint
• Revert changes
• Use Time Voyager

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Module 19: Property Sets & Configlets

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Lessons

• Configure Property Sets
• Configure & Deploy Configlets

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Module 20: Connectivity Templates

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Lessons

• Connectivity templates overview
• Example: Enable a BGP session between the border leaf & external router

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Module 21: Virtual Networks

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Lessons

• Configure virtual overlay networks

Lab: 

• Configuring Configlets, Connectivity Templates, & Virtual Networks

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Module 22: Root Cause Identification

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Lessons

• Explain & enable RCI

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Module 23: Security Policies   

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Lessons

• Explain security policy functionality & terminology
• Explain the security policy workflow
• Use conflict resolution

Lab: 

• Configuring Root Cause Identification & Security Policies

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Module 24: Creating Device Profiles  

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Lessons

• Make a custom device profile

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Module 25: Creating Logical Devices

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Lessons

• Make a custom logical device

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Module 26: Creating Interface Maps

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Lessons

• Make a custom interface map

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Module 27: Post-Deployment: Adding a Spine & a Rack

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Lessons

• Add a spine & a rack to an existing blueprint

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Module 28: Post-Deployment: Adding a Generic System

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Lessons

• Learn the difference between global and embedded rack types.
• Adding a generic system to an existing blueprint

Lab: 

• Working with Interface Maps, Racks, & Generic Systems

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Module 29: Graph Database

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Lessons

• Use Graph Explorer to inspect a blueprint's graph & its schema visually
• Learn how to query the graph database by using Graph Explorer.

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Module 30: Intent-Based Analytics—Overview

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Lessons

• Explain the basics of an IBA probe

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Module 31: Make an IBA Probe

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Lessons

• Make a predefined IBA probe
• Make a new IBA probe

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Module 32: Syslog

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Lessons

• Configure & Monitor logging to a remote Syslog server

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Module 33: VMware vCenter Integration

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Lessons

• Integrate Apstra with vCenter

Lab:

• Configuring IBA Probes, Syslog, & vCenter Integration

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Module 34: Data Center Interconnect

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Lessons

• Explain a L2 DCI
• Explain a L3 DCI

Lab:

• Configuring DCI

JNCIS-DC certification exam

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Skills measured

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• Data Center Architectures (IP Fabrics, EVPN-VXLAN)
• Juniper Apstra Architecture 
• Apstra Design Phase
• Apstra Build & Deploy Phases
• Blueprint Operations
• Data Center Multi tenancy
• Intent-based Analytics

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Q: What is Juniper APSTRA?

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A: Juniper Apstra is a software-only, multi-vendor, intent-based networking solution that provides closed-loop automation & assurance to provide a complete fabric management solution.

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Q: How will the training be delivered or conducted? 

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A: Radiant Telelearning offers customized training delivery solutions for individuals, teams & businesses depending on their requirements. Here is how we assist each person using our various formats.

Dedicated Classroom Training program

Onsite: To meet the needs & expectations of our corporate clients worldwide, our expert will travel to your location to deliver the training program at a premise of your choice & convenience.

Offsite: Our clients & Individual professionals across the world travel to India to attend our classroom training sessions. We assist them with services like accommodation, Airport picks & drop, daily cab & Visa assistance.

Public Batches: Corporates & Individual professionals across the world can nominate their employees or themselves in our classroom or online public batches. Our public collections would have a limited number of participants to ensure individual attention. As the participants are from different backgrounds & companies, you learn from everyone's experience.

On-the-Job Learning:  Our team of consultants would help you to execute end-to-end projects & simultaneously learn the technology.

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Q: What are the different learning options or training modes available?

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 A: Radiant Telelearning offers customized solutions & training programs for individuals, teams & businesses depending on their requirements. Here is how we assist each one through our diverse formats.

Individuals / One-O-One Training

•  Focused learning sessions
•  Programmed scheduling according to professionals' choice
•  Get personalized attention
•  Select what technology interests you
• Teams: Enroll in our public online or classroom batches.
•  Get our updated, specialized content for various skill levels.
•  Get on-demand learning & solve problems quickly
• Get assistance from the ground up through sequential learning
• Enterprise:
•  Get customized training programmed & solutions that can be curated especially for your business
•  Meet the needs of all learners
•  Let your employees be geared up for all kinds of problem-solving
•  Inspire your teams for future
•  Update your employees with the latest information stretching from technology, and business leadership to marketing

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Q: Who will be the instructor of the training program? 

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A: Radiant Telelearning has a large pool of in-house certified trainers & consultants with strong backgrounds & working experience in the technology.

Radiant Telelearning offers more than 800+ courses & for each period, Radiant has identified best-in-class instructors.

Radiant has highly intensive selection criteria for Technology Trainers & Consultants who deliver training programs. Our trainers & consultants undergo rigorous technical & behavioral interviews & assessment processes before they board the company.

Our Technology experts/trainers & consultants carry deep-dive knowledge in the technical subject & are certified by the OEM. Our faculty will provide you with the ability of each course from the fundamental level in an easy way & you are free to ask your doubts any time your respective faculty.

Our trainers have the patience & ability to explain complex concepts simplistically with depth & width of knowledge.

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Q: What is the schedule of the training program?

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 A: Radiant Telelearning offers training programs on weekdays, weekends & a combination of weekdays & weekends. You can always choose the schedule that best suits your need.

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Q: What is the infrastructure required to attend your training program?

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A: To attend the training session, you should have operational Desktops or Laptops with the required specification and a good internet connection to access the labs. 

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Q: What if I miss a class on a particular day?

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A: We recommend you attend the live session to practice & clarify the doubts instantly & get more value from your investment. However, if, due to some contingency, you have to skip the class, Radiant Techlearning will help you with the recorded session of that particular day. However, those recorded sessions are not meant only for personal consumption & NOT for distribution or commercial use.

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Q: How will I be accessing the labs?

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A: Radiant Techlearning has a data center containing a Virtual Training environment for participants' hand-on-practice. 

Participants can easily access these labs over Cloud with the help of a remote desktop connection. 

Radiant virtual labs allow you to learn from anywhere in the world & in any time zone. 

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Q: What kind of projects are included as a part of training?

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A: The learners will be enthralled as we engage them the real-world & industry Oriented projects during the training program. These projects will improve your skills & knowledge & you will gain a better experience. These real-time projects will help you a lot in your future tasks & assignments.