Juniper Data Center Expert (JNCIE-DC)
For data centre professionals looking to expand their knowledge and confirm their aptitude for deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting devices on the Juniper Networks® Junos® Platform, one of four certifications in the Data Center track (the JNCIEDC, expert) is available. You will construct and set up Juniper Networks QFX Series Switches and MX Series Routing Platforms for Clos fabric, Ethernet VPN-Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN-VXLAN), Data Center Interconnect (DCI), and class of service during the practical test (CoS).
Exam Preparation
The materials listed below are ones we advise you use to get ready for your test. These tools aren’t necessary, though, and employing them doesn’t ensure exam success.
Recommended Training
• JNCIE-DC Certification Self-Study Bundle
• All courses listed for the underlying certifications
Exam Resources
• Juniper TechLibrary
• Extensive real-world hands-on experience
Additional Preparation
• Juniper Learning Portal
Exam Objectives
Here is a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIE-DC certification exam.
Layer 3 Underlay
In a controllerless data center, a successful candidate will:
• Build, deploy, and troubleshoot an IP fabric
• Use routing policies to ensure that only required addresses are advertised
• Use all available links for forwarding traffic
In a data center managed by Juniper® Apstra software, a successful candidate will:
• Build, deploy, and troubleshoot an IP fabric
• Use routing policies to ensure that only required addresses are advertised
• Create and use custom tags
• Restrict all fabric device configurations to Apstra
• Use all available links for forwarding traffic
Overlay
In a controllerless data center, a successful candidate will:
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot an EBGP- or IBGPsignaled EVPN-VXLAN overlay
• Establish communication between multihomed and singlehomed end devices
• Create multiple separate Layer 2 and Layer 3 tenant environments
• Enable routing between different Layer 3 tenants
• Configure and optimize multicast communication In a data center managed by Apstra, a successful candidate will:
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot an EBGP-signaled EVPNVXLAN overlay
• Establish communication between multihomed and singlehomed end devices
• Create multiple separate Layer 3 tenant environments
• Enable routing between different Layer 3 tenants
Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
A successful candidate will:
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot a DCI solution between a Juniper Apstra-managed data center and a controllerless data center using Type 2 or Type 5 EVPN routes to enable tenant communication between data centers without the use of Apstra configlets
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot a DCI solution between two controllerless data centers using seamless VXLAN-toVXLAN stitching to enable tenant communication between data centers
• Identify incoming VXLAN virtual network identifier (VNI) information from an unmanaged preconfigured peer device
Security
A successful candidate will:
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot security features that protect the data center infrastructure and edge devices
• Restrict device access from unauthorized protocols and networks
• Monitor and log excessive traffic events
• Monitor and track various spanning-tree messages and take required actions according to the defined security
requirements
Class of Service (CoS)
A successful candidate will:
• Configure and troubleshoot CoS settings for server traffic connected to leaf nodes
Management
A successful candidate will:
• Use tags and probes to track critical services and trigger Apstra anomalies when specific conditions are met or
exceeded
• Create and use custom Apstra configlets
• Enable subsecond link failure detection using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) between leaf and external devices
• Implement date and time synchronization for devices
• Configure local and remote system logging
• Enable streaming telemetry on custom ports
• Use SNMP monitoring in the data centers