This five-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with Juniper Apstra and to manage data center networks with the Juniper Apstra software. This class will teach attendees how to operate and manage Juniper Apstra. Attendees will be given a background on modern data center design and intent-based networking concepts.
The course covers the Juniper Apstra architecture and its data center reference architecture. It includes designing, building, deploying, and automating collapsed and three-stage IP fabric using a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay. The course covers navigating the Juniper Apstra UI, including creating resources, designs, templates, and instantiating blueprints (a running network). After teaching the students to use Juniper Apstra to build a running data center, the course reviews the operational tools for managing a system with Juniper Apstra, including performing basic troubleshooting, performing global and blueprint UI walkthroughs, enabling role-based access control, setting drain mode, adding and removing nodes from a fabric, rolling back an entire network (Time Voyager), creating on-box and off-box agents, configuring security policies, creating connectivity templates, querying the graph database, and performing intent-based analytics (IBA).
Students will gain experience configuring and monitoring an IP fabric using Juniper Apstra through demonstrations and hands-on labs. This course is based on Juniper Apstra Release 4.2.0.
Associated Certification:
JNCIS-DC, JNCIE-DC, JNCIP-DC
DAY 1
1. Course Introduction
2. Intent-Based Networking
3. Juniper Apstra Overview
4. Apstra UI Walkthrough
Lab 1: Apstra UI Walkthrough
5. Role-Based Access Control
Lab 2: Configuring RBAC
6. IP Fabric Architecture
7. VXLAN Overview
DAY 2
8. EVPN Protocol
9. Data Center Reference Design
10. Device Management
Lab 3: Managing Devices
11. Resources
12. Tags
Lab 4: Configuring Resources and Tags
13. Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps
Lab 5: Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps
14. Design: Racks
15. Design: Templates
DAY 3
16. Build and Deploy: Blueprints
Lab 6: Design, Build, and Deploy a Blueprint
17. Navigating the Blueprint UI
Lab 7: Navigating and Operating a Blueprint
19. Property Sets and Configlets
20. Connectivity Templates
Lab 8: Configuring Configlets, Connectivity Templates, and Virtual Networks
DAY 4
22. Root Cause Identification
23. Security Policies
Lab 9: Configuring Root Cause Identification and Security Policies
24. Creating Device Profiles
25. Creating Logical Devices
26. Creating Interface Maps
27. Post-Deployment: Adding a Spine and a Rack
28. Post-Deployment: Adding a Generic System
Lab 10: Working with Interface Maps, Racks, and Generic Systems
DAY 5
29. Graph Database
30. Intent-Based Analytics—Overview
31 Create an IBA Probe
32. Syslog
33. VMware vCenter Integration
Lab 11: Configuring IBA Probes, Syslog, and vCenter Integration
34. Data Center Interconnect
Lab 12: Configuring DCI
Individuals responsible for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting modern spine-and-leaf data centers that leverage any networking vendor hardware or operating system. Networking architects and operators, System Engineers, DevOps and IT professionals
The course prerequisites include:
This five-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with Juniper Apstra and to manage data center networks with the Juniper Apstra software. This class will teach attendees how to operate and manage Juniper Apstra. Attendees will be given a background on modern data center design and intent-based networking concepts.
The course covers the Juniper Apstra architecture and its data center reference architecture. It includes designing, building, deploying, and automating collapsed and three-stage IP fabric using a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay. The course covers navigating the Juniper Apstra UI, including creating resources, designs, templates, and instantiating blueprints (a running network). After teaching the students to use Juniper Apstra to build a running data center, the course reviews the operational tools for managing a system with Juniper Apstra, including performing basic troubleshooting, performing global and blueprint UI walkthroughs, enabling role-based access control, setting drain mode, adding and removing nodes from a fabric, rolling back an entire network (Time Voyager), creating on-box and off-box agents, configuring security policies, creating connectivity templates, querying the graph database, and performing intent-based analytics (IBA).
Students will gain experience configuring and monitoring an IP fabric using Juniper Apstra through demonstrations and hands-on labs. This course is based on Juniper Apstra Release 4.2.0.
Associated Certification:
JNCIS-DC, JNCIE-DC, JNCIP-DC
DAY 1
1. Course Introduction
2. Intent-Based Networking
3. Juniper Apstra Overview
4. Apstra UI Walkthrough
Lab 1: Apstra UI Walkthrough
5. Role-Based Access Control
Lab 2: Configuring RBAC
6. IP Fabric Architecture
7. VXLAN Overview
DAY 2
8. EVPN Protocol
9. Data Center Reference Design
10. Device Management
Lab 3: Managing Devices
11. Resources
12. Tags
Lab 4: Configuring Resources and Tags
13. Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps
Lab 5: Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps
14. Design: Racks
15. Design: Templates
DAY 3
16. Build and Deploy: Blueprints
Lab 6: Design, Build, and Deploy a Blueprint
17. Navigating the Blueprint UI
Lab 7: Navigating and Operating a Blueprint
19. Property Sets and Configlets
20. Connectivity Templates
Lab 8: Configuring Configlets, Connectivity Templates, and Virtual Networks
DAY 4
22. Root Cause Identification
23. Security Policies
Lab 9: Configuring Root Cause Identification and Security Policies
24. Creating Device Profiles
25. Creating Logical Devices
26. Creating Interface Maps
27. Post-Deployment: Adding a Spine and a Rack
28. Post-Deployment: Adding a Generic System
Lab 10: Working with Interface Maps, Racks, and Generic Systems
DAY 5
29. Graph Database
30. Intent-Based Analytics—Overview
31 Create an IBA Probe
32. Syslog
33. VMware vCenter Integration
Lab 11: Configuring IBA Probes, Syslog, and vCenter Integration
34. Data Center Interconnect
Lab 12: Configuring DCI
Individuals responsible for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting modern spine-and-leaf data centers that leverage any networking vendor hardware or operating system. Networking architects and operators, System Engineers, DevOps and IT professionals
The course prerequisites include: