• Explain the flooding of LSAs in an OSPF network.
• Describe the shortest-path-first (SPF) algorithm.
• Explain OSPF link metrics.
• Describe the various OSPF authentication methods.
• Explain the key differences between OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.
• Describe OSPF area types and operations.
• Configure various OSPF area types.
• Summarize and restrict routes.
• Configure OSPF virtual links.
• Configure OSPF multiarea adjacencies.
• Explain OSPF external reachability.
• List useful commands that are used to troubleshoot and verify OSPF.
• Isolate different OSPF issues.
• Evaluate the OSPFv3 database and routers.
• Explain the concepts and operation of IS-IS.
• Describe various IS-IS link-state protocol data unit (LSP) types.
• List IS-IS adjacency rules and troubleshoot common adjacency issues.
• Configure and monitor IS-IS.
• Display and interpret the link-state database (LSDB).
• Perform advanced IS-IS configuration options.
• Implement IS-IS routing policies.
• Explain the default operation in multilevel IS-IS.
• Describe address summarization methods used in IS-IS.
• Configure and monitor a multilevel IS-IS network.
• List useful commands to troubleshoot and verify IS-IS problems.
• Troubleshoot and isolate different IS-IS issues.
• Describe basic BGP operations.
• List common BGP attributes.
• Explain the route selection process for BGP.
• Describe how to alter the route selection process.
• Configure advanced options for BGP peers.
• Explain how policies function in BGP.
• Describe BGP attributes and explain how these attributes can be used to manipulate traffic.
• Describe the BGP attributes origin, multiple exit discriminator (MED), and communities, and explain the operation of those attributes.
• Manipulate BGP attributes using routing policy.
• Describe the operation of BGP route reflection.
• Configure a route reflector.
• Describe the BGP virtual route reflector.
• Explain the operation of optimal route reflection.
• Describe the workings of a BGP confederation.
• Configure confederations.
• Describe peering relationships in a confederation.
• Identify what is route flap and route damping.
• Describe distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation techniques using damping parameters.
• Explain the default behavior of damping on links.
• Control damping using routing policy.
• Review common BGP troubleshooting procedures.
• List common BGP troubleshooting commands.
• Identify issues with BGP peering.
• Isolate problems on routing policy structure and configuration.
• Identify common commands for troubleshooting routing policy.
• Explain the causes for route instability.

DAY 1

1. Course Introduction

2. OSPF

• Review the basics of OSPFv2
• Explain how link-state advertisements work
• Describe the different protocol operations
• Explain how OSPF authentication works

Lab 1: OSPF Multiarea Networks

3. OSPF Areas

• Review OSPF areas
• Explain how stub areas operate
• Review stub area configuration
• Explain how NSSA operates
• Review NSSA configuration
• Describe route summarization

Lab 2: OSPF Route Summarization

4. OSPF Case Studies and Solutions

• Configure OSPF virtual links
• Configure OSPF multiarea adjacencies
• Explain OSPF external reachability

Lab 3: Advanced OSPF Options and Routing Policy

DAY 2

5. OSPF Troubleshooting

• Identify OSPF neighbors and routing issues
• Examine the OSPFv3 database and routers

Lab 4: Troubleshooting OSPF

6. IS-IS

• Explain the concepts and operation of IS-IS
• Describe various IS-IS link-state PDU types
• List IS-IS adjacency rules and troubleshoot common adjacency issues
• Configure and monitor IS-IS

Lab 5: IS-IS Configuration and Monitoring

7. Advanced IS-IS Operations and Configuration Options

• Present and interpret the IS-IS LSDB
• Identify advanced IS-IS configurations
• Implement IS-IS routing policies

Lab 6: Advanced IS-IS Configuration Options and Routing Policies

DAY 3

8. Multilevel IS-IS Networks

• Explain the default operation in a multilevel IS-IS network
• Describe address summarization methods used in IS-IS
• Review a route leaking and summarization case study

Lab 7: Configuring a Multilevel IS-IS Network

9. Troubleshooting IS-IS

• Verify and isolate IS-IS problems
• Analyze IS-IS issues by means of a case study

Lab 8: Troubleshooting IS-IS

10. Border Gateway Protocol

• Provide an overview of BGP
• Identify how BGP operates
• Explain BGP path selection and options
• Describe BGP configuration options

Lab 9: BGP and BGP Attributes

DAY 4

11. BGP Attributes and Policy—Part 1

• Describe BGP policy
• Explain how the BGP next hop works
• Evaluate the basics of origin and MED
• Review BGP AS path

Lab 10: BGP Attributes—Next Hop, Origin, MED, and AS Path

12. BGP Attributes and Policy—Part 2

• Describe the BGP attributes local preference
• Manipulate BGP attributes using routing policy

Lab 11: BGP Attributes – Local Preference and Communities

13. Route Reflection and Confederations

• Describe the BGP route reflection operation
• Examine route reflection configuration
• Configure BGP confederations

Lab 12: Scaling BGP

DAY 5

14. BGP Route Damping

• Explain the purpose of route flap and damping
• Identify damping parameters
• Configure and monitor route damping

Lab 13: BGP Route Damping

15. BGP Troubleshooting

• Identify IBGP troubleshooting tasks
• Recognize different EBGP and BGP issues

Lab 14: Troubleshooting BGP

16. Policy Troubleshooting

• Assess the basics of routing policy
• Review policy structure
• Evaluate the use of regular expressions
• Identify useful troubleshooting commands
• Review various case studies

Lab 15: Troubleshooting Routing Policy

Individuals responsible for implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting Layer 3 components of a service provider’s network

• Intermediate-level networking knowledge
• Understanding of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model
• Understanding of TCP/IP protocol suite
• Introduction to the Junos Operating System and Junos Intermediate Routing courses, or equivalent knowledge