• Install a Session Smart Router and a Session Smart Conductor.
• Access Session Smart Routers with both the PCLI and the GUI.
• Describe how traffic flows through a Session Smart Router.
• Use the PCLI and GUI to operate and maintain Session Smart Routers.
• Route traffic to a data center using Session Smart Routers.
• Configure a high availability (HA) pair of Session Smart Routers.
• Configure multiple paths between Session Smart Routers.
• Configure Session Smart Routers to interoperate with BGP peers.
• Identify the proper commands and tools to troubleshoot Session Smart Routers.
• Identify where to go to find more information on APIs.
• Identify where to go for further resources.
• Identify the benefits of WAN Assurance.
• Identify the benefits of Session Smart Router for Classified Networks

Day 1

1. Introduction to Session Smart Routing

• Describe SD-WAN and the Juniper Session Smart Router
• Review Smart Packet Walkthrough

2. Interfaces for Managing your Session Smart Routers

• Describe and navigate the Session Smart PCLI
• Describe and navigate the Session Smart GUI
• Describe and navigate Session Smart APIs

Lab 1: Interfaces for Managing Your Session Smart Routers

3. Global and Local Data on the Session Smart Router

• Describe elements of the Session Smart Data Model
• Describe the difference between Global and Local Data
• Describe the elements of Global Data in the Session Smart Data Model
• Describe the elements of Local Data in the Session Smart Data Model

Lab 2: Configuring Global Data Elements

4. Interacting with the Platform

• Describe the Session Smart Conductor
• Describe the Mist-redirect ZTP installation process
• Describe the Session Smart ISO
• Describe the OTP installation process
• Describe configuration and backups on the Session Smart Router
• Describe upgrading the Session Smart Conductor and the Session Smart Router

Lab 3: Interacting with the Platform

Day 2

5. Session Smart Peering

• Describe the Configuration Template
• Describe Peers, BFD, Adjacencies, and Neighborhoods
• Review the Session Smart Data Model

Lab 4: Deploy a Branch Router and Configure Peering

6. Session Smart Routing

• Describe forwarding information base, routing information base, and services information base
• Describe Service Routes
• Describe Ethernet over SVR

Lab 5: Routing

7. Security Policies

• Describe Security Policies
• Configure Security Policies
• Apply Security Policies
• Describe IDP Policies

Lab 6: Security Policies

8. Multiple Paths Between Session Smart Routers

• Explain and configure service policies
• Explain and configure load balancing
• Explain and configure vectors

Lab 7: Configuring Multiple Paths Between Session Smart Routers

Day 3

9. Redundancy and High Availability on the Session Smart Router

• Explain and configure VRRP
• Explain and configure dual-node high availability
• Explain and configure dual-router high availability
• Explain and configure link aggregation and LACP
• Describe conductor high availability

Lab 8: High Availability

10. Traditional Routing on the Session Smart Router

• Describe routing instances, VRFs, and static routes
• Explain and configure peering with a BGP neighbor
• Explain and configure BGP over Secure Vector Routing

Lab 9: Traditional Routing

11. Troubleshooting in the Session Smart GUI

• Describe notification interfaces
• Describe investigative interfaces

Lab 10: Troubleshooting Using the GUI

Day 4

12. Troubleshooting Packet Captures

• Explain and implement packet captures on the Session Smart Router
• Explain and implement session captures on the Session Smart Router

Lab 11: Packet Capture

13. Troubleshooting Session Smart Logs

• Describe general log information
• Describe troubleshooting using conductor logs
• Describe troubleshooting using router logs

Lab 12: Logs

14. Troubleshooting Peer Paths

• Review elements of the Session Smart Data Model
• Describe BFD and configure BFD settings
• Describe troubleshooting BFD

Lab 13: Troubleshooting Peer Paths

15. Troubleshooting Salt Connectivity

• Describe troubleshooting Salt connectivity in specific scenarios
• Describe troubleshooting Salt connectivity over in-band management

Lab 14: Troubleshooting Salt Connectivity

SELF-STUDY MODULE

16. Application Troubleshooting

• Describe troubleshooting steps, commands, and tables
• Identify the tenant and the service
• Utilize routing tables
• Utilize ping tools, capture tools, and logs
• Describe end-user testing and continued troubleshooting

17. Network Address Translation

• Describe and configure Network Address Translation on the Session Smart Router

18. WAN Assurance

• Describe the advantages of Mist AI
• Describe WAN Assurance
• Describe the Mist and Session Smart Router Data Models
• Describe Service Level Expectations

19. Session Smart Router for Classified Networks

• Describe the key concepts and how SSRfC works
• Describe how to perform installation and upgrades
• Describe the Local Config Override mode

20. Processes on the Session Smart Router

• Describe the processes on the Session Smart Router

Individuals responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining Session Smart Routing

• Basic networking knowledge
• Basic TCP/IP skills
• Familiarity with Linux