JN0-363 Exam Information and Guideline
Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)
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Exam Name: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)
Exam Level: Specialist
Exam Duration: 90 minutes
Number of Questions: 65 multiple-choice questions
Passing Score: Varies (typically around 60-70%)
Exam Language: English
Protocol-Independent Routing
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of various protocol-independent routing components:
- Static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Martian addresses
- Routing instances, including routing information base (RIB) (also known as routing table) groups
- Load balancing
- Filter-based forwarding
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot various protocol-independent routing components:
- Static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Load balancing
- Filter-based forwarding
- OSPF
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of OSPF:
- Link-state database
- OSPF packet types
- Router ID
- Adjacencies and neighbors
- Designated router and backup designated router
- OSPF area and router types
- Link-state advertisement (LSA) packet types
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot OSPF:
- Areas, interfaces, and neighbors
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IS-IS:
- Link-state database
- IS-IS protocol data units (PDUs)
- Type, length, values (TLVs)
- Adjacencies and neighbors
- Levels and areas
- Designated intermediate system (DIS)
- Metrics
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IS-IS:
- Levels, interfaces, and adjacencies
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
- BGP
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of BGP:
- BGP basic operation
- BGP message types
- Attributes
- Route/path selection process
- Internal and external BGP (IBGP and EBGP) functionality and interaction
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot BGP:
- Groups and peers
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Layer 2 Bridging or VLANs
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of Layer 2 bridging for Junos OS:
- Service provider switching platforms
- Bridging elements and terminology
- Frame processing
- Virtual switches
- Provider bridging (Q-in-Q tunneling)
- Identify the concepts, benefits, or functionality of VLANs:
- Port modes
- Tagging
- Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging or VLANs:
- Interfaces and ports
- VLANs
- IRB
- Provider bridging
- Spanning-Tree Protocols
- Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants:
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), and VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) concepts
- Port roles and states
- Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
- Convergence and reconvergence
- Spanning-tree security
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot STP and its variants:
- Spanning-tree protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP, VSTP)
- BPDU, loop and root protection
- MPLS
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of MPLS:
- MPLS terminology
- MPLS packet header
- End-to-end packet flow and forwarding
- Labels and the label information base
- MPLS and routing tables
- RSVP
- LDP
- Segment routing
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot MPLS:
- MPLS forwarding
- RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)
- IPv6
- Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IPv6:
- IPv4 versus IPv6
- Address types, notation, and format
- Address scopes
- Autoconfiguration
- Tunneling
- Interfaces
- Static routes
- Dynamic routing (OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP)
- IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IPv6:
- Tunnels
- Identify the concepts, requirements, or functionality of IP tunneling:
- Tunneling applications and considerations
- Generic routing encapsulation (GRE)
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP tunnels
- GRE
- High Availability
- Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of high availability:
- Link aggregation groups (LAGs) and multichassis LAGs (MCLAGs)
- Graceful restart
- graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
- Nonstop bridging (NSB)
- Nonstop active routing (NSR)
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Unified in-service software upgrade (unified ISSU)
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components:
- LAG
- Graceful restart, GRES, NSB, and NSR
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)