After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe what is meant by intent-based networking.
• Describe the Juniper Apstra architecture.
• Navigate the global Juniper Apstra UI.
• Configure role-based access control.
• Describe an IP fabric architecture.
• Explain VXLAN functions and operations.
• Describe Ethernet VPN (EVPN) routing and bridging.
• Describe the Juniper Apstra data center reference design.
• Describe IP fabric usage in the data center reference design.
• Describe host connectivity in the data center reference design.
• Describe the life cycle of the management of devices using Juniper Apstra.
• Create and use system agents to manage devices.
• Configure resources.
• Configure tags.
• Describe basic device abstractions used by Apstra.
• Describe logical devices.
• Describe device profiles.
• Describe interface maps.
• Configure a rack type.
• Configure templates.
• Build and deploy a blueprint.
• Navigate the blueprint UI.
• Perform basic fabric device operations and troubleshooting.
• Configure and apply property sets and configlets.
• Configure connectivity templates.
• Describe the multitenancy capabilities of Juniper Apstra.
• Describe the purpose of root cause identification.
• Create and manage security policies.
• Describe the security policy functionality and terminology.
• Describe the security policy workflow.
• Describe the security policy conflict resolution.
• Describe management of security policies.
• Create a device profile.
• Create a logical device.
• Create an interface map.
• Add a spine and a rack to an existing blueprint.
• Add a generic system to an existing blueprint.
• Use the Graph Explorer to traverse the graph datastore.
• Describe the function of an IBA probe.
• Create an IBA probe.
• Configure logging to a remote syslog server.
• Describe how Apstra integrates with vCenter.
• Describe how Apstra can enable a DCI.

DAY 1

1. Course Introduction

2. Intent-Based Networking

• What do we mean by intent?
• Where is Juniper Apstra positioned?

3. Juniper Apstra Overview

• Juniper Apstra server
• Juniper Apstra device agents

4. Apstra UI Walkthrough

• Navigate the global Apstra UI

Lab 1: Apstra UI Walkthrough

5. Role-Based Access Control

• Configure users, roles, and providers to enable local and remote authentication

Lab 2: Configuring RBAC

6. IP Fabric Architecture

• IP fabric options including collapsed (spineless), three-stage, and five-stage fabrics
• IP fabric routing strategy
• EBGP fabric
• IP fabric best practices

7. VXLAN Overview

• VPN terminology—control planes and data planes
• VXLAN broadcast domains
• VXLAN control plane evolution
• VXLAN fundamentals
• Hardware VTEPs and software VTEPs

DAY 2

8. EVPN Protocol

• Overview of the EVPN protocol in a VXLAN environment
• Route targets (policy)
• Route distinguishers
• EVPN route types and usage
• Edge routing using Type 2 routes
• Edge routing using Type 5 routes

9. Data Center Reference Design

• Overview of using rack types to design your network
• Overview of using templates to design your network
• Host connectivity options
• Life-cycle management (design, build, deploy, validate)

10. Device Management

• Device profiles as a hardware compatibility list
• Install off-box agents
• Install on-box agents
• Perform ZTP

Lab 3: Managing Devices

11. Resources

• Create IP, VNI, and ASN Pools

12. Tags

• Create Tags

Lab 4: Configuring Resources and Tags

13. Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps

• Describe Logical Devices
• Describe Device Profiles
• Describe Interface Maps

Lab 5: Logical Devices, Device Profiles, and Interface Maps

14. Design: Racks

• Create Custom Rack Types

15. Design: Templates

• Create Custom Templates

DAY 3

16. Build and Deploy: Blueprints

• Build and deploy a blueprint

Lab 6: Design, Build, and Deploy a Blueprint

17. Navigating the Blueprint UI

• Navigate the tabs—Dashboard, Analytics, Staged, Uncommitted, Active, and Time Voyager
• Describe layered views of the staged and active networks
• IBA probe versus service anomalies 18 Basic Blueprint Operation
• Use the Active tab to determine the status of a blueprint
• Select a node to see neighbors, links, headroom, telemetry, device, properties, tags, and virtual settings
• Query the blueprint (MAC, ARP, and VM)
• Find by tags
• Troubleshooting example
• Make changes to your blueprint
• Revert changes
• Use Time Voyager

Lab 7: Navigating and Operating a Blueprint

19. Property Sets and Configlets

• Configure Property Sets
• Configure and Deploy Configlets

20. Connectivity Templates

• Connectivity templates overview
• Example: Enable a BGP session between border leaf and external router 21 Virtual Networks
• Configure overlay virtual networks

Lab 8: Configuring Configlets, Connectivity Templates, and Virtual Networks

DAY 4

22. Root Cause Identification

• Explain and enable RCI

23. Security Policies

• Describe security policy functionality and terminology
• Describe the security policy workflow
• Use conflict resolution

Lab 9: Configuring Root Cause Identification and Security Policies

24. Creating Device Profiles

• Create a custom device profile

25. Creating Logical Devices

• Create a custom logical device

26. Creating Interface Maps

• Create a custom interface map

27. Post-Deployment: Adding a Spine and a Rack

• Add a spine and a rack to an existing blueprint

28. Post-Deployment: Adding a Generic System

• Get familiar with global versus embedded rack types
• Add a generic system to an existing blueprint

Lab 10: Working with Interface Maps, Racks, and Generic Systems

DAY 5

29. Graph Database

• Use Graph Explorer to visually inspect a blueprint’s graph and its schema
• Use the Graph Explorer to learn to query the graph database

30. Intent-Based Analytics—Overview

• Describe the basics of an IBA probe

31 Create an IBA Probe

• Create a predefined IBA probe
• Create a new IBA probe

32. Syslog

• Configure and Monitor logging to a remote syslog server

33. VMware vCenter Integration

• Integrate Apstra with vCenter

Lab 11: Configuring IBA Probes, Syslog, and vCenter Integration

34. Data Center Interconnect

• Describe a L2 DCI
• Describe a L3 DCI

Lab 12: Configuring DCI

The primary audience for this course includes:

• Networking architects and operators, system engineers, DevOps professionals, IT professionals
• Individuals responsible for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting modern spine-and-leaf data centers of any size, leveraging any networking vendor hardware or operating system

The course prerequisites include:

• Basic knowledge of networking and data center designs
• Understanding of Clos IP fabric
• Understanding of routing protocol design, configuration, and performance
• Knowledge of overlay and underlay routing designs
• Basic knowledge of automation design and workflows
• Knowledge of network device configuration via CLI
• Knowledge of BGP — recommended but not required
• Completion of the Introduction to Juniper Data Center Networking (IJDC) course or equivalent knowledge