This five-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to manage data center networks with Juniper Apstra software. This class will provide attendees with the knowledge to operate and manage Juniper Apstra software. 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 including the designing, building, deploying, and automation of a three-stage IP fabric with Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay. The course goes on to cover navigation of the Juniper Apstra UI including creating resources, designs, templates, and instantiating blueprints (a running network).
After teaching you to use Juniper Apstra to build a running data center, the course reviews the operational tools for managing a system with Juniper Apstra including basic troubleshooting, global and blueprint UI walkthroughs, role-based access control, 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, connectivity templates, querying the graph database, and performing intent-based analytics (IBA).
Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring an IP fabric using Juniper Apstra. This course is based on Juniper Apstra Release 4.0.1.
Associated Certification:
Data Center, Specialist (JNCIS-DC)
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
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
The primary audience for this course includes:
The course prerequisites include:
This five-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to manage data center networks with Juniper Apstra software. This class will provide attendees with the knowledge to operate and manage Juniper Apstra software. 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 including the designing, building, deploying, and automation of a three-stage IP fabric with Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) overlay. The course goes on to cover navigation of the Juniper Apstra UI including creating resources, designs, templates, and instantiating blueprints (a running network).
After teaching you to use Juniper Apstra to build a running data center, the course reviews the operational tools for managing a system with Juniper Apstra including basic troubleshooting, global and blueprint UI walkthroughs, role-based access control, 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, connectivity templates, querying the graph database, and performing intent-based analytics (IBA).
Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will gain experience in configuring and monitoring an IP fabric using Juniper Apstra. This course is based on Juniper Apstra Release 4.0.1.
Associated Certification:
Data Center, Specialist (JNCIS-DC)
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
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
The primary audience for this course includes:
The course prerequisites include: