This five-day course is designed to cover best practices, theory, and design principles for Wide Area Networks (WAN) design including WAN interconnects, security considerations, virtualization, and management/operations. This course covers both service provider and enterprise WAN design.

Intended Audience

This course is targeted specifically for those who have a solid understanding of operation and configuration and are looking to enhance their skill sets by learning the principles of WAN design.

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Knowledge of routing and switching architectures and protocols.
• Knowledge of Juniper Networks products and solutions.
• Understanding of infrastructure security principles.
• Completion of the Juniper Networks Design Fundamentals (JNDF) course.

Objectives

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

• Describe high level concepts about the different WAN architectures.
• Describe key high level considerations about securing and monitoring a WAN deployment.
• Outline key high level concepts when implementing different WAN approaches.
• Explain various methods of WAN connectivity.
• Describe basic MPLS concepts as they are related to WANs.
• Identify basic Ethernet concepts as they are related to WANs.
• Describe key concepts of network availability.
• Explain high availability features and protocols.
• Describe the key aspects of class of service.
• Describe how core WAN technologies are used to solve specific problems facing network designers.
• Describe how routing can affect core WAN design.
• Describe how MPLS can affect core WAN design.
• Describe various solutions regarding core WANs.
• Describe how edge WAN technologies are used to solve specific problems facing network designers.
• Describe various solutions regarding edge WANs.
• Describe how enterprise WAN technologies are used to solve specific problems facing network designers.
• Describe various solutions regarding campus and branch WANs.
• Describe how datacenters are interconnected through WANs.
• Describe basic security concepts regarding interconnected datacenters.
• Describe various solutions regarding datacenter interconnection.
• Describe security concepts regarding WANs.
• Explain the differences between LAN security concepts and WAN security concepts.
• Describe VPN-related concepts regarding WANs.
• Describe methods to manage WANs.
• Describe key products related to WAN management.
• Describe how virtualization and SDN can be leveraged in the WAN.
• Describe SDN-related products.
• Describe some of the Juniper products as they are related to WANs.

Course Contents

Chapter 1: Course Introduction

Chapter 2: Overview of WAN Design

• WAN Design Overview
• WAN Domains
• WAN Security and Operation
• WAN Management Overview
• Software Defined WAN Overview
• Platform and Junos Selections

Chapter 3: WAN Connectivity

• Public (Untrusted Internet)/Private/Managed
• Service Provider
• Enterprise
• Lab: WAN Connectivity Design

Chapter 4: Network Availability and Traffic Prioritization 

• Network Availability
• Class of Service
• Lab: Network Availability and CoS Design

Chapter 5: Service Provider Core WAN

• Best Practices and Considerations
• Core Routing
• MPLS Design
• Class of Service Considerations
• Lab: WAN Core Design

Chapter 6: Service Provider Edge WAN

• Provider Edge
• Access and Aggregation Edge
• Services
• Class of Service Considerations
• Multicast
• Lab: WAN Edge Design

Chapter 7: Enterprise WAN

• Best Practices and Considerations
• Private WAN
• Class of Service Considerations
• Large Enterprise Designs
• Lab: Enterprise WAN Design

Chapter 8: Datacenter WAN

• WAN Overview
• EVPN
• Lab: Data Center WAN Design

Chapter 9: WAN Security

• Best Practices and Considerations
• Security Similarities and Differences Between a LAN and WAN
• WAN SP Core Security
• WAN SP Edge Security
• Enterprise WAN Security
• Lab: Security Design

Chapter 10: WAN Management

• Best Practices and Considerations
• OOB Management Design
• Junos Space
• Lab: Management Design

Chapter 11: WAN Virtualization and SDN

• SDN Overview
• NorthStar
• Contrail
• Lab: SDN Design

Chapter 12: WAN Device Portfolio

• MX Series
• SRX Series
• T Series
• PTX Series
• QFX Series
• ACX Series
• vMX and vSRX
• Lab: Device Design

Certification:

JND-WAN+ exam: Juniper Networks WAN Design Specialist (JNCDS-WAN)

Duration:

5 days