Juniper (EDU-JUN-IJOS) Introduction to the Junos Operating System (3 Day Course)

This one-day course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to work with the Junos operating system and to configure Junos devices. The course provides a brief overview of the Junos device families and discusses the key architectural components of the software. Key topics include user interface options with a heavy focus on the command-line interface (CLI), configuration tasks typically associated with the initial setup of devices, interface configuration basics with configuration examples, secondary system configuration, and the basics of operational monitoring and maintenance of Junos devices. This course is based on Junos OS Release 10.3R1.9.

Chapter 1: Course Introduction

Chapter 2: Junos Operating System Fundamentals:

• The Junos OS
• Traffic Processing
• Platforms Running the Junos OS

Chapter 3: User Interface Options:

• User Interface Options
• The Junos CLI: CLI Basics
• The Junos CLI: Operational Mode
• The Junos CLI: Configuration Mode
• Lab 1: The Junos CLI

Chapter 4: Initial Configuration:

• Factory-Default Configuration
• Initial Configuration
• Interface Configuration
• Lab 2: Initial System Configuration

Chapter 5: Secondary System Configuration:

• User Configuration and Authentication
• System Logging and Tracing
• Network Time Protocol
• Archiving Configurations
• SNMP
• Lab 3: Secondary System Configuration

Chapter 6: Operational Monitoring and Maintenance:

• Monitoring Platform and Interface Operation
• Network Utilities
• Maintaining the Junos OS
• Password Recovery
• Lab 4: Operational Monitoring and Maintenance

This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring and monitoring devices running the Junos OS.

Students should have basic networking knowledge and an understanding of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the TCP/IP protocol suite.