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| Topic 1 | - Customer Network Design Requirements: This section of the exam measures skills of Network Design Engineers and covers the foundational aspects of network design. It includes understanding Juniper's life-cycle service approach, defining proposal boundaries, and considerations for both greenfield and brownfield deployments. The section also addresses top-down network design methodologies and capacity planning to ensure scalable and efficient network infrastructures.
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| Topic 2 | - Network Management or Reliability: This section of the exam measures skills of Network Operations Center (NOC) Engineers and covers design considerations for ensuring business continuity. Topics include high-resiliency design, implementing link and device-level redundancy, and utilizing technologies like Multihomed Ethernet Segment Identifier Link Aggregation Groups (ESI LAGs) and virtual chassis. The section also explores Juniper SRX firewall redundancy and best practices for campus network redundancy.
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| Topic 3 | - Campus and Branch LAN Design: This section of the exam measures skills of LAN Infrastructure Specialists and covers considerations for designing wired campus or branch LANs. It addresses best practices in campus LAN design, modular design approaches, subnet and VLAN planning, and access control mechanisms. The section also introduces Ethernet VPN-Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN-VXLAN) architectures and discusses campus oversubscription ratios and design architectures.
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| Topic 4 | - Campus and Branch WAN Design: This section of the exam measures skills of WAN Solutions Architects and covers considerations for designing campus or branch WANs. It includes understanding WAN connectivity functions, best practices for WAN design, performance optimization, VPN design, and implementing high availability through active
- active and active
- passive configurations. The section also explores Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) design considerations, devices, assurance models, and intersite connectivity.
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| Topic 5 | - Securing the Network: This section of the exam measures the skills of Security Architects and covers essential security design principles. It encompasses general security considerations, strategies for securing data centers and campus WANs, and the implementation of zero-trust security models. Additionally, it delves into Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) frameworks to enhance network security posture.
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