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Service Provider Routing

and Switching, Specialist
(JNCIS-SP)
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The Service Provider Routing and Switching track enables you to demonstrate a thorough
understanding of networking technology in general and Juniper Networks service provider routing and
switching platforms. JNCIS-SP, the specialist-level certification in this track, is designed for networking
professionals with beginner to intermediate knowledge of routing and switching implementations in
Junos. The written exam verifies your basic understanding of routing and switching technologies and
related platform configuration and troubleshooting skills.

This track contains four certifications:

JNCIA-Junos:
JNCIA-Junos: Junos, Associate. For details, see JNCIA-Junos .
JNCIS-SP:
JNCIS-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist. For details, see the sections below.
JNCIP-SP:
JNCIP-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Professional. For details, see JNCIP-SP.
JNCIE-SP:
JNCIE-SP: Service Provider Routing and Switching, Expert. For details, see JNCIE-SP.

Exam
Preparation
We recommend the following resources to help you
prepare for your exam. However, these resources aren't
required, and using them doesn't guarantee you'll pass
the exam.

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Recommended Exam Additional

Training Resources Preparation

Junos Intermediate Routing Industry/product Juniper Learning Portal

Junos Service Provider knowledge
Switching Juniper TechLibrary
Junos MPLS Fundamentals

Exam Objectives
Here’s a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIS-SP certification
exam.

Exam Objec!ve Descrip!on

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of various protocol-

independent rou!ng components:

Sta!c, aggregate, and generated routes

Mar!an addresses
Rou!ng instances, including rou!ng informa!on base (RIB) (also
Protocol- known as rou!ng table) group
Independent Load balancing
Rou!ng Filter-based forwarding
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
various protocol-independent rou!ng components:

Sta!c, aggregate, and generated routes

Load balancing
Filter-based forwarding

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of OSPF:

Link-state database
OSPF packet types
Router ID
Adjacencies and neighbors
Designated router and backup designated router
Open Shortest OSPF area and router types
Path First (OSPF) Link-state adver!sement (LSA) packet type
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
OSPF:

Areas, interfaces and neighbors

Addi!onal basic op!ons
Rou!ng policy applica!on

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Troubleshoo!ng tools

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of IS-IS:

Link-state database
IS-IS protocol data units (PDUs)
Type, length, values (TLVs)
Adjacencies and neighbors
Intermediate Levels and areas
System to Designated intermediate system (DIS)
Intermediate Metrics
System (IS-IS) Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
IS-IS:

Levels, interfaces and adjacencies

Addi!onal basic op!ons
Rou!ng policy applica!on
Troubleshoo!ng tools

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of BGP:

BGP basic opera!on

BGP message types
A"ributes
Route/path selec!on process
Border Gateway Internal and external BGP (IBGP and EBGP) func!onality and
Protocol (BGP) interac!on
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
BGP:

Groups and peers

Addi!onal basic op!ons
Rou!ng policy applica!on

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of Layer 2 bridging for

the Junos OS:

Service provider switching pla#orms

Bridging elements and terminology
Frame processing
Virtual Switches
Provider bridging (Q-in-Q tunneling)
Iden!fy the concepts, benefits, or func!onality of VLANs:
Layer 2 Bridging or
VLANs Port modes
Tagging
Integrated Rou!ng and Bridging (IRB)/li>
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
Layer 2 bridging or VLANs:

Interfaces and ports

VLANs
IRB
Provider bridging

Iden!fy the concepts, benefits, opera!on, or func!onality of Spanning

Tree Protocol and its variants:

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP),

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Mul!ple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), and VLAN Spanning Tree

Protocol (VSTP) concepts
Spanning-Tree Port roles and states
Protocols Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
Convergence and reconvergence
Spanning-tree security
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
STP and its variants:

Spanning-tree protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP, VSTP)

BPDU, loop and root protec!on

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of MPLS:

MPLS terminology
MPLS packet header
End-to-end packet flow and forwarding
Labels and the label informa!on base
MPLS and rou!ng tables
Mul!protocol Label
RSVP
Switching (MPLS)
LDP
Segment rou!ng
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
MPLS:

MPLS forwarding
RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)

Iden!fy the concepts, opera!on, or func!onality of IPv6:

IPv4 versus IPv6

Address types, nota!on, and format
Address scopes
Autoconfigura!on
Tunneling
IPv6
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or
troubleshoo!ng IPv6:

Interfaces
Sta!c routes
Dynamic rou!ng (OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling

Iden!fy the concepts, requirements, or func!onality of IP tunneling:

Tunneling applica!ons and considera!ons

Generic rou!ng encapsula!on (GRE)
Tunnels
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP
tunnels:

GRE

Iden!fy the concepts, benefits, applica!ons, or requirements of high

availability:

Link aggrega!on groups (LAGs) and mul!chassis LAGs (MC- LAGs)

Graceful restart (GR)
Graceful Rou!ng Engine switchover (GRES)
Nonstop bridging (NSB)

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High Availability Nonstop ac!ve rou!ng (NSR)

Bidirec!onal Forwarding Detec!on (BFD)
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Unified In-Service So$ware Upgrade (ISSU)
Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot
high availability components:

LAG
Graceful restart, GRES, NSB, and NSR
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

Exam Details
Exam questions are derived from the recommended
training and the exam resources listed above. Pass/fail
status is available immediately after taking the exam.
The exam is only provided in English.

Exam Code Prerequisite Delivered

Certification by
JN0-363
JNCIA-Junos Pearson VUE

Exam Exam Type Software

Length Versions
65 multiple-choice questions
90 minutes Junos OS 21.2

Recertification
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