This 4-day course is designed to teach network engineers and architects how to configure, manage, and troubleshoot Session Smart Routers.

Juniper Session Smart SD-WAN will teach students how to configure and use a Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor.

It starts with an introduction to and then moves on to an introduction to the PCLI and GUI. After that, the students use the GUI to deploy and configure their Session Smart Routers.

They will go from servers with just CentOS installed to a fully deployed network with multiple paths and three Session Smart Routers and one Session Smart Conductor.

Students will then learn how to enable and configure advanced features on their Session Smart Routers. These are features that are not necessary for a Session Smart Routing deployment, but when activated, can be very powerful.

Students will then learn the tools they can use within their Session Smart Conductors and routers to monitor and troubleshoot issues they may be facing.

The students will learn useful commands and options in the GUI and the class will test the students’ abilities to troubleshoot real-life Session Smart Routers issues.

Juniper Session Smart SD-WAN (JSSS) is an intermediate level course.

• Install a Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor

• Access Session Smart Routers with both the PCLI and the GUI

• Describe how traffic flows through a Session Smart Router

• Use the PCLI and GUI to operate and maintain their Session Smart Routers

• Route traffic to a datacenter using Session Smart Routers

• Configure an HA pair of Session Smart Routers

• Configure Session Smart Router to interoperate with BGP Peers

• Learn how the Session Smart Router can perform Traffic Engineering

• Know the useful commands and tools to troubleshoot Session Smart Routers

• Know where to go to find more information on APIs

• Know where to go for further resources

This course benefits individuals who want to implement Session Smart Routing.

The following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Basic TCP/IP skills

• Familiarity with Linux

DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Introduction to the course

Intro to Session Smart Routing

• Introduction to Session Smart Routing

• Review of the Session Smart Routing Data Model

Intro to the PCLI

• Navigating the Session Smart Router with the PCLI

Lab 1: Introduction to the PCLI

Intro to the GUI

• Navigating the Session Smart Router with the GUI

Lab 2: Introduction to the GUI

Backups

• Types of Configuration (Candidate vs. Running)

• Validate and Commit

• Exporting and Importing configurations

Lab 3: Configuration Backup and Restore

DAY 2

Conductor

• Introduction to the Conductor

• Install Conductor using the Session Smart Routing installer

• Authority

• Services

• Tenants

Lab 4: Conductor

Data Center Router

• Deploy a data center router using Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

• Router

• Node

• Device Interface

• Network Interface

Lab 5: Data Center Router

Branch Router

• Deploy a branch router using Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

• Peer

• Adjacency

• Neighborhood

Lab 6: Branch Router

Routing

• Service routes

Lab 7: Routing

Security Policies

• Security Policies

Lab 8: Security Policies

DAY 3

Upgrades

• Upgrades

Multiple WAN

• Service Policies

• Vectors

• Configure and apply multiple paths from branch to data center

Lab 9: Multiple WAN Links

High Availability

• Theory of HA

• Dual-Node HA

• Redundancy groups

Lab 10: High Availability

Traditional Routing

• BGP

• BGP over SVR

• Appendix: Route Filters and Policies

Lab 11: Traditional Routing

DAY 4

Notification Interfaces

• Alarms and Events

• SNMP

• API

Lab 12: Notification Interfaces

Investigative Interfaces

• Monitoring Agent

• Troubleshooting using the PCLI

• Troubleshooting using the GUI

• Packet Captures

• Logs and Architectural Design

Lab 13: Investigative Interfaces