This three-day course is designed to cover introductory best practices, theory, and design principles for overall network design.

Associated Certification:

Design, Associate (JNCDA)

• Provide an overview of network design needs and common business requirements.
• Identify key product groups related to campus, WAN, data center, and security architectures.
• Describe and interpret common RFP requirements.
• Scope a network design by gathering data and working with key stakeholders.
• List ways of processing customer data and design requests.
• Identify boundaries and scope for the design proposal.
• List some considerations when creating a design proposal.
• Provide an overview of network security design principles and common vulnerabilities.
• List high-level design considerations and best practices for securing the network.
• List the components of the campus network design.
• State best practices and design considerations for the campus.
• Describe architectural design options for the campus.
• List the components of the WAN.
• Describe best practices and design considerations for the WAN.
• Describe design options for the WAN.
• List the components of the data center design.
• Describe best practices and design considerations for the data center.
• Describe architectural design options for the data center.
• Define business continuity and its importance in a network design.
• Describe high availability design considerations and best practices.
• Provide an overview of high availability offerings and solutions.
• Describe Class of Service design considerations.
• Provide an overview of environmental considerations in network design.
• List design considerations and best practices for managing the network.
• Provide an overview of Juniper Networks and third party options for network management.
• List design considerations and best practices for network automation.
• Provide an overview of automation tools.
• Explain the foundational topics that have been taught throughout the course.
• Create a network design proposal that satisfies customer requirements and business needs.
• Provide an overview of the steps involved in migrating a network.
• Describe best practices used in network migration.
• List the various campus network topographies.
• Describe sample design options for the campus.

Day 1

1. COURSE INTRODUCTION

2. Network Design Fundamentals

• A Need for Design
• Knowledge is King
• A Proposed Design Methodology
• A Reference Network

3. Understanding Customer Requirements

• RFP Requirements
• Scoping the Design Project
• Analyzing the Data

LAB: Understanding Customer Requirements

4. Organizing the Data

• Processing the Data and Requests
• Understanding Boundaries and Scope
• Design Proposal Considerations

5. Securing the Network

• Why Secure the Network?
• Security Design Considerations

Day 2

6. Creating the Design—Campus

• The Campus Network: An Overview
• Best Practices and Considerations
• Architectural Design Options

LAB: Creating the Design—Campus

8. Creating the Design—Data Center

• The Data Center: An Overview
• Best Practices and Considerations
• Data Center Design Examples

Lab: Creating the Design—Data Center

7. Creating the Design—Wide Area Networks

• The WAN: An Overview
• Best Practices and Considerations
• WAN Design Examples

Lab: Creating the Design—WAN

9. Business Continuity and Network Enhancement

• Business Continuity Planning
• High Availability Design Considerations and Best Practices
• Offerings and Solutions
• CoS and Traffic Engineering Considerations
• Environmental Design

Day 3

10. Network Management

• Designing for Network Management

11. Automation

• Designing for Network Automation

Lab: High Availability

12. Putting Network Design into Practice

• Network Design Recap
• Responding to the RFP
• Final Lab Introduction

Lab: Putting Network Design into Practice

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

• Knowledge of routing and switching architectures and protocols.
• Knowledge of Juniper Networks products and solutions.
• Understanding of infrastructure security principles.
• Basic knowledge of hypervisors and load balancers