• Course overview
  • Course details
  • Prerequisites

Course overview

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

Course details

Day 1

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Network Design Fundamentals
• A Need for Design
• Knowledge is King
• A Proposed Design Methodology
• A Reference Network

Module 3: Understanding Customer Requirements
• RFP Requirements
• Scoping the Design Project
• Analyzing the Data

Lab: Understanding Customer Requirements

Module 4: Organizing the Data
• Processing the Data and Requests
• Understanding Boundaries and Scope
• Design Proposal Considerations

Module 5: Securing the Network
• Why Secure the Network?
• Security Design Considerations

Day 2

Module 6: Creating the Design—Campus
• The Campus Network: An Overview
• Best Practices and Considerations
• Architectural Design Options

Lab: Creating the Design—Campus

Module 7: Creating the Design—Wide Area Networks
• The WAN: An Overview
• Best Practices and Considerations
• WAN Design Examples

Lab: Creating the Design—WAN

Module 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

Module 9: Business Continuity and Network Enhancements
• Business Continuity Planning
• High Availability Design Considerations and Best Practices
• Offerings and Solutions
• CoS and Traffic Engineering Considerations
• Environmental Design

Day 3

Module 10: Network Management
• Designing for Network Management

Module 11: Automation
• Designing for Network Automation
• Lab: Enhancing the Design

Module 12: Putting Network Design into Practice
• Network Design Recap
• Responding to the RFP
• Final Lab Introduction

Lab: Putting Network Design into Practice

Appendix A: Network Migration Strategies
• Migration Overview
• Migration Approaches
• Migration Examples

Appendix B: Sample Campus Designs
• Campus Topology Examples
• Appendix C: Sample Response to RFP
• Example of an Actual Juniper Networks RFP Response

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Prerequisites

  • 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.

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