Juniper Certification programs

Conchúr

Hi Guys,
I'm working with a broadband company at the moment and they want me to do juniper routing exams. Does anyone know anyone in Ireland that does these and even better, has anyone done the Junos-101 exam and how hard is it?

Cheers all

NullZer0

I've taken a couple of the exams up to JNCIS-SP level.
The JN0-101 is JNCIA Junos and is for the most part trivial.

The Juniper exams usually assume CCNA level knowledge of protocols.
You can use the free Juniper fast track material for this exam - it covers everything you need:
https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_fasttrack_home.aspx

For hands on experience its nice to have hardware (like an SRX)
However, you can build an Olive and do everything in this exam -
http://sleepyrich.blogspot.ie/2010/03/juniper-olive-on-sun-virtualbox.html

Have a google, there are better Olive tutorials out there.

Conchúr

Thanks for the reply, what's your experience with olive? I heard it was really fun(...) to get working

NullZer0

Conchúr wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, what's your experience with olive? I heard it was really fun(...) to get working

Its not so hard to get working.
Persistence :-)

NullZer0

BTW, make sure you get multicast working, you want multicast connectivity.
Not sure if there is a patch required to get it working on the latest versions but be aware and test multicast as soon as you bring it up.

Goro

Is it a big jump from Cisco CCNA to the first juniper cert?

NullZer0

Goro wrote: »

Is it a big jump from Cisco CCNA to the first juniper cert?

Not at all.
Its easier in my opinion. Once you know the protocols, just learn the Syntax.
Here is everything you need to JNCIE level (all free from Juniper) - covers the SP track minus a small number of things .

JNCIA - http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIA_studyguide.pdf
JNCIS-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIS_studyguide.pdf
JNCIP-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIP_studyguide.pdf
JNCIE-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIE_studyguide.pdf

The exams have changed since those books e.g. the JNCIP is no longer a lab exam, its now a written exam. However, as I mentioned everything you need is there.

Goro

iRock wrote: »

Not at all.
Its easier in my opinion. Once you know the protocols, just learn the Syntax.
Here is everything you need to JNCIE level (all free from Juniper) - covers the SP track minus a small number of things .

JNCIA - http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIA_studyguide.pdf
JNCIS-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIS_studyguide.pdf
JNCIP-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIP_studyguide.pdf
JNCIE-
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/JNCIE_studyguide.pdf

The exams have changed since those books e.g. the JNCIP is no longer a lab exam, its now a written exam. However, as I mentioned everything you need is there.

Thanks very much, I think I will dive into this right after I sit my ICND2 exam in a few weeks.

djfattony2000

The JNCIA is a doddle compared the CCNA I thought. The pass mark is only 66%. Plus, as iRock says, everything is covered in the 2 fastrack PDF's. Only 150 pages or so.