JNCIS-SP exam topics are based on the content of the recommended instructor-led training courses, as well as the additional resources.

• Exam Code: JN0-361
• Written exam
• Administered by Pearson VUE
• Exam length: 90 minutes
• Exam type: 65 multiple-choice questions
• Pass/fail status is available immediately
• Junos Software Release: 17.3

Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of various protocol-independent routing components

• Static, aggregate, and generated routes
• Martian addresses
• Routing instances, including RIB groups
• Load balancing
• Filter-based forwarding

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure and monitor various protocol-independent routing components

• Static, aggregate, and generated routes
• Load balancing
• Filter-based forwarding

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of OSPF

• Link-state database
• OSPF packet types
• Router ID
• Adjacencies and neighbors
• Designated router (DR) and backup designated router (BDR)
• OSPF area and router types
• LSA packet types

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot IS-IS

• Areas, interfaces and neighbors
• Additional basic options
• Routing policy application
• Troubleshooting tools

Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of IS-IS

• Link-state database
• IS-IS PDUs
• TLVs
• Adjacencies and neighbors
• Levels and areas
• Designated intermediate system (DIS)
• Metrics

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor and troubleshoot IS-IS

• Levels, interfaces, and adjacencies
• Additional basic options
• Routing policy application
• Troubleshooting tools

Identify the concepts, operation and functionality of BGP

• BGP basic operation
• BGP message types
• Attributes
• Route/path selection process
• IBGP and EBGP functionality and interaction

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot BGP

• Groups and peers
• Additional basic options
• Routing policy application

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of Layer 2 bridging for the Junos OS

• Service Provider switching platforms
• Bridging elements and terminology
• Frame processing
• Virtual Switches
• Provider bridging (e.g., Q-in-Q tunneling)

Identify the concepts, benefits, and functionality of VLANs

• Port modes
• Tagging
• MVRP
• IRB

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot Layer 2 bridging and VLANs

• Interfaces and ports
• VLANs
• MVRP
• IRB
• Provider bridging

Identify the concepts, benefits, operation, or functionality of Spanning Tree Protocol and its variants

• STP, RSTP, MSTP and VSTP concepts
• Port roles and states
• 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 protection

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of MPLS

• MPLS terminology
• MPLS packet header
• End-to-end packet flow and forwarding
• Labels and the label information base (LIB)
• MPLS and routing tables
• RSVP
• LDP

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot MPLS

• MPLS forwarding
• RSVP-signaled and LDP-signaled LSPs

Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of IPv6

• IPv4 vs. IPv6
• Address types, notation and format
• Address scopes
• Autoconfiguration
• Tunneling

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IPv6

• Interfaces
• Static routes
• Dynamic routing: OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP
• IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling

Identify the concepts, requirements, or functionality of IP tunneling

• Tunneling applications and considerations
• GRE
• IP-IP

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot IP tunnels

• GRE
• IP-IP

Identify the concepts, benefits, applications, or requirements of high availability

• Link aggregation groups (LAG) and multichassis LAGs (MC-LAGs)
• Graceful restart (GR)
• Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
• Nonstop active routing (NSR)
• Nonstsop bridging (NSB)
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Unified In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
• Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP)

Demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, monitor, or troubleshoot high availability components

• LAG, MC-LAG
• GR, GRES, NSR and NSB
• VRRP
• ISSU