Day One Vmx Up And Running

Discover why routers in the Juniper MX Series—with their advanced feature sets and record-breaking scale—are so popular among enterprises and network service providers. This revised and expanded edition shows you step-by-step how to implement high-density, high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services, using Router Engine DDoS Protection, Multi-chassis LAG, Inline NAT, IPFLOW, and many other Juniper MX features. This second edition was written by a Senior NOC engineer, whose vast experience with the MX Series is well documented. Each chapter covers a specific Juniper MX vertical and includes review questions to help you test what you’ve learned. This edition includes new chapters on load balancing and vMX—Juniper MX’s virtual instance. Work with Juniper MX’s bridging, VLAN mapping, and support for thousands of virtual switches Examine Juniper MX high-availability features and protocols Use Trio Chipset’s load balancing features for different types of traffic Explore the benefits and typical use cases of vMX Add an extra layer of security with Junos DDoS protection Create a firewall filter framework that applies filters specific to your network Discover the advantages of hierarchical scheduling Combine Juniper MX routers, using a virtual chassis or Multi-chassis LAG Install network services such as Network Address Translation (NAT)

This bestselling book serves as the go-to study guide for Juniper Networks enterprise routing certification exams. The second edition has been updated with all the services available to the Junos administrator, including the new set of flow-based security services as well as design guidelines incorporating new services and features of MX, SRX, and EX network devices.

How can you grow and maintain a reliable, flexible, and cost-efficient network in the face of ever-increasing demands? With this practical guide, network engineers will learn how to program Juniper network devices to perform day-to-day tasks, using the automation features of the Junos OS. Junos supports several automation tools that provide powerful solutions to common network automation tasks. Authors Jonathan Looney and Stacy Smith, senior testing engineers at Juniper, will help you determine which tools work best for your particular network requirements. If you have experience with Junos, this book will show you how automation can make a big difference in the operation of your existing network. Manage Junos software with remote procedure calls and a RESTful API Represent devices as Python objects and manage them with Python’s PyEZ package Customize Junos software to detect and block commits that violate your network standards Develop custom CLI commands to present information the way you want Program Junos software to automatically respond to network events Rapidly deploy new Junos devices into your network with ZTP and Netconify tools Learn how to use Ansible or Puppet to manage Junos software