Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT) Certification Overview

Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT) Certification Overview 

The Enterprise Routing and Switching track enables you to demonstrate competence with networking technology in general and Juniper Networks enterprise routing and switching platforms. JNCIP-ENT, the professional-level certification in this track, is designed for experienced networking professionals with advanced knowledge of the Juniper Networks Junos OS. The written exam verifies your understanding of advanced routing technologies and related platform configuration and troubleshooting skills.

This track contains four certifications:

  • JNCIA-Junos: Junos, Associate. For details, see JNCIA-Junos.
  • JNCIS-ENT: Enterprise Routing and Switching, Specialist. For details, see JNCIS-ENT.
  • JNCIP-ENT: Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional. For details, see the sections below.
  • JNCIE-ENT: Enterprise Routing and Switching, Expert. For details, see JNCIE-ENT.

Exam Preparation

We recommend the following resources to help you prepare for your exam. However, these resources aren’t required, and using them doesn’t guarantee you’ll pass the exam.

Exam Resources

Additional Preparation

Exam Objectives

Here’s a high-level view of the skillset required to successfully complete the JNCIP-ENT certification exam.

Exam Objective Description
Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs) Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of IGPs
  • OSPFv2
  • OSPFv3
  • Routing Policy
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor IGPs
BGP Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of BGP
  • BGP route selection process
  • Next hop resolution
  • BGP attributes: concept and operation
  • BGP communities
  • Load balancing - multipath, multihop, forwarding table
  • Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) families—inet, inet6
  • Advanced BGP options

Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor BGP
  • Implement BGP routing policy
IP Multicast Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of IP multicast
  • Components of IP multicast, including multicast addressing
  • IP multicast traffic flow
  • Any-source multicast (ASM) vs. source-specific multicast (SSM)
  • Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF)—concept and operation
  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), IGMP snooping
  • Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) sparse-mode Rendezvous point (RP)—concept, operation, discovery, election
  • Anycast RP
  • Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
  • Routing policy and scoping

Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor IP multicast
  • IGMP, PIM-SM (including SSM)
  • Implement IP multicast routing policy
Ethernet Switching and Spanning Tree Describe the concepts, operation or functionality of advanced Ethernet switching
  • Filter-based VLANs
  • Private VLANs
  • Dynamic VLAN registration using MVRP
  • Tunnel Layer 2 traffic through Ethernet networks
  • Layer 2 tunneling using Q-in-Q and L2PT

Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor advanced Ethernet switching
  • Filter-based VLANs
  • Dynamic VLAN registration using MVRP
  • Tunnel Layer 2 traffic through Ethernet networks
  • Layer 2 tunneling using Q-in-Q and L2PT
Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of advanced spanning tree protocols, including MSTP or VSTP.
Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor MSTP or VSTP.
Layer 2 Authentication and Access Control Describe the operation of various Layer 2 authentication or access control features
  • Authentication process flow
  • 802.1x - concepts and functionality
  • MAC RADIUS
  • Captive portal
  • Server fail fallback
  • Guest VLAN
  • Considerations when using multiple authentication/access control methods

Given a scenario, demonstrate how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor Layer 2 authentication or access control.
IP Telephony Features Describe the concepts, operation or functionality of features that facilitate IP telephony deployments
  • Power over Ethernet (PoE)
  • LLDP and LLDP-MED
  • Voice VLAN

Given a scenario, demonstrate how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor features used to support IP telephony deployments.
Class of service (CoS) Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of Junos CoS for Layer 2/3 networks
  • CoS processing on Junos devices
  • CoS header fields
  • Forwarding classes
  • Classification
  • Packet loss priority
  • Policers
  • Schedulers
  • Drop profiles
  • Shaping
  • Rewrite rules

Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor CoS for Layer 2 or 3 networks.
EVPN Describe the concepts, operation, or functionality of Junos EVPN
  • Route types (e.g., Type 1, 2 3)
  • VXLAN
  • Multi-homing (e.g., active route types)

Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of how to configure, troubleshoot, or monitor EVPN.

Exam Details

Exam questions are derived from the recommended training and the exam resources listed above. Pass/fail status is available immediately after taking the exam. The exam is only provided in English.

Exam Code

  • JN0-650

Prerequisite Certification

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Exam Length

  • 90 minutes

Exam Type

  • 65 multiple-choice questions

Software Versions

  • Junos OS v25.2

Recertification

Juniper certifications are valid for three years. For more information, see Recertification.