Network virtualization training course description This course covers network virtualization. It has been designed to enable network engineers to recognise and handle the requirements of networking Virtual Machines. Both internal and external network virtualization is covered along with the technologies used to map overlay networks on to the physical infrastructure. Hands on sessions are used to reinforce the theory rather than teach specific manufacturer implementations. What will you learn Evaluate network virtualization implementations and technologies. Connect Virtual Machines with virtual switches. Explain how overlay networks operate. Describe the technologies in overlay networks. Network virtualization training course details Who will benefit: Engineers networking virtual machines. Prerequisites: Introduction to virtualization. Duration 2 days Network virtualization training course contents Virtualization review Hypervisors, VMs, containers, migration issues, Data Centre network design. TOR and spine switches. VM IP addressing and MAC addresses. Hands on VM network configuration Network virtualization What is network virtualization, internal virtual networks, external virtual networks. Wireless network virtualization: spectrum, infrastructure, air interface. Implementations: Open vSwitch, NSX, Cisco, others. Hands on VM communication over the network. Single host network virtualization NICs, vNICs, resource allocation, vSwitches, tables, packet walks. vRouters. Hands on vSwitch configuration, MAC and ARP tables. Container networks Single host, network modes: Bridge, host, container, none. Hands on Docker networking. Multi host network virtualization Access control, path isolation, controllers, overlay networks. L2 extensions. NSX manager. OpenStack neutron. Packet walks. Distributed logical firewalls. Load balancing. Hands on Creating, configuring and using a distributed vSwitch. Mapping virtual to physical networks VXLAN, VTEP, VXLAN encapsulation, controllers, multicasts and VXLAN. VRF lite, GRE, MPLS VPN, 802.1x. Hands on VXLAN configuration. Orchestration vCenter, vagrant, OpenStack, Kubernetes, scheduling, service discovery, load balancing, plugins, CNI, Kubernetes architecture. Hands on Kubernetes networking. Summary Performance, NFV, automation. Monitoring in virtual networks.
LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION Diana joined the prestigious DHH Literary Agency in June 2024. She started agenting with Rupert Heath Literary Agency in 2011 before moving to UTA and Marjacq in 2017. Before that she was senior commissioning editor at Transworld. Diana was chosen as one of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars of 2012, was a nominee for RNA Agent of the Year 2019, and was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year 2022 at the British Book Awards. Her list includes a wide range of bestselling and prize-winning authors in the UK and internationally. Diana represents adult fiction and non-fiction. For fiction, she is looking for upmarket women's commercial, with depth and heart, including reading group, historical, saga, uplit and contemporary stories that are irreverent and make her laugh; accessible literary fiction, high-concept crime fiction and thrillers. She has a thing for spy novels and would love to find a great vampire story. On the non-fiction side: memoir, smart, funny feminists, lifestyle, cookery and social justice, and open to anything with a strong, original voice. She also encourages submissions from writers who have been traditionally under-represented. Diana would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first three chapters (a maximum of 5,000 words) of your manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Diana is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Wednesday 30th April 2025
Front-line communication plays a vital role in shaping the public perception of every organisation. This course is designed to help delegates organise their ideas and communicate clearly and effectively through email. By improving written communication skills, delegates will become more concise, communicate with conviction, and foster meaningful dialogue with their audience. These skills are essential for professionals who interact with the public, as improved communication leads to greater internal and external customer satisfaction. Delegates will learn how to: Write clearly and professionally, enhancing public perception of expertise Communicate more efficiently in writing, reducing wasted time and increasing profitability Craft concise, rapport-building messages for internal and external customers, fostering productivity and a positive workplace environment Topics Covered: Benefits of using email Determining the purpose of an email Steps to take before writing Inflection in written messages Effects of instant messaging and text messaging on communication Basic email structure and planning Writing effective subject lines Paragraph structure and organisation Including relevant details and summarising problems effectively Proper use of CC and BCC fields Why typing in all caps is considered shouting! Proofreading techniques This Email Etiquette course is a 90-minute interactive virtual session. Upon registration, delegates will receive online login instructions prior to the class date. This format allows delegates to enhance their skills conveniently from their home or office while improving their professional communication abilities.
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and/or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course. Overview Describe typical uses of static, aggregate, and generated routes. Configure and monitor static, aggregate, and generated routes. Explain the purpose of Martian routes and add new entries to the default list. This two-day course provides students with intermediate routing knowledge and configuration examples. The course includes an overview of protocol independent routing feature. Chapter 1: Course Introduction Course Introduction Chapter 2: Protocol-Independent Routing Static Routes Aggregated Routes Generated Routes Martian Addresses Routing Instances Chapter 3: Load Balancing and Filter-Based Forwarding Overview of Load Balancing Configuring and Monitoring Load Balancing Overview of Filter-Based Forwarding Configuring and Monitoring Filter-Based Forwarding Chapter 4: Open Shortest Path First Overview of OSPF Adjacency Formation and the Designated Router Election OSPF Scalability Configuring and Monitoring OSPF Basic OSPF Troubleshooting Chapter 5: Border Gateway Protocol Overview of BGP BGP Attributes IBGP Versus EBGP Configuring and Monitoring BGP Chapter 6: IP Tunneling Overview of IP Tunneling GRE and IP-IP Tunnels Implementing GRE and IP-IP Tunnels Chapter 7: High Availability Overview of High Availability Networks GR Graceful RE Switchover Nonstop Active Routing BFD VRRP Appendix A
Definitive VPNs training course description A hands on course covering VPNs from the basics of benefits and Internet vs. Intranet VPNs through to detailed analysis of the technologies involved in VPNs. All the major VPN protocols are covered including PPPoE, L2TP, SSL, IPsec and dynamic VPNs. MPLS L3 VPNs are also covered. What will you learn Describe what a VPN is and explain the difference between different VPN types. Recognise the design and implementation issues involved in implementing a VPN. Explain how the various technologies involved in a VPN work. Describe and implement: L2TP, IPsec, SSL, MPLS L3 VPNs. Evaluate VPN technologies. Definitive VPNs training course details Who will benefit: Network personnel. Prerequisites: IP Security foundation for engineers. Duration 3 days Definitive VPNs training course contents VPN overview What is a VPN? What is an IP VPN? VPNs vs. Private Data Networks, Internet VPNs, Intranet VPNs, Remote access VPNs, Site to site VPNs, VPN benefits and disadvantages. VPN Tunnelling VPN components, VPN tunnels, tunnel sources, tunnel end points, hardware based VPNs, Firewall based VPNs, software based VPNs, tunnelling topologies, tunnelling protocols, which tunnelling protocol should you use? requirements of tunnels. VPN security components Critical VPN security requirements, Encryption and authentication, Diffie Hellman, DES, 3DES, RSA, PKI, Ca server types, pre shared keys versus certificates, Enrolling with a CA, RADIUS in VPNs. PPP Encapsulation, operation, authentication. Hands on Setting up PPPoE and analysing PPP packets. PPTP Overview, Components, How it works, control and data connections, GRE. Hands on Building a PPTP VPN. L2TP Overview, components, how it works, security, packet authentication, L2TP/IPSec, L2TP/PPP, Layer 2 versus layer 3 tunnelling. Hands on Implementing a L2TP tunnel. IPSec AH, HMAC, ESP, transport and tunnel modes, Security Association, use of encryption and authentication algorithms, manual vs automated key exchange, NAT and other issues. Hands on Implementing an IPSec VPN. Intranet VPNs Headers, architecture, label switching, LDP, MPLS VPNs. VPN products and services PE and CPE, management, various VPN products. VPN issues and architectures VPN architectures: terminate VPN before/on/ after/in parallel with firewall, resilience issues, VRRP, performance issues, QoS and VPNs. documentation.
LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION / NON-FICTION Upon joining Curtis Brown in 2018, Ciara Finan worked with senior agents Jonny Geller and Sheila Crowley on their lists of bestselling and prize-winning authors such as Lisa Jewell, Susanna Clarke, David Nicholls, Jojo Moyes and Nigella Lawson. Now as an agent she is representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction writers. Ciara would consider her reading tastes to be quite broad and ever-growing, but is constantly drawn to books that have a decisive voice, unforgettable characters, an unexpected story, or can subvert and reconstruct the conventional narratives of love, friendship, family, loss and coming-of-age. In particular, she is looking for Adult and YA fantasy and romantasy, rom-coms and book club romance. In the wider fantasy genre, Ciara is keen on finding romantasy, cozy fantasy, dark/light academia, and anything with political intrigue. She seeks novels that will keep her reading into the early hours of the morning. She wants to be consumed by the world, the plot and the characters. Think authors like Leigh Bardugo, Tamsyn Muir, R.F. Kuang, Sangu Mandanna, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Deborah Harkness, Chloe Gong, Ava Reid or Sabaa Tahir. In romcoms and romance, Ciara is looking for something that explores the complicated nature of romantic relationships - think Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston or anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid. She would love to find a brilliantly witty workplace romance or anything that will leave her in tears. Ciara would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 -2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Ciara is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Wednesday 30th April 2025
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring and monitoring devices running the Junos OS. Overview Describe the value of MPLS VPNs. Describe the differences between provider-provisioned VPNs and customer-provisioned VPNs. Describe the differences between Layer 2 VPNs and Layer 3 VPNs. List the provider-provisioned MPLS VPN features supported by the JUNOS software. Describe the roles of a CE device, PE router, and P router in a BGP Layer 3 VPN. Describe the format of the BGP routing information, including VPN-IPv4 addresses and route distinguishers. Describe the propagation of VPN routing information within an AS. List the BGP design constraints to enable Layer 3 VPNs within a provider network. Explain the operation of the Layer 3 VPN data plane within a provider network. Create a routing instance, assign interfaces to a routing instance, create routes in a routing instance, and import/export routes from a routing instance using route distinguishers/route targets. Describe the purpose of BGP extended communities, configure extended BGP extended communities, and use BGP extended communities. List the steps necessary for proper operation of a PE-CE dynamic routing protocol. List the troubleshooting and monitoring techniques for routing instances. Explain the difference between the bgp.l3vpn table and the inet.0 table of a routing instance. Monitor the operation of a CE-PE dynamic routing protocol. Explain the operation of a PE mulit-access interface in a Layer 3 VPN and list commands to modify that behavior. Describe ways to support communication between sites attached to a common PE router. Provision and troubleshoot hub-and-spoke Layer 3 VPNs, Describe the flow of control traffic and data traffic in a hub-and-spoke Layer 3 VPN. Describe QoS mechanisms available in L3VPNs. Configure L3VPN over GRE tunnels. Describe the RFC 4364 VPN options. Describe the carrier-of-carriers model. Configure the carrier-of-carriers and ''Option C'' configuration. Describe the flow of control and data traffic in a draft-rosen multicast VPN. Describe the configuration steps for establishing a draft-rosen multicast VPN. Monitor and verify the operation of draft-rosen multicast VPNs. Describe the flow of control traffic and data traffic in a next-generation multicast VPN. Describe the configuration steps for establishing a next-generation multicast VPN. Describe the configuration steps for establishing a next-generation multicast VPN. Monitor and verify the operation of next-generation multicast VPNs. This three-day course is designed to provide students with MPLS-based Layer 3 virtual private network (VPN) knowledge and configuration examples. Chapter 1: Course Introduction Course Introduction Chapter 2: MPLS VPNs MPLS VPNs Provider-Provisioned VPNs Chapter 3: Layer 3 VPNs Layer 3 VPN Terminology VPN-IPv4 Address Structure Operational Characteristics Chapter 4: Basic Layer 3 VPN Configuration Preliminary Steps PE Router Configuration Lab: Layer 3 VPN with Static and BGP Routing Chapter 5: Layer 3 VPN Scaling and Internet Access Scaling Layer 3 VPNs Public Internet Access Options Lab: LDP over RSVP Tunnels and Public Internet Access Chapter 6: Layer 3 VPNs ? Advanced Topics Exchanging Routes between Routing Instances Hub-and-Spoke Topologies Layer 3 VPN CoS Options Layer 3 VPN and GRE Tunneling Integration Layer 3 VPN and IPSec Integration Layer 3 VPN Egress Protection BGP prefix-independent convergence (PIC) edge for MPLS VPNs VRF Localization Provider Edge Link Protection Support for configuring more than 3 million L3VPN Labels Lab: GRE Tunneling Chapter 7: Interprovider Backbones for Layer 3 VPNs Hierarchical VPN Models Carrier-of-Carriers Model Option C Configuration Lab: Carrier of Carrier Layer 3 VPNs Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs Working with Multiple Layers Troubleshooting Commands on a PE Device Multiaccess Interfaces in Layer 3 VPNs PE and CE-based Traceroutes Layer 3 VPN Monitoring Commands Lab: Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs Chapter 9: Draft Rosen Multicast VPNs Multicast Overview Draft Rosen MVPN Overvie Draft Rosen MVPN Operation Configuration Monitoring Chapter 10: Next Generation Multicast VPNs Multicast VPN Overview Next-Generation MVPN Operation Configuration Monitoring Internet Multicast Ingress Replication Internet Multicast Signaling and Data Plane Configuring MVPN Internet Multicast Monitoring MVPN Internet Multicast Lab: MVPN Internet Multicast
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for network engineers, network support personnel, and reseller support. Overview After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:Configure LAN-to-LAN IP Security (IPsec) VPNs in various configurations. Configure VPN redundancy. Configure dynamic routing using IPsec VPNs. Configure remote access IPsec connectivity including group Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and shared IKE. Configure generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. This intermediate-level course focuses on the wide range of options available when configuring virtual private networks (VPNs) using Juniper Networks firewall/VPN products. Students attending the course will learn these various deployments through detailed lectures and hands-on lab exercises. Chapter 1: Course IntroductionChapter 2: ScreenOS VPN Basics Review VPN Review Verifying Operations VPN Monitor Lab: VPN Review Chapter 3: VPN Variations Dynamic Peers Transparent Mode Overlapping Addresses Lab: VPN Variations Chapter 4: Hub-and-Spoke VPNs Concepts Policy-Based Hub-and-Spoke VPNs Route-Based Hub-and-Spoke VPNs with No Policy and NHTB Route-Based Hub-and_Spoke VPNS with Policy Centralized Control Hub-and-Spoke VPNs ACVPNs Lab: Hub-and-Spoke VPNs Chapter 5: Routing over VPNs Routing Overview Configuring RIP Configuring OSPF Case Studies Lab: Dynamic Routing Chapter 6: Using Certificates Concepts and Terminology Configuring Certificates and Certificate Support Configuring VPNs with Certificates Lab: Using Certificates Chapter 7: Redundant VPN Gateways (Optional) Redundant VPN Gateways Other Options Demonstration: Redundant VPN Gateways Chapter 8: Generic Routing Encapsulation (Optional) Configuring GRE Chapter 9: Dial-Up IPsec VPNs (Optional) Basic Dial-Up Configuration Group IKE ID XAUTH and Shared IKE ID Additional course details: Nexus Humans Advanced Juniper Networks VPN Implementations training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Advanced Juniper Networks VPN Implementations course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
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