Course Overview
This 4-day course introduces Paragon Automation applications including Paragon Pathfinder, Paragon Planner, and Paragon Insights. Through demonstrations and hands-on labs, students will learn the capabilities of these applications including WAN topology discovery, Segment Routed (SRTE) and RSVP signaled LSP management, Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) LSP discovery and provisioning, LSP optimization, LSP calendaring, maintenance scheduling, P2MP LSP management, failure simulation, reporting, network modeling, path demand placement, hardware inventory collection, network telemetry collection, and closed-loop automation. Students learn to configure and monitor these features on a WAN consisting of vMX Series devices. This course is based on Junos version 21.2R1.10 and Paragon Automation version 21.2.
Who should attend
This course benefits individuals who want to automate the management of service provider or large enterprise MPLS networks with Paragon Automation.
Prerequisites
The prerequities for this course are:
- Understanding of the OSI Model;
- Junos OS configuration experience—the Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS) course or equivalent; and
- Advanced MPLS knowledge—the Junos MPLS Fundamentals (JMF) course or equivalent.
Course Objectives
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Describe various WAN domains
- Describe and configure Paragon Pathfinder for initial use
- Describe and configure Paragon Pathfinder topology discovery
- Describe and configure various Label Switched Path (LSP) types
- Describe primary, secondary, and standby LSPs
- Describe Point-to-Multipoint use cases
- NETCONF configuration and maintenance scheduling with Paragon Pathfinder
- Network analytics with Paragon Insights
- Describe and configure Paragon Automation Planner
- Model a network with Paragon Planner
- Simulate and optimize network demands with Paragon Planner
Course Content
DAY 1
1 Introduction
2 WAN Automation
- Describe WAN domains
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder capabilities
- Describe Paragon Planner capabilities
3 Paragon Pathfinder Architecture
- Explain the Path Computation Element Protocol
- Explain LSP Signaling and the CSPF Algorithm
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder Architecture
- Configure the Network
Lab 1: Initial Setup
4 Network Topology Discovery
- Describe Paragon Pathfinder network topology discovery
- Configure Paragon Pathfinder network topology discovery
Lab 2: Topology Discovery
DAY 2
5 Using Paragon Automation
- Examine the Paragon Automation interface
- Examine the Paragon Planner Desktop interface
Lab 3: Using Paragon Automation
6 Basic LSP Management
- Describe and configure various Label Switched Path (LSP) types
- Configure PCC-controlled LSPs
- Configure PCE-controlled LSPs
- Configure PCE-initiated LSPs
- Verify LSP status
Lab 4: Basic LSP Management
7 Advanced LSP Management
- Describe and configure primary, secondary, and standby LSPs
- Describe and configure symmetric pairs of LSPs
- Describe and configure diversity groups
- Describe and configure MPLS LSP templates
- Describe and configure LSP calendaring
- Describe and configure inter-AS LSPs
- Describe and provision multiple LSPs
- Describe and configure LSP optimization
Lab 5: Advanced LSP management
DAY 3
8 Segment Routing
- Describe Segment Routing
- Configure Segment Routing
- Manage Segment Routed LSPs using
- Paragon Pathfinder
Lab 6: Segment Routing
9 P2MP LSPs
- Describe Point-to-Multipoint use cases
- P2MP management with Paragon Pathfinder
- P2MP monitoring with Paragon Pathfinder
- Describe Point to-Multipoint LSPs
10 Maintenance Scheduling and NETCONF LSP Provisioning
- Configure scheduled maintenance events
- Provision NETCONF LSPs
Lab 7: Maintenance Scheduling and NETCONF Provisioning
11 Paragon Insights
- Describe Paragon Insights capabilities
- Enable Paragon Insights monitoring
- Integrate Paragon Insights and Paragon Pathfinder
Lab 8: Paragon Insights
DAY 4
12 Troubleshooting Paragon Insights
- Identify Paragon Automation services and processes
- Log analysis with Paragon Insights
- Debugging with Paragon Insights
Lab 9: Troubleshooting Paragon Insights
13 Paragon Planner
- Explain the features and capabilities of Paragon Planner
- Launch Paragon Planner Desktop and explore the interface
Lab 10: Paragon Planner
14 Network Modeling
- Load Paragon Planner network models
- Explain network model data storage
- Modify network models
Lab 11: Network Modeling
15 Network Demands and Failure Simulation
- Improve network traffic demand forwarding
- Simulate network failure
Lab 12: Network Demands and Failure Simulation