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CoS Topics for the JNCIE-SP Exam: Part 1

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A JNCIE-SP candidate is expected to be familiar with the concept of packet marking for class of
service purposes. This includes inet-precedence, DSCP, EXP, and 802.1p markings.
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You should complement your knowledge of the different types of markings with the different
classification types—behavior aggregate and multifield classification. Understand what fields are
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used for classification and how these two methods differ.

You should also understand drop profiles and any configuration options, including the use of loss
priority markings during classification.
You should also be aware of how rewrite rules are used and what verification methods are used to
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ensure that the rewrite is working properly.

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CoS Topics for the JNCIE-SP Exam: Part 2

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You should know what a scheduler is and the various options used in a scheduler.
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You should understand what tri-colored marking and how is used in relation to loss priority marking.
You should be familiar with policers and the different traffic actions supported.
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Generally, you should understand where to apply the configuration for each of these technologies,
and the use of operational commands or other methods of verification.
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Junos CoS Processing Refresher

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The slide diagram is a refresher on where each technology fits in the context of packet processing.
This diagram is useful in understanding various important steps to successfully configure and verify
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CoS tasks. For example, with the use of a behavior aggregate, mutlfield classification, and a policing
action manipulating classification of ingress traffic, you should understand any configuration
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conflicts and the expected result of such a configuration.

Understanding packet processing would also help you understand where to verify that a
configuration step is working as expected.
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CoS Processing Order of Operation

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For the CoS processing subject in the context of the JNCIE-SP exam, you should be familiar with the
egress and ingress CoS technologies covered in the exam.
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The slide shows that the ingress operations are related to classification or policing, which includes
actions to classify traffic if exceeding the traffic rate.
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The egress operations include egress policing, rewriting markers, scheduling, and WRED/drop
profiles. Be aware that in the exam, task instructions might purposely be terse, expecting you to
understand where a technology should be implemented.
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CoS Exam Caveats, Tips, and Tricks: Part 1

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Compared to other sections of the JNCIE-SP exam, CoS tasks are harder to verify. You should be
aware of all the operational commands to confirm operation. This expertise can be acquired from
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experience, but it most also be practiced during practical studies.

For the most part, CoS tasks tend to be repetitive. This tip is not exclusive for CoS sections but it is
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more applicable here. Utilize any Junos features that speed up or enhance configuration steps, such
as the copy, replace, or wildcard commands. Access to Notepad and other programs are provided
during the exam—you should utilize these programs to your advantage.
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CoS Exam Caveats, Tips, and Tricks: Part 2

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CoS tasks in the JNCIE-SP exam are less dense than other sections of the exam. If you are well
prepared and comfortable with CoS, it could be an advantage to complete the CoS tasks before
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starting a more time consuming section or task of the exam. Completing CoS first could earn easier
points that might make the difference in passing the exam.
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Closing the gap on the more obscure concepts of the CoS section of the JNCIE-SP exam allows you to
feel more comfortable with the shorter tasks on the exam. A lot of these concepts might appear
intimidating at first, but they are not hard concepts to understand and could make a difference in
scoring points on the exam.
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CoS Exam Caveats, Tips, and Tricks: Part 3

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As mentioned in the slide, is very important to complete tasks for any section of the exam. However,
for the CoS section because tasks can be harder to verify, make sure you use all the possible
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operational commands and carefully inspect configuration to make sure the task is completed
according to the instructions.
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Task and Topology

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For the sample task, it is asked to configure a policer with the name of R4-police to requeue any
traffic destined to the http port if exceeding 20Mb. The traffic is coming from the Customer4 router
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and it is also asked to mark this traffic as loss priority high.

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What Now?
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The task is asking for a policer that matches destination port of 80 which is also the http port. The
tasks asks to use a name, but since it is required to configure both a policer for the rate limit portion
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and a firewall filter to only apply the policer to http traffic, it is recommended the same name is used
on both to make sure the task requirement is met. Since no burst size is given, it is safe to use 15
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times the MTU for the burst size.

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Task Completion: Part 1

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Step 1 shows the configuration of the policer using 15k for the size of the burst size, and placing out
of profile traffic in the best-effort queue and loss priority high.
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Step 2 shows the configuration of the firewall filter matching the policer configured.
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Task Completion: Part 2

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Step 3 the firewall filter is applied as input to the interface facing the Customer4 router.
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Task Verification
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As mentioned during the tips, tricks and caveats section, CoS tasks are hard to verify, a lot of trust
has to be put in the configuration made. With a policer configuration since is not an option to
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generate the amount of traffic needed to trigger the policer. With that said if a quick way to check
that the filter is applied, the show interfaces filters command should satisfy that need.
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