JNCIE-Cloud study guide
JNCIE-Cloud · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
JNCIA-Cloud - published under exam code JN0-214 as the Cloud, Associate certification - is the associate-level credential in the cloud certification track, and the source states that the track includes one certification. It is aimed at networking professionals with introductory-level knowledge of cloud-based networking architectures, theory, and best practices, and the written exam verifies understanding of cloud-based networking principles and technologies. The JNCIE-Cloud study guide has 7 sections and about 2,096 words.
01Cloud Fundamentals
This domain tests how well you can classify cloud services and reason about responsibility boundaries, not just recite definitions. Expect scenarios that ask whether a design is truly cloud-native or merely virtualized, and who operates each layer.
296 words, about 1 min02Cloud Infrastructure (NFV and SDN)
This domain tests designing and operating virtualized network functions and separating control from forwarding. You need to know ETSI NFV building blocks, SDN interfaces, and where Juniper virtual platforms fit.
304 words, about 2 min03Network Virtualization
This domain tests overlay design: how tenants get isolated L2/L3 topologies over a shared IP fabric, and how control planes scale. Expect EVPN/VXLAN, VNI, route-target, VTEP, and MTU questions.
296 words, about 1 min04Cloud Virtualization
This domain tests the compute virtualization layer that underpins cloud: hypervisors, virtual switching, device models, and performance tuning for VNFs. You should know KVM/QEMU, libvirt, virtio, SR-IOV, DPDK, NUMA, and live migration constraints.
299 words, about 1 min05Cloud Orchestration with OpenStack
This domain tests operating OpenStack as the VIM for NFV and cloud workloads. Know the core services, the Neutron networking model, and how Juniper Contrail or vMX/vSRX integrate.
315 words, about 2 min06Cloud Orchestration with Kubernetes
This domain tests container orchestration and how networking, storage, and policy plug into a cluster. Expect Pod, Service, and Ingress semantics, CNI, NetworkPolicy, RBAC, and Juniper Contrail CNI or Multus scenarios.
293 words, about 1 min07Cloud Orchestration with OpenShift
This domain tests the enterprise Kubernetes layer: security, routes, builds, operators, and OpenShift networking. Know SCCs, Projects, Routes, BuildConfigs, ImageStreams, and OVN-Kubernetes.
293 words, about 1 min