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One of my colleagues just asked me about the recommended reading list for the Juniper DC track (in particular what I've used to clear JNCIP-DC few weeks ago), here is a complete list of free resources that you can access to prepare yourself for the exam, I will also recommend (if you don't have any real/lab experience with QFX/EX for vxlan setup and mostly with VCF) to do some labs with vQFX (you can try out EVE-NG, which is *highly recommended*)

Here it is:

Juniper Networks EVPN Implementation for Next-Generation Data Center Architectures - https://www.juniper.net/assets/us/en/local/pdf/whitepapers/2000606-en.pdf

Virtual Chassis Fabric Feature Guide - http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/information-products/pathway-pages/qfx-series/virtual-chassis-fabric.pdf

Comparing Layer 3 Gateway & Virtual Machine Traffic Optimization (VMTO) For EVPN/VXLAN And EVPN/MPLS - https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/solutions/information-products/pathway-pages/solutions/l3gw-vmto-evpn-vxlan-mpls.pdf

Clos IP Fabrics with QFX5100 Switches - https://www.juniper.net/assets/cn/zh/local/pdf/whitepapers/2000565-en.pdf

Virtual Chassis Fabric Best Practices Guide - http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/vcf/information-products/pathway-pages/vcf-best-practices-guide.pdf

EVPN Control Plane and VXLAN Data Plane Feature Guide for QFX Series Switches - https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/information-products/pathway-pages/junos-sdn/evpn-vxlan.pdf

Understanding Zero Touch Provisioning - https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/software-image-and-configuration-automatic-provisioning-understanding.html

Configuring Zero Touch Provisioning - https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos12.3/topics/task/configuration/software-image-and-configuration-automatic-provisioning-confguring.html

Configuring Zero Touch Provisioning in Branch Networks - https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/nce/information-products/pathway-pages/nce/nce-151-zero-touch-provisioning.pdf


Also another great book which I just end reading is "Building Data Centers with VXLAN BGP EVPN", this book is Cisco NXOS oriented but provides an amazing background on how VXLAN BGP EVPN Fabrics works.

HTH,

Last week I've found this reference architecture and just ended reading it, it's huge but it really worth it (specially for me which i'm working in an SDN NFV Reference architecture myself)

http://innovation.verizon.com/content/dam/vic/PDF/Verizon_SDN-NFV_Reference_Architecture.pdf

 Enjoy!