Advanced IP Network Design (CCIE Professional Development) [Hardcover]

Alvaro Retana (Author), Russ White (Author), Don Slice (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578700973 | ISBN-13: 978-1578700974 | Publication Date: July 15, 1999 | Edition: 1st

A core textbook for CCIE preparation Advanced IP Network Design provides the solutions network engineers need to grow and stabilize large IP networks. Technology advancements and corporate growth inevitably lead to the necessity for network expansion. This book presents design concepts and techniques that enable networks to evolve into supporting larger, more complex applications while maintaining critical stability. Advanced IP Network Design provides you with a basic foundation to understand and implement the most efficient network design around the network core, distribution and access layers, and the common and edge network services. After establishing an efficient heirarchical network design, you will learn to apply OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, BGP, NHRP, and MPLS. Case studies support each protocol to provide you with valuable solutions to common blocks encountered when implementing an IGP- or EGP-based networkAdvanced IP Network Design offers expert-level solutions and help with CCIE exam preparation through the following features: practical discussion and implementation of CCIE-level networking issues; case studies that highlight real-world design, implementation, management, and troubleshooting issues; scenarios that help you put the presented solutions to use; and chapter-ending review questions and exercises. * Learn how to apply effective hierarchical design principles to build stable, large-scale networks * Examine broken networks and discover the best methods for fixing them * Understand how the right topology enhances network performance * Construct the most efficient addressing and summarization scheme for your network * Prevent network failure by applying the most appropriate redundancy at the network core, distribution layer, and access layer * Extend your network's capabilities through proper deployment of advanced IGP- and EGP-based protocols

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

A core textbook for CCIE preparation Learn how to apply effective hierarchical design principles to build stable, large-scale networksExamine broken networks and discover the best methods for fixing themUnderstand how the right topology enhances network performanceConstruct the most efficient addressing and summarization scheme for your networkPrevent network failure by applying the most appropriate redundancy at the network core, distribution layer, and access layerExtend your network's capabilities through proper deployment of advanced IGP- and EGP-based protocolsAdvanced IP Network Design provides the solutions network engineers need to grow and stabilize large IP networks. Technology advancements and corporate growth inevitably lead to the necessity for network expansion. This book presents design concepts and techniques that enable networks to evolve into supporting larger, more complex applications while maintaining critical stability. Advanced IP Network Design provides you with a basic foundation to understand and implement the most efficient network design around the network core, distribution and access layers, and the common and edge network services. After establishing an efficient heirarchical network design, you will learn to apply OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, BGP, NHRP, and MPLS. Case studies support each protocol to provide you with valuable solutions to common blocks encountered when implementing an IGP- or EGP-based networkAdvanced IP Network Design offers expert-level solutions and help with CCIE exam preparation through the following features: practical discussion and implementation of CCIE-level networking issues; case studies that highlight real-world design, implementation, management, and troubleshooting issues; scenarios that help you put the presented solutions to use; and chapter-ending review questions and exercises.

About the Author

Alvaro Retana, CCIE #1609, is currently a Development Test Engineer in the Large Scale Switching and Routing Team, where he works first hand on advanced features in routing protocols. Formerly, Alvaro was a technical lead for both the Internet Service Provider Support Team and the Routing Protocols Team at the Technical Assistance Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He is an acknowledged expert in BGP and Internet architecture.Don Slice, CCIE #1929, is an Escalation Engineer at RTP, North Carolina, and was formerly a Senior Engineer on the Routing Protocols Team at RTP TAC. He is an acknowledged expert in EIGRP, OSPF, and general IP routing issues. He is also well known for his knowledge of DECnet, CLNS/ISIS, DNS, among other things. Don provides escalation support to Cisco engineers worldwide.Russ White, CCIE #2635, is a member of the IOS Network Protocols Deployment and Scalability Team at Cisco, where he is involved in the design and implementation of routing protocols and scalable network design.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1st edition (July 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578700973
• ISBN-13: 978-1578700974
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,661,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good reading after 'routing tcp/ip vol1', September 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Advanced IP Network Design (CCIE Professional Development) (Hardcover)

I think this book is meant to be read after 'Routing tcp/ip vol 1' and 'Routing in the internet'. This book won't replace those two but it still has interesting cases that made it worth reading for me. Besides, it is much thinner than Doyle's book and covering a much larger area (topology design, interior- and exterior routing protocols) so you cannot expect the same detail.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good resource for Network Design and Troubleshooting...., August 21, 2000

By 

mreza - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced IP Network Design (CCIE Professional Development) (Hardcover)

This book deals with the scalability issues that plague big internetworks. For example, i couldnt find the discussion of implementing OSPF in a large scale ISP network EXCEPT this book. This book is not for the beginner. And it wont teach you anything either (appendices are helpful to provide some basic info about BGP, OSPF etc). If you are concerned with Network design and the scalability problems (and their solutions), I'd highly recommend this book. OK. So how do u make the host routes "disappear" from the routing table in order to make sure that your dialup clients arent generating LSAs on to the backbone each time they connect and disconnect?? Also covered are redundancy issues in the Network Core Layer, BGP issues etc. Good addition to your references.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good follow up to the CCDx series., April 8, 2002

By 

S. Brown (St.Louis, Mo. United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Advanced IP Network Design (CCIE Professional Development) (Hardcover)

This book can essentially be divided into two parts:
1) Why you should address your network Like So.
2) Issues & Tips with individual routing protocols.

Part 1 is written a relatively clear and concise fashion, and makes a good follow up or addition to a CCDP course of study. Part 2 is slightly rich with errors, and a bit more grab-bag like in its approach to the subject matter. Weighing in at around 250 pages of core material, this book is one of the lighter reads in the CCIE study course, and could be tackled by a less experienced candidate as well. On the whole a good book, but not a great one, I still consider it recommendable.