CCIE Professional Development: Large Scale IP Network Solutions (Hardcover)

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CCIE Professional Development: Large-Scale IP Network Solutions is a core textbook for preparation for the CCIE Routing and Switching exam track. As well as CCIE preparation, Large-Scale IP Network Solutions provides solutions for network engineers as IP networks grow and become more complex. The book discusses all major IP protocols in depth, including RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each protocol, helping you to choose the right ones for your environments. Special sections address scalability, migration planning, network management, and security for large-scale networks. Router configuration examples, network case studies, and sample scenarios all help you put the information presented in the book to use.

About the Author

Khalid Raza, CCIE #1192, has been involved with the design of large networks for Cisco Systems, Inc. for more than five years. He holds a master's degree in engineering management, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Khalid's contributions to the CCIE program include helping to write the lab portion of the exam and the new IP-ISP text for CCIE recertification. Khalid's specialization is in routing protocols, and he has given presentations at various conferences on designing scalable IP networks.Mark Turner is a development manager for large-scale switching and routing at Cisco Systems, Inc. He as been involved with the design of large-scale IP networks since the early 1990s, when he contributed to the maintenance and expansion of the Australian Academic and Research Network. Since then, he has worked in an engineering and networking management capacity on several large corporate intranets, most recently for the NASA Science Internet. Mark's contributions to major projects over the years have included the complete design of secure and open networks, as well as incremental upgrades to physical and logical infrastructures of exising large networks.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 550 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Systems; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578700841
• ISBN-13: 978-1578700844
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,581,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Large-Scale IP Network Solutions, May 11, 2000

By	Rajan Abraham (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

This is a must for all of you pursuing CCIE. It can also be used as a reference book even after attaining your CCIE. I have a small library of Cisco books for my CCIE preparation - and this book I rate among the top 5 must haves.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding book from one of the top network designers, September 4, 2000

By	Daniel Golding (Brookline, MA United States) - See all my reviews

Khalid is one of the best network designers I have ever met. His book is excellent technically, and is both clear and concise. This is not a book for the faint hearted - a good knowledge of routing protocols and network design is a must. For those who are experienced network engineers, trying to "go to the next level", this is a MUST HAVE.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Edited, January 24, 2001

By	Hal W. Snyder MD "drxyzzy" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Editing seems to have been limited to running the text through a spell checker. Page 69 refers to "a Frame Rely network". Page 72 explains that an ISDN BRI provides "two barrier channels".

Frequently diagrams include acronyms for which no explanation is offered, as if the figure was shoveled in from somewhere else. There is no glossary of acronyms and many are missing from the index.

An entire chapter is spent on RIP1, with redundant statements about the lack of VLSM support and obsolete status.

My experience was that issues of technical sublety were as often muddied as they were explained.

There is good info in this book, too, but considering the Cisco name, I expected much better.