Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching [Paperback]

Louis D. Rossi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 1999 | Series: McGraw-Hill Technical Expert

Configure Cisco catalyst switches with ease.

The perfect partner for those studying for the CLSC Cisco LAN Switch Configuration exam, not to mention anyone who works in a Catalyst environment. This comprehensive resource by Louis R. Rossi, Louis D. Rossi and Thomas Rossi, covers the entire Cisco Catalyst LAN switching family of products from theory to implementation. Using this roadmap, you'll learn how to:
*Visualize the catalyst switching architecture
*Understand VLANs and Trunking, Transparent Bridging, and the Spanning Tree Protocol
*Handle Source Route Bridging
*Distinguish between static and dynamic VLANs
*Configure the Cisco Catalyst 5000 series of switches
*Work with the Catalyst 1900, 2900XL, and 4000 switch series
*Prepare for the CLSC and CCIE exams with practice questions in every chapter Whether you're looking to ace the exam or just make your job a whole lot easier, you'll get the help you need here! Order your copy today!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching explains how Cisco's line of Catalyst network switches work in theory and in practice. Written by folks who teach Cisco engineers for a living, this book has the feel of a classroom lecture in which the instructor projects an image onto a screen and then proceeds to discuss it.

As such, this book demystifies important concepts and provides an introduction to practical experimentation. Switching and bridging are complex tasks that the authors ably explain, along with the differences among the components in the Catalyst line and strategies for fitting Catalyst switches into virtual local area networks (VLANs).

This book provides detailed configuration information on the Catalyst 5000 series. Ultimately it shuns Cisco Works for Switched Internetworks in favor of the raw command line in order to highlight the differences between the Catalyst operating system and standard Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS).

You'll find concise statements describing many administrative tasks, including the configuration of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) and Token Ring networks. Here, the authors support their command and output listings with conceptual diagrams that show the effects of the command sequences. You can use this book as a training aid for the Cisco professional certification exams too--review questions appear at the end of each chapter. --David Wall

Topics covered: Switching and bridging concepts, contrasting bridging architectures, virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual local area networks (VLANs), and details of configuring the Cisco Catalyst 5000 series of products.

From the Back Cover

Configure Cisco Catalyst Switches with ease.

The perfect partner for those studying for the CLSC Cisco LAN Switch Configuration exam, not to mention anyone who works in a Catalyst environment - Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching, by Louis Rossi, covers the entire Cisco Catalyst LAN switching family of products from theory to implementation.

This Cisco internetworking roadmap helps you:

• Visualize the Catalyst switching architecture
• Understand VLANs and Trunking, Transparent Bridging, and the Spanning Tree Protocol
• Handle Source Route Bridging
• Distinguish between static and dynamic VLANs
• Configure the Cisco Catalyst 5000 series of switches
• Work with the Catalyst 1900, 2900XL, and 4000 switch series
• Prepare for the CLSC and CCIE exams with practice questions in every chapter

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (August 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071349820
• ISBN-13: 978-0071349826
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,210,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not bad, August 12, 2005

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This review is from: Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching (Paperback)

As a relative beginner, I find it a little verbose, I'd prefer more of a how-to book. But this book gives a good overview of several switches, and there is a lot of useful information. A good book to have on your shelf.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, January 6, 2001

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Michael Willig (Warsaw, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching (Paperback)

This book is the best switching resource I own. I found it to be very readable, concise, and yet thorough. It's true that it suffers from many typos and it is getting rather dated, but most of this book is still extremely useful. (I very much hope that the authors are working on the 2nd edition.)

To expect this book to read like an exam cram is hardly fair. In the preface, the book itself claims to be intended as a reference for an intermediate level reader. Still, I used this book as my primary means of studying for the 640-504 exam, and easily passed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Writing, Older Technology, June 15, 2000

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Shiwei Zhang (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching (Paperback)

The book is very well organized and written. However, if you want to implement the newest generation of switched Ethernet based on gigabit Ethernet technology, you need to use several series of new Catalyst switches, which are not covered in the book. You will also find a few errors and typos in the book.