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Acknowledgments

No book is the sole effort its authors. This book is certainly no exception. We all would like to start by thanking our co-authors for helping us stick with the project.

The authors of this book would like to thank the following people (in no particular order) and places for their parts in helping to make this book happen:

Reviewers:

Mark Basinski, Cisco Systems

Bobbie Krupczak, Empire Technologies

Jim O'Shea, HP

Peter Welcher, CCCI

Anthony Edwards, Tavve Software

Technical contributors from Cisco Systems: Billie Ansell, Joel Dinkin, Srinivas Narayan, Anand Narwani, Dean Rogers, and Kris Thompson.

Cisco Systems contributors to the switch management paper, out of which this book and team of authors grew: Gerard Berthet, Mark Marsula, Dean McDaniel, Barbara Retzlaff, Johnnie Salim, and David Stiff.

We'd also like to thank:

Don Bowman, Cisco Systems, for showing us how to take it to the next level

Peter Fritz and Brad Kintner, Cisco Systems, for the use of the PDVC lab

Chris Mcgugan, Cisco Systems, for the use of his digital camera

Priscilla Oppenheimer, for use of her figures originally published in Top-Down Network Design

Places:

Cisco Systems, which provided many of the resources used to produce this book and without which this book would not have been possible—or necessary!

Indy 500 conference room—home away from home

China Garden, RTP, NC

Rudino's, RTP, NC

The pizza guy that we stiffed, without whom we wouldn't have found Rudino's

Finally, last, but not least, we'd like to acknowledge our Cisco Press editing team for their patience and not so gentle, but beneficial prodding: Alicia Buckley, Laurie McGuire, and Kathy Trace.


Personal Acknowledgments

Paul — First, to my beautiful wife Christine and kids , Max and Adam: thanks for your loving support and patience. To Mom, Dad, Bob, Marian, Jeff, Nick, Gladys, Nick III, Jeanette, Louise, Gina, and Suzie: thanks for encouraging me. To Bart, Tank, Eric, and Dean: thanks for being great friends and for your advise on this book. To Barry, Gabrielle, Gary, and Andy: thanks for helping me understand the book business and your support. Finally, thanks to Chris, Kent, Rob, and Jim for their extreme efforts and perseverance . We did it!

Chris — I would like to acknowledge , first and foremost, my wife, Carolyn Maynard. Both of my kids, Jeremy and Emily Ellison, showed amazing amount of patience throughout this endeavor. I'd also like to thank Jerry Saunders, US Library of Congress, for teaching me the joy of programming; and Vint Cerf, MCI, for taking me under his wing in the early days of TCP/IP. I would like to dedicate this book to my parents, who always encouraged me to explore.

Rob — I'd personally like to thank first and foremost my family: my wife Terri, and my children Lauren and Evan. They were very supportive of me and gave me the time, especially on weekends, to work on this book and to achieve this personal goal of mine. I'd also like to thank my manager at Cisco, Drew Powell, for giving me the time during the week to work on my chapters, especially as deadlines approached. He has continued to motivate and challenge me technically as well as personally .

Kent — I want to give my heartfelt thanks to my family—my wife Catherine and my two sons Julian and Samuel—for putting up with me while I spent all too many hours plinking away my laptop. Without their support my contribution to this book would not have been possible.

Jim — I want to thank my family from the bottom of my heart for the sacrifices they made on behalf of this book. My wife, Sarah, particularly deserves special thanks for putting up with my frequent absence from our life and my daughter Jamie who put off her scuba diving with me while I worked on the book.