Table of Contents

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Networking Concepts and Technology: A Designer's Resource
By Deepak Kakadia, Francesco DiMambro
Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: June 28, 2004
ISBN	: 0-13-148207-6
Pages	: 400

		Copyright
		Acknowledgements
		Figures
		Tables
		Preface
			The Sun BluePrints Program
			Who Should Read This Book
			How This Book Is Organized
			Shell Prompts
			Typographic Conventions
			Accessing Sun Documentation
		Chapter 1.  Overview
			Evolution of Web Services Infrastructures
			The Data Center IP Network
			Network Traffic Characteristics
			End-to-End Session: Tuning the Transport Layer
			Network Edge Traffic Steering: IP Services
			Server Networking Internals
			Network Availability Design Patterns
			Reference Implementations
		Chapter 2.  Network Traffic Patterns: Application Layer
			Services on Demand Architecture
			Multi-Tier Architecture and Traffic Patterns
			Web Services Tier
			Application Services Tier
			Architecture Examples
			Example Solution
		Chapter 3.  Tuning TCP: Transport Layer
			TCP Tuning Domains
			TCP State Model
			TCP Congestion Control and Flow Control Sliding Windows
			TCP and RDMA Future Data Center Transport Protocols
		Chapter 4.  Routers, Switches, and Appliances IP-Based Services: Network Layer
			Packet Switch Internals
			Emerging Network Services and Appliances
			Layer 7 Switching
			Quality of Service
			QoS Components
			QoS-Capable Devices
			Secure Sockets Layer
		Chapter 5.  Server Network Interface Cards: Datalink and Physical Layer
			Token Ring Networks
			Fiber Distributed Data Interface Networks
			Ethernet Technology
			Fast Ethernet Interfaces
			10/100 dmfe Fast Ethernet
			Fiber Gigabit Ethernet
			Sun VLAN Technology
			Sun Trunking Technology
			Network Configuration
			Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a Network
			Configuring Driver Parameters
			Using /etc/system to Tune Parameters
			Network Interface Card General Statistics
			Ethernet Media Independent Interface Kernel Statistics
			Maximizing the Performance of an Ethernet NIC Interface
		Chapter 6.  Network Availability Design Strategies
			Network Architecture and Availability
			Layer 2 Strategies
			Layer 3 Strategies
			Conclusions Drawn from Evaluating Fault Detection and Recovery Times
		Chapter 7.  Reference Design Implementations
			Logical Network Architecture
			Physical Network Implementations
			Switch Configuration
			Network Security
		Appendix A.  Lyapunov Analysis
		Glossary
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			B
			C
			D
			E
			F
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		Index