Rick Gallagher's MPLS Training Guide. Building Multi-Protocol Label Switching Networks

Rick Gallahers MPLS Training Guide: Building Multi Protocol Label Switching Networks

ISBN: 1932266003
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 138

Authors: Syngress, Rick Gallaher

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Table of Contents
BackCover
Rick Gallaher s MPLS Training Guide-Building Multi Protocol Label Switching Networks
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of MPLS Networks and Data Flow
What Is MPLS?
MPLS Network Construction
Exercise 1.1: LER and Granularity
Exercise 1.1 Summary
Data Flow in MPLS Networks
Practical Applications
Exercise 1.2: MPLS Data Flow
Exercise 1.3: Single Stacked Label Decode
Hands-On: Compare and Contrast IPEthernet and IPMPLSEthernet
Exercise 1.3 Summary
Exercise 1.4: Stacked Decode
Hands-On: Open the File and Review File Content
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 2: MPLS Label Distribution
The Early Days of Switching
MPLS Label Distribution
Protocols
Practical Applications: Label Distribution
Exercise 2.1: Control-Ordered or Not?
Exercise 2.2: Label Distribution
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 3: MPLS Signaling
Introduction to MPLS Signaling
Traffic Control in MPLS Networks
Practical Applications: Signaling Different Types of RSVP-TE Paths
Exercise 3.1: Decode the RSVP-TE Message
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 4: MPLS Network Reliance and Recovery
Introduction to MPLS Network Reliance and Recovery
The Need for Network Protection
Reviewing Routing
Network Protection
MPLS Error Detection
Thrashing Links
Practical Applications
Cisco s Tunnel Builder Vendor Solution
Chapter Summary and Review
Chapter 5: MPLS Traffic Engineering
Introduction to MPLS Traffic Engineering
Aspects of Traffic Engineering
Provisioning and Subscribing
Calculating How Much Bandwidth You Need
Practical Applications: OPNET1
Exercise 5.1: Traffic Engineering
Chapter Review and Summary
Going Further
Chapter 6: Introduction to MPlS and GMPLS
MPlS and GMPLS
Where Networking Is Today
Where Networking Is Going
The GMPLS Control Plane
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 7: Virtual Private Networks and MPLS
Introduction to Virtual Private Networks
VPN Models
VPN Peer Model (MPLS)
MPLS VPN Topologies
Comparing VPN Types
Practical Application
Exercise 7.1: Case Study 1
Practical Application: Implementing a VPN
Exercise 7.2: Case Study 2
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 8: Quality of Service Meets MPLS
Introduction to QoS
What Is QoS?
Measuring QoS in Data Networks
Packet Marking
ReservationPolicing Protocols
Policy-Based Packet Policing
QoS in MPLS Networks
Practical Applications: Mapping ToS Bits to Exp or FECs in Riverstone Routers
Chapter Summary and Review
Going Further
Chapter 9: MPLS Marketing
Introduction to MPLS VPN Marketing
Who: The User Perspective
What: Money
How: Approaches to Marketing and Sales
What Do They Want?
Market Planning Overview
Marketing the Technology
Case Example
Challenges
The Promised Land
A Business Case Study
Summary
Appendix A: Answer Key for Chapter Exercises
Chapter 2 MPLS Label Distribution
Chapter 3
Chapter 5 MPLS Traffic Engineering
Chapter 7 Virtual Private Networks and MPLS
Appendix B: Glossary
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Q-T
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Appendix C: A Brief History of Ethereal
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Index
Index_A
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
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Index_F
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Index_H
Index_I
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Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
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Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars