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Network Virtualization
By Victor Moreno, -  CCIE 6908. Kumar Reddy
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: July 19, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 1-58705-248-2
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-248-4
Pages: 408

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author(s)
		Acknowledgments
		Icons Used in This Book
		Command Syntax Conventions
		Introduction
		Part I:  A Network Architecture for the Virtual Enterprise
			Chapter 1.  Business Drivers Behind Enterprise Network Virtualization
				Why Virtualize?
				Business Requirements Drive Technical Requirements
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Designing Scalable Enterprise Networks
				Hierarchical Campus Design
				Virtualizing the Campus
				WAN Design
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  A Basic Virtualized Enterprise
				The Virtual Enterprise
				Transport VirtualizationVNs
				Central Services Access: Virtual Network Perimeter
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  A Virtualization Technologies Primer: Theory
				Network Device Virtualization
				Data-Path Virtualization
				Control-Plane VirtualizationRouting Protocols
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Infrastructure Segmentation Architectures: Theory
				Hop to Hop
				Tunnel Overlay for L3VPN
				Tunnel Overlay for Layer 2 VPNs
				Peer-Based Model for Layer 3 VPNs
				Inter-Autonomous System Connectivity: Another Application of Tunnels
				Summary
		Part II:  Enterprise Virtualization Techniques and Best Practices
			Chapter 6.  Infrastructure Segmentation Architectures: Practice
				Hop-to-Hop VLANs
				Single Address Space Solutions
				Tunnel Overlay for Layer 3 VPNs
				Layer 3 VPNs
				Layer 2 VPNs
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Extending the Virtualized Enterprise over the WAN
				WAN Services
				Extending Segmentation over the WAN
				MPLS over Layer 2 Circuits
				Contracting Multiple IP VPNs
				Carrier Supporting Carrier (CsC)
				MPLS over GRE
				RFC 2547 VPNs over L2TPv3 Tunnels
				VRFs Interconnected by a GRE or DMVPN Overlay
				RFC 2547 VPNs over DMVPN
				Summary
			Chapter 8.  Traffic Steering and Service Centralization
				Shared Services: Protected vs. Unprotected
				Unprotected Services Access
				Protected Services Access
				Providing IP Services
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Multicast in a Virtualized Environment
				Multicast Introduction
				VRFs and Multicast
				mVPN Transport
				Connecting the WAN
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Quality of Service in a Virtualized Environment
				QoS Models and Mechanisms: A Review
				MPLS Quality of Service
				MPLS Traffic Engineering and Guaranteed Bandwidth
				QoS Models for Virtualized Networks
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  The Virtualized Access Layer
				Access Layer Switching
				Implementing Dynamic Authentication and Authorization
				Virtualizing the Access Layer
				Summary
		Part III:  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  L2TPv3 Expanded Coverage
				L2TPv3 Control Channel
				L2TPv3 Data Channel
			Appendix B.  MPLS QoS, Traffic Engineering, and Guaranteed Bandwidth
				MPLS QoSUniform Tunnel and Pipe Modes
				MPLS Traffic Engineering
				MPLS Fast Reroute
				Guaranteed Bandwidth
			Appendix C.  Recommended Reading
				Chapter 1
				Chapter 4
				Chapter 5
				Chapter 7
				Chapter 8
				Chapter 9
				Chapter 10
				Chapter 11
				General technology references
			Appendix D.  RFCs and Internet Drafts
				Chapter 4
				Chapter 5
				Chapter 6
				Chapter 9
				Chapter 10
				Chapter 11
		Index