Building Switched Networks: Multilayer Switching, QoS, IP Multicast, Network Policy, and Service-Level Agreements

Darryl P. Black, Daryl Paul Black / Hardcover / Published 1999 --

a comprehensive, technical survey of the networking technologies that comprise the core of evolving LAN and WAN infrastructures. This book gives you essential background information, clear descriptions of relevant technologies, and an understanding of how those technologies will be employed throughout networks in the near future. In particular, the text focuses on developments that support our increasing demand for network bandwidth--multilayer switching, delivery guarantees, and multicasting--and examines performance issues, resource allocation, network policy, and network services.

Using a ground-up approach, the book begins with network demands, examines various kinds of available switches, and progresses to the state-of-the-art technologies that are quickly permeating our networking infrastructure.  Learn about: Virtual LANs and the 802.1Q and 802.1p standards Layer-2, Layer-3, and Layer-4 switching;  Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) standard; Quality of Service (QoS), delivery guarantees based on specified parameters, and resource management Class of Service (COS) priority queuing techniques IP multicast--a key technology for enabling networks to scale Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that formalize service characteristics Network Policy, with a discussion of Directory Enabled Networking (DEN) and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Emerging sophisticated network services made possible by the above technologies, including Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)and Voice over IP (VoIP).

Cisco Multicast Routing and Switching (McGraw-Hill Cisco Technical Expert)

William R. Parkhurst / Paperback / Published 1999 

 deploying IP multicasting with Cisco Multicast Routing & Switching. Filled with tips, techniques, and solutions for implementing the hottest technology around - Cisco's new generation of routers that are designed to handle IP multicasting - this is the one book you'll need to successfully deploy IP Multicasting. The important protocols for multicast service are covered in detail, including: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP); Cisco Group Management Protocol (DGMP); Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP); Protocol Independent Multicast Protocol (PIM); Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP). In addition, each chapter that covers a protocol also contains valuable information on all Cisco router commands for configuring, monitoring, and debugging that protocol. Real-world scenarios are included, giving you practical, hands-on knowledge of IP multicasting. Cisco Multicast provides: A complete understanding of unicast, broadcast, and multicast IP addressing; Step-by-step guidance on how to deploy and troubleshoot multicasting in a Cisco environment; Complete coverage of current and future intranet multicast routing. For those who need to know how to deploy OP multicasting NOW, this is the definitive book for examining the protocols that make multicasting possible and for building networks that can implement multicast efficiently.

Deploying IP Multicast in the Enterprise 

Thomas A. Maufer / Hardcover / Published 1997
In this book, Thomas A. Maufer-co-author of the "Introduction to IP Multicast Routing" Request for Comments (RFC)-closely examines the protocols which make multicasting possible - and the challenging routing issues that arise in enterprise Multicasting. Maufer explains the rationale for multicast, describes important classes of multicast-enabled applications, and the essentials of multicast IP technology, including the "host group" model and the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).  Ensure successful deployment of a multicast infrastructure over your existing networks by understanding how multicast routing protocols work.Protocols such as the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol, Multicast Extensions to OSPF, Protocol-Independent Multicast - Dense Mode are discussed, along with the exciting new Protocol-Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode, and Core Based Trees protocols. Multicast-based transport protocols are discussed, including the Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP), and so-called "reliable" multicast transport protocols are examined. Finally, watch IP Multicast at work in two leading-edge deployments: Networld+Interop's InteropNet, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

 

 

Multicast Networking and Applications

C. Kenneth Miller / Hardcover / Published 1998 --   Multicast is at the heart of many new networking applications being developed today, such as multimedia conferencing, software and critical data distribution through networks, and distance learning. Geared for network managers, administrators, and developers, Multicast Networking and Applications provides a practical overview of multicast technology, its promises and pitfalls, and its implications for business. This book explores real-world applications that demonstrate key concepts and illustrate how multicast applications can be used to improve business processes and information distribution.
This book features a tutorial on multicast technologies that discusses:
* link layer versus network layer multicast
* multicast IP addressing, IGMP, and multicast routing protocols
* network infrastructures, including frame relay, virtual private networks, satellite networking, high-speed permanent links, switched links, and how each can support multicast
* replication, mirroring, and caching of Web sites today and how multicast technology can make improvements
In addition, this book explains "push," or Webcasting applications, and the newly proposed push standards. It offers an in-depth look at multimedia streaming applications--focusing on real-time protocols and format--and provides a fascinating look at reliable multicast applications and technology, the creation of multicast groups, and the critical topic of security.  Multicast Networking and Applications offers real-world case studies from companies that are now implementing and using multicast technology, including Microsoft, 3Com, Smith Barney, General Motors, and Toys "R" Us. 

 

Developing IP Multicast Networks

Beau Williamson / Paperback / Published 1999 -- This book provides a solid foundation of basic IP multicast concepts, as well as the information needed to actually design and deploy IP multicast networks. Using examples of common network topologies, author Beau Williamson discusses the issues that network engineers face when trying to manage traffic flow. Developing IP Multicast Networks, Volume I includes an in-depth discussion of the PIM protocol used in Cisco routers and detailed coverage of the rules that control the creation and maintenance of Cisco mroute state entries. The result is a comprehensive guide to the development and deployment of IP multicast networks using Cisco routers and switches.

 

Mbone : Multicast Multimedia for the Internet (MacMillan Technology Series)

Vinay Kumar / Hardcover / Published 1999 -- The MBone is a broadcast technology for the Internet that allows information providers to broadcast video, sound and text in a manner similar to current television broadcasting. This reference provides an in-depth look at the technology behind multicast routing for the next generation of multimedia on the Web.

• and then, check these out ..
• Quality of Service : Delivering QoS on the Internet and in Corporate Networks; Paul Ferguson, Geoff Huston
• Switching in IP Networks : Ip Switching, Tag Switching, and Related Technologies (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking); Bruce S. Davie, et al
• IP Switching : Protocols and Architectures (McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications); Christopher Y. Metz
•  Cisco Switched Internetworks : Vlans, Atm & Voice/Data Integration (Cisco Technical Expert); Chris Lewis
• Multicast Networking and Applications; C. Kenneth Miller
• Cisco Security Architectures (McGraw-Hill Cisco Technical Expert); Gilbert Held(Preface), Kent Hundley (Preface)
• CCIE Professional Development : Advanced IP Network Design (Cisco Ccie Professional Development Series); Alvaro Retana, et al
• Ip Multicasting : The Complete Guide to Interactive Corporate Networks; David R. Kosiur, Dave Kosiur
• Ip Multicasting : Concepts and Applications; Marcus Goncalves, Kitty Niles
• OSPF: Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol; John T. Moy

LISTEN, its all a battle, so look at the past to understand the future ... 

 

1815 The Waterloo Campaign : Wellington, His German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras

Peter Hofschroer / Hardcover / Published 1998  -- 16 pages of b/w photos and 36 maps 6 x 9. Previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and battle reports German, British, and Dutch archive material published for the first time Controversial reassessment of the whole campaign Here is a unique reassessment of the Hundred Days and a powerful analysis of the epic confrontation at Waterloo. The first of two volumes, this study is a thoroughly researched examination of the opening moves of the campaign from a new perspective based on evidence never before presented to an English-speaking audience. Hofschrer arrives at far-reaching conclusions about the controversial theory that the Duke of Wellington deceived his Prussian alliesand all subsequent historians of the campaign. By presenting events from the perspective of the Germans, the author undermines the traditional view of the campaign as one fought out by the French and the British and reveals the crucial role of troops from Prussia and the German states.

 

The Army Times Book of Great Land Battles : From the Civil War to the Gulf War

Walter J., Colonel Boyne(Editor), J. D. Morelock / Hardcover / Published 1994  -- From the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg to the Gulf War's brilliantly orchestrated, 100-hour AirLand Battle, award-winning Army historian Colonel J.D. Morelock brings a lifetime of research and military experience to fourteen in-depth accounts of the world's most important battles. With rare insight and "you are there" immediacy, he captures the drama and excitement of each confrontation--from the vast historical perspective of global events, to the ever-changing developments in strategy, weaponry and technology, to the personal contributions of commanders and soldiers whose individual stories of courage reveal the human side of war. An invaluable addition to every military library.

  

Battles of the Bible

Chaim Herzog, Mordechai Gichon / Hardcover / Published 1997  -- wars of ancient Israel -- from the invasion of Canaan  under Joshua's   to the Maccabees'   rebellion against Seleucids.  A MUST HAVE.