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• Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) • Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 Copyright The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications About the Author About the Technical Reviewers Acknowledgments Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and your organization Icons in can This Book whatUsed they for Introduction Learn the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to Goalsfrom and Methods understand the concepts Who Should Read This Book? How This Book Is Organized Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Part I: Ethernet: the LAN to Routing the MAN Architectures Halabi, authorFrom of Internet Chapter Introduction to Data in the Metro Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will The Metro Network representEthernet a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers in the Metro The metroThe has always been challenging environment for delivering data services because it has Early Metro EthernetaMovers been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to The U.S Incumbent Landscape go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded The International Landscape by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the A Data of the Metro operational andView business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to Metro Services offer enhanced data services Ethernet Access and Frame Relay Comparison Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic Conclusion view It Chapter describes the Technologies current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the Metro drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Ethernet over SONET/SDH Resilientdiscusses Packet Ring the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers Metro Ethernet Ethernet to the delivery ofTransport metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book Conclusion then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic Chapter private Metro Ethernet Services engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) L2 Switching Basics Metro Ethernet Services Concepts Example of an L2 Metro Ethernet Service Challenges with All-Ethernet Metro Networks Conclusion Chapter Hybrid L2 and L3 IP/MPLS Networks Understanding VPN Components Delivering L3VPNs over IP L2 Ethernet Services over an IP/MPLS Network Conclusion Part II: MPLS: Controlling Traffic over Your Optical Metro Chapter MPLS Traffic Engineering • Table of Contents Advantages of Traffic Engineering • Index Pre-MPLS Traffic Engineering Techniques Metro Ethernet MPLS and Traffic Engineering BySam Halabi Conclusion Chapter RSVP for Traffic Engineering and Fast Reroute Publisher: Cisco Press Understanding RSVP-TE Pub Date: October 01, 2003 Understanding MPLS Fast Reroute ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Conclusion Pages: 240 Chapter MPLS Controlling Optical Switches Understanding GMPLS Establishing the Need for GMPLS Signaling Models Label Switching in a Nonpacket World The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Conclusion Chapter GMPLS Architecture Discover latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and GMPLSthe Interfaces whatModification they canofdo for your organization Routing and Signaling Inclusion of Technology-Specific Parameters Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to Link Management Protocol understand the concepts GMPLS Protection and Restoration Mechanisms GainSummary from the experience of industry and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam of Differences Between MPLS and innovator GMPLS Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Conclusion Appendix A SONET/SDH Basic Framing and Concatenation Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will SONET/SDH Frame Formats represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers SONET/SDH Architecture The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has SONET/SDH Concatenation been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to Conclusion go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise Glossary customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to A offer enhanced data services B C Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view ItDdescribes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers Eand challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services F Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers G to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book I then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks L (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic M engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) N O P Q R S T U V W Index • Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Copyright Copyright© 2003 Cisco Systems Published by:Table of Contents • Cisco Press • Index 800 East 96th Street, 3rd Floor Metro Ethernet Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA BySam Halabi All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information Publisher: Cisco Press storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the Pub Date: October 01, 2003 inclusion of brief quotations in a review ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Number: 2002103527 First Printing September 2003 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier 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It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers challenges carriers will facedocument in transforming metro to address services All otherand trademarks mentioned in this or Webthe site are the propertydata of their respective owners The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers and any other company (0303R) to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks Printed in the USA (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Dedications I dedicate this book to my wonderful family, who spent many nights and weekends alone to help me finish the manuscript To my lovely wife, Roula, I promised you after the IRA book that I wouldn't write another book Sorry I lied Thank you for supporting me To my sons, Joe and Jason, I love you both for the sacrifices you had to make during the last year for me to finish this book • Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) About the Author Mr Halabi is a seasoned executive and an industry veteran with more than 18 years of experience marketing and selling to the worldwide Enterprise and Carrier networking markets While at Cisco, heofwrote the first Cisco Internet routing book, Internet Routing Architectures, a • Table Contents best-seller in the U.S and international markets He has held multiple executive management • Index positions in the field of marketing, sales, and business development and has been instrumental Metro Ethernet in evolving fast-growing businesses for the Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet markets BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) About the Technical Reviewers Mike Bernico is a senior networking engineer at the Illinois Century Network In this position, he focuses primarily on network design and integrating advanced network services such as QoS, IP Multicast, IPv6, and MPLS into the network He has also authored open-source software • of Contents related to hisTable interests in new networking technologies He enjoys reading and spending time in • Index the lab increasing his knowledge of the networking industry He lives in Illinois with his wife Metro Ethernet Jayme He can be contacted at mike@bernico.net BySam Halabi Mark Gallo is a technical manager with America Online His network certifications include Cisco CCNP and Cisco CCDP He has led several engineering groups responsible for designing and Publisher: Cisco Press implementing enterprise LANs and international IP networks He has a BS in electrical Pub Date: October 01, 2003 engineering from the University of Pittsburgh He resides in northern Virginia with his wife, 1-58705-096-X Betsy, ISBN: and son, Paul Pages: 240 Giles Heron is the principal network architect for PacketExchange, a next-generation carrier providing Ethernet services on a global basis He designed PacketExchange's MPLS network and has been instrumental in the development of its service portfolio A cofounder of PacketExchange, he previously worked in the Network Architecture group at Level(3) Communications Heto isEnterprise coauthor of theCarrier draft-martini specification for transport of Layer The definitive guide and Metro Ethernet applications protocols over IP and MPLS networks and the draft-lasserre-vkompella specification for emulation of multipoint Ethernet LAN segments over MPLS, as well as various other Internet drafts Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Irwin Lazar is practice manager for Burton Group in its Networks and Telecom group, managing teamthe of consultants advise end-user organizations on topics including Learnafrom easy-to-readwho format thatlarge enables networking professionals of all levels to network architecture and emerging network technologies He administers The MPLS Resource understand the concepts Center (http://www.mplsrc.com) and is the conference director for the MPLScon Conference and Exhibition Gain from He has thepublished experience numerous of industry articles innovator on topics and relating best-selling to data Cisco networking Press author, and Sam the Internet Halabi, and author is a frequent of Internet speaker Routing on networking-related Architectures topics at many industry conferences He holds a bachelor's degree in management information systems from Radford University and Metro networks will emerge the next He area growth for the networkingSystems industrySecurity and will an MBA from George Mason as University is of also a Certified Information represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers Professional (CISSP) The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN 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will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will modifying 2nd represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers RSVP The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has beenextensions built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to implementing go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded bySRP enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the STP operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to loops data services offerbreaking enhanced provider (P) provider edge (PE) Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the dynamic 2ndchallenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services drivers and provisioning view It describes path computation Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers TDM networks 2nd to the delivery of provisioning sevbrices metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines capable) current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks PSC (packet-swirch (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic interfaces engineering, and MPLS PSC (packet-switched capable) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) PSN (packet-switched network) tunnels PW (pseudowire) 2nd 3rd 4th [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] Q-in-Q function qualified learning • Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] ranges labels raw mode RD (Route Distinguisher) RD (route distinguisher) reach of servicesTable of Contents • RECORD-ROUTE object (RRO) • Index RECORD_ROUTE Metro Ethernet object (RRO) reducing TDM bandwidth 2nd BySam Halabi reference models VPLS Publisher: Cisco Press regulations Pub Date: October 01, 2003 incumbents reliabilityISBN: 2nd 1-58705-096-X reliablityPages: 240 TE 2nd equal-cost multipath IGP metrics routing techniques 2nd The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications VC overlays remote link identifiers reordering Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and they can for your organization frames what requirements bandwidth Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to the concepts VPLSunderstand resilience attribute resiliency Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam author of Internet Routing Architectures RPR Halabi, resilient packet ring (RPR) 2nd Metro networks 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drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services restoration GMPLS 2nd Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers restrictions to number of customers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book RESV message then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks retail models (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic ring steering engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) ring wrapping rings Gigabit Ethernet RPR 2nd risk SRLG Route Distinguisher (RD) route distinguisher (RD) route reflectors route target (RT) routers attributes interfaces • • GMPLS 2nd RSVP-TE 2nd Table of Contents Index routing Metro Ethernet constraint-based 2nd BySam Halabi CR-LDP fast reroute 2nd GMPLS Publisher: Cisco Press protection/restoration 2nd Pub Date: October 01, 2003 GRE ISBN: 1-58705-096-X LSP Pages: 240 hierarchies modifying 2nd TE RPR (resilient packet ring) 2nd RRO (RECORD-ROUTE) object The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications RRO (RECORD_ROUTE) object RSVP extensions Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization implmenting LSP tunnels 2nd RSVP-TE 2nd Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts RT (route target) Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] scalability 2nd bandwidth scaling backbones VPLS SDH • Table of Contents • architecture 2nd Index concatenation Metro Ethernet 2nd frame formats BySam Halabi SDL (Simple Data Link) SE (Shared Explicit) Publisher: Cisco Press SE (Shared explicit) Puboverhead Date: October section (SOH)01, 2nd2003 security ISBN: 1-58705-096-X filtersPages: 240 SENDER_TEMPLATE object seperation control/data channels service flexibility of The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications service frame delivery attribute service multiplexing attribute serviceDiscover providers the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and for your organization metro Ethernet 2nd what they can service, time to bring up services 2nd Learn from the easy-to-read format that 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2nd need for 2nd LMP switching 2nd interfaces 2nd 3rd labels GMPLS 2nd • • nonpackets Table of Contents LSP packets Metro Ethernet EOS 2nd BySam typesHalabi Index waveband Synchronous Envelope (SPE) 2nd Publisher:Payload Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] tables forwarding MAC learning 2nd tagged mode tagging • VLAN 2nd 3rdTable of Contents target VPNs • Index targets Metro Ethernet RT BySam Halabi TDM existing legacy infrastructure Publisher: GMPLS 2nd Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 need for 2nd label switching ISBN: 1-58705-096-X 2nd networks Pages: 240 provisioning 2nd TDM (time-division multiplexing) interfaces TE IS-IS-TE The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications OSPF-TE tunnels MPLS fast reroute Discover the 2nd latest TE (traffic engineering) 2nd what they can developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and for your organization equal-cost multipath IGP Learn metrics from the easy-to-read format that enables networking 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engineering (TE) 2nd equal-cost multipath IGP metrics MPLS 2nd routing techniques 2nd VC overlays translation VLAN Transparent LAN Service (TLS) transport Ethernet 2nd transport overhead (TOH) • Table of Contents • Index transport overload (TOH) transport services Metro Ethernet EOS 2nd By Sam Halabi troublehsooting congetsion troubleshooting 2nd Press Publisher: Cisco fault Pubmanagement Date: October 01, 2003 LCAS ISBN: 1-58705-096-X MPLS L3VPN Pages: 240 networks 2nd Notify messages trunking 2nd trunks RSVP-TE 2nd The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications traffic attributes/operations comparing to LSPs Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization tunnels aggregation bypass Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts GRE LSPs hierarchies 2ndthe Gain from MPLS fast reroute 2nd Halabi, author experience of 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of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] U.S incumbent landscape 2nd 3rd UNI (User-to-Network Interface) 2nd unicast frames unnumbered links unqualified learning untagged Ethernet packets 2nd • Table of Contents User-to-Network Interface (UNI) 2nd • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] values TLV fields variations of deployment VC types VC • (virtual circuit) Table of Contents • support Index VCAT concatenation) 2nd Metro(virtual Ethernet VCI (virtual connection identifier) BySam Halabi VCs overlays Publisher: Cisco Press virtual circuit (VC) Pub Date: October 01, 2003 support virtual concatenation ISBN: 1-58705-096-X [See also concatenation] virtual concatenation Pages: 240 (VCAT) 2nd virtual connection identifier (VCI) virtual path identifier (VPI) Virtual Private LAN (VPLS) 2nd virtual router forwarding (VRF) VLAN The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications switching 2nd tagging 2nd 3rd VLAN Tag Preservation Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and organization VLAN Tag Translation or Swapping what they can for your VPI (virtual path identifier) VPLS (Virtual LearnPrivate fromLAN) the 2nd easy-to-read VPN format that enables networking professionals 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offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] WAN labels waveband switching wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) WDM • label switchingTable of Contents WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) • Index WF (Wildcard Filter) 2nd Metro Ethernet wholesale models BySam Halabi Wildcard Filter [See WF] wrapping, ring Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of virtual private networks (VPN), virtual private local area networks (VLAN), virtual private LAN services (VPLS), traffic engineering, and MPLS and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) [A] [B] [C ] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I ] [J] [L] [M] [N] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] XC (cross-connect) • Table of Contents • Index Metro Ethernet BySam Halabi Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: October 01, 2003 ISBN: 1-58705-096-X Pages: 240 The definitive guide to Enterprise and Carrier Metro Ethernet applications Discover the latest developments in metro networking, Ethernet, and MPLS services and what they can for your organization Learn from the easy-to-read format that enables networking professionals of all levels to understand the concepts Gain from the experience of industry innovator and best-selling Cisco Press author, Sam Halabi, author of Internet Routing Architectures Metro networks will emerge as the next area of growth for the networking industry and will represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers The metro has always been a challenging environment for delivering data services because it has been built to handle the stringent reliability and availability needs for voice Carriers will have to go through fundamental shifts to equip the metro for next-generation data services demanded by enterprise customers and consumers This is not only a technology shift, but also a shift in the operational and business model that will allow the incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services Metro Ethernet from Cisco Press looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view It describes the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and challenges carriers will face in transforming the metro to address data services Metro Ethernet discusses the adoption of metro Ethernet services and how that has led carriers to the delivery of metro data services With a changing mix of transport technologies, the book then examines current and emerging trends, and delves into the role of 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