Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for Ccies - Softcover

Caslow, Andrew Bruce; Pavlichenko, Valeriy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130903892 ISBN 13: 9780130903891

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2000

Synopsis

A preparation guide for the Cisco certification exam on bridges, routers, and switches and an on-the-job reference for switching and routing information. Topics covered include voice/data integration, configuring token ring switching, and Cisco's latest Quality of Service techniques and services. Previous edition: c1999. DLC: Routers (Computer networks)--Examinations.

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About the Author

Andrew Bruce Caslow is both a CCIE and a Certified Cisco Instructor based in northern Virginia. Andrew has worked with Cisco technologies for more than seven years, with an emphasis on IP routing and switching in the service provider arena.

Valeriy Pavlichenko is a Senior Consulting Engineer based in northern Virginia. Valeriy has been working with Cisco routers since 1995. His area of expertise is general IP and UNIX networking, with a special focus on Internet service provider technologies.

From the Back Cover

A test prep guide and on-the-job reference.

• Bestselling CCIE guide updated for the latest exam!
• World-class troubleshooting practice for the CCIE hands-on labs
• Exclusive "Can You Spot the Issues" challenges
• New coverage: VoIP, QoS, and much more
• Expanded coverage of BGP and OSPF

The best-selling comprehensive CCIE preparation guide: now fully updated for the latest exam!

Cisco's CCIE certification is today's most lucrative, sought-after networking credential: the gold standard for networking professionals. In Cisco Certification, second edition, world-renowned Cisco specialists Bruce Caslow and Valeriy Pavlichenko focus on the most challenging aspect of the CCIE exam process: the hands-on labs.

This best seller has been fully updated to reflect Cisco's latest technologies and exam objectives. Best of all, the authors don't just deliver Q&As, they provide in-depth, sophisticated explanations of Cisco configuration and troubleshooting—exactly what you need to pass your CCIE exam and solve even the toughest Cisco internetworking problems!

• Voice/data integration : Voice over IP, Voice over ATM, and Voice over Frame Relay
• Configuring Token-Ring Switching
• Configuring Integrated IS-IS
• Expanded coverage of BGP and OSPF
• Cisco's latest Quality of Service techniques and solutions

This new second edition delivers even more lab exercises, "Can You Spot the Issues" challenges, and real-world guidance for optimizing the performance and reliability of enterprise networks. If you need CCIE-level configuration and troubleshooting skills, you need Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs, second edition.

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Preface

For the next ten years, the opportunities for internetwork professionals will be immense. However, the challenge of possessing the proper knowledge base and skill set will be faced by every internetworking professional. The challenge is two-fold: (1) how does one develop his internetworking knowledge base and skill sets to the highest possible level and (2) how does one stay current in this rapidly changing field! Cisco Systems offers a solution: the Cisco IOS (Internetworking Operating System). By mastering the Cisco IOS, an internetworking professional can supply virtually any internetworking solution. The IOS has its origins in the routing world but has expanded to LAN switching, ATM switching, multilayer switching, voice-data integration and security.

From an internetwork education perspective, the IOS configuration set, show commands and debugging tools provide a technician with a valuable insight into how internetworking technologies operate. For example, having access to IOS debugging tools and a network protocol analyzer such as a Network Associates Sniffer in a testbed environment allows a technician to develop a strong technical understanding of how internetwork protocols operate at a high level of technical detail. IOS debugging tools should be used with extreme caution in a production internetwork. However, in an educational environment, IOS debugging tools should be used to enhance the internetwork education process. One of the goals of this book is to demonstrate how debug output can be used to enhance the internetwork education process.

A broader goal of this book is to demonstrate the power of the Cisco IOS from both a production and education perspective. An internetwork professional that learns the IOS well enough to attain CCIE certification has developed an internetworking knowledge base and skill set that will allow him to accelerate his learning of other internetworking technologies. Therefore, mastering the Cisco IOS and the related internetworking technologies to the point of attaining CCIE certification should be viewed as a foundational beginning rather than an end. Once you have attained your CCIE, you must look ahead to what new internetworking topics you will master. However, as you learn new topics, you will apply the precious internetworking analysis skills you developed while you prepared for CCIE certification.

In sum, I hope this book assists in developing the reader's internetwork analysis skills. By developing methodologies to think like a quality internetworking professional, you will be able to rapidly adapt to the constant changes occurring in this industry. By developing methodologies to think like a quality internetworking professional, you will be better prepared to attain your CCIE. Therefore, a clear road to optimizing your internetworking analysis skills is mastering the Cisco IOS. Once you learn how to speak IOS and think IOS to the highest level of technical detail, improved internetworking analysis skills come along with the territory. Good luck on your journey to CCIE certification!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130903892
• ISBN 13: 9780130903891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 930