CCNP BCMSN Portable Command Guide

As part of the Cisco Press certification self-study product family, this concise tutorial is geared to preparation for the Certified Cisco Networking Professional (CCNP) 642-812 Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) exam. Empson (applied information systems technology, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada) summarizes all the commands needed at this level of network administration. Blank pages for notes are included. A trial subscription to an online version of the book is available. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Scott Empson is currently the assistant program chair of the bachelor of applied information systems technology degree program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he teaches Cisco routing, switching, and network design courses in a variety of different programs–certificate, diploma, and applied degree-at the post secondary level. Scott is also the program coordinator of the Cisco Networking Academy Program at NAIT, a Regional Academy covering central and northern Alberta. He has earned three undergraduate degrees: a bachelor of arts, with a major in English; a bachelor of education, again with a major in English/language arts; and a bachelor of applied information systems technology, with a major in network management. He currently holds several industry certifications, including CCNP, CCDA, CCAI, and Network+. Before instructing at NAIT, he was a junior/senior high school English/language arts/computer science teacher at different schools throughout northern Alberta. Scott lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife, Trina, and two children, Zachariah and Shaelyn, where he enjoys reading, performing music on the weekend with his classic rock band “Miss Understood,” and studying the martial art of Taekwon-Do.