Techniques for optimizing large-scale IP routing operation and
managing network growth 
--Understand the goals of scalable network design, including
tradeoffs between network scaling, convergence speed, and
resiliency
--Learn basic techniques applicable to any network design,
including hierarchy, addressing, summarization, and information
hiding
--Examine the deployment and operation of EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS
protocols on large-scale networks
--Understand when and how to use a BGP core in a large-scale
network and how to use BGP to connect to external networks
--Apply high availability and fast convergence to achieve 99.999
percent, or "five 9s" network uptime
--Secure routing systems with the latest routing protocol
security best practices
--Understand the various techniques used for carrying routing
information through a VPN Optimal Routing Design provides the
tools and techniques, learned through years of experience with
network design and deployment, to build a large-scale or scalable
IP-routed network. The book takes an easy-to-read approach that is
accessible to novice network designers while presenting invaluable,
hard-to-find insight that appeals to more advanced-level
professionals as well.   Written by experts in the design
and deployment of routing protocols, Optimal Routing Design
leverages the authors' extensive experience with thousands of
customer cases and network designs. Boiling down years of
experience into best practices for building scalable networks, this
book presents valuable information on the most common problems
network operators face when seeking to turn best effort IP networks
into networks that can support Public Switched Telephone Network
(PSTN)-type availability and reliability.   Beginning with
an overview of design fundamentals, the authors discuss the
tradeoffs between various competing points of network design, the
concepts of hierarchical network design, redistribution, and
addressing and summarization. This first part provides specific
techniques, usable in all routing protocols, to work around real-
world problems. The next part of the book details specific
information on deploying each interior gateway protocol (IGP)-
including EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS-in real-world network
environments. Part III covers advanced topics in network design,
including border gateway protocol (BGP), high-availability, routing
protocol security, and virtual private networks (VPN). Appendixes
cover the fundamentals of each routing protocol discussed in the
book; include a checklist of questions and design goals that
provides network engineers with a useful tool when evaluating a
network design; and compare routing protocols strengths and
weaknesses to help you decide when to choose one protocol over
another or when to switch between protocols.   "The
complexity associated with overlaying voice and video onto an IP
network involves thinking through latency, jitter, availability,
and recovery issues. This text offers keen insights into the
fundamentals of network architecture for these converged
environments." -John Cavanaugh, Distinguished Services Engineer,
Cisco Systems   This book is part of the Networking
Technology Series from Cisco Press, which offers networking
professionals valuable information for constructing efficient
networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful
careers.
 About the AuthorRuss White, CCIE No. 2635, is a member of the
Cisco Routing Deployment and Architecture team in RTP NC. He works
in all areas of routing protocol design, routed network design, and
routed network deployment.   Don Slice, CCIE No. 1929, is a
development engineer on the Cisco Distance Vector Routing Protocol
team, responsible for creating new features and resolving software
defects with EIGRP and RIP. Previously, Slice worked on the Cisco
Routing Deployment and Architecture and Routing Protocol Escalation
teams designing, implementing, and troubleshooting networks running
all of the IP routing protocols.   Alvaro Retana, CCIE No.
1609, is a technical leader in the IP Routing Deployment and
Architecture team at Cisco, where he works directly on advanced
features in routing protocols. His current work includes topics
such as BGP Security and ad-hoc networking.

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