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Top-Down Network Design, 2nd Edition
- By Priscilla Oppenheimer
- Published May 27, 2004 by Cisco Press. Part of the Networking Technology series.
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About
Features
- Top-Down Network Design Method.
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Teaches students the standard methodology for network design that assures the building of resilient, manageable networks.
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- NEW - Chapters on Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Wireless Networking, and Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony.
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Provides students with up to date coverage of network technologies they will face.
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- Concise overviews of technologies essential to all networks.
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Helps students learn about the systems with which they will interact.
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- Accessible writing style.
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Students of various backgrounds and levels of experience will understand the clear, easy-to-read language.
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Instructor and student resources available for download
Description
- Copyright 2004
- Edition: 2nd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 1-58705-152-4
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-152-4
A systems analysis approach to enterprise network design
- Master techniques for checking the health of an existing network to develop a baseline for measuring performance of a new network design
- Explore solutions for meeting QoS requirements, including ATM traffic management, IETF controlled-load and guaranteed services, IP multicast, and advanced switching, queuing, and routing algorithms
- Develop network designs that provide the high bandwidth and low delay required for real-time applications such as multimedia, distance learning, and videoconferencing
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various switching and routing protocols, including transparent bridging, Inter-Switch Link (ISL), IEEE 802.1Q, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP4
- Effectively incorporate new technologies into enterprise network designs, including VPNs, wireless networking, and IP Telephony
Top-Down Network Design, Second Edition, is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing enterprise networks that are reliable, secure, and manageable. Using illustrations and real-world examples, it teaches a systematic method for network design that can be applied to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internetworks.
You will learn to analyze business and technical requirements, examine traffic flow and QoS requirements, and select protocols and technologies based on performance goals. You will also develop an understanding of network performance factors such as network utilization, throughput, accuracy, efficiency, delay, and jitter. Several charts and job aids will help you apply a top-down approach to network design.
This Second Edition has been revised to include new and updated material on wireless networks, virtual private networks (VPNs), network security, network redundancy, modularity in network designs, dynamic addressing for IPv4 and IPv6, new network design and management tools, Ethernet scalability options (including 10-Gbps Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, and Long-Reach Ethernet), and networks that carry voice and data traffic.
Top-Down Network Design, Second Edition, has a companion website at http://www.topdownbook.com, which includes updates to the book, links to white papers, and supplemental information about design resources.
This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Pressß which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.
Sample Content
Online Sample Chapter
Analyzing Business Goals and Constraints of Network Design
Downloadable Sample Chapter
Download - 271 KB -- Chapter 1: Analyzing Business Goals and Constraints
Table of Contents
I. IDENTIFYING YOUR CUSTOMER'S NEEDS AND GOALS.
1. Analyzing Business Goals and Constraints.Using a Top-Down Network Design Methodology. Using a Structured Network Design Process. Systems Development Life Cycles. The Plan Design Implement Operate Optimize (PDIOO) Network Life Cycle. Analyzing Business Goals. Working with Your Client. Changes in Enterprise Networks. Resiliency. Typical Network Design Business Goals. Identifying the Scope of a Network Design Project. Identifying a Customer's Network Applications. Analyzing Business Constraints. Politics and Policies. Budgetary and Staffing Constraints. Project Scheduling. Business Goals Checklist. Summary.
2. Analyzing Technical Goals and Tradeoffs.Scalability. Planning for Expansion. Expanding Access to Data. Constraints on Scalability. Availability. Specifying Availability Requirements. Network Performance. Network Performance Definitions. Optimum Network Utilization. Throughput. Throughput of Internetworking Devices. Application Layer Throughput. Accuracy. Efficiency. Delay and Delay Variation. Causes of Delay. Delay Variation. Response Time. Security. Identifying Network Assets. Analyzing Security Risks. Reconnaissance Attacks. Denial-of-Service Attacks. Developing Security Requirements. Manageability. Usability. Adaptability. Affordability. Making Network Design Tradeoffs. Technical Goals Checklist. Summary.
3. Characterizing the Existing Internetwork.Characterizing the Network Infrastructure. Developing a Network Map. Characterizing Network Addressing and Naming. Characterizing Wiring and Media. Checking Architectural and Environmental Constraints. Checking the Health of the Existing Internetwork. Analyzing Network Availability. Analyzing Network Utilization. Measuring Bandwidth Utilization by Protocol. Analyzing Network Accuracy. Analyzing Errors on Switched Ethernet Networks. Analyzing Network Efficiency. Analyzing Delay and Response Time. Checking the Status of Major Routers, Switches, and Firewalls. Tools for Characterizing the Existing Internetwork. Network-Monitoring and Management Tools. Remote Monitoring Tools. Cisco Tools for Characterizing an Existing Internetwork. Organizations That Provide Information on Characterizing an Existing. Internetwork. Network Health Checklist. Summary.
4. Characterizing Network Traffic.Characterizing Traffic Flow. Identifying Major Traffic Sources and Stores. Documenting Traffic Flow on the Existing Network. Characterizing Types of Traffic Flow for New Network Applications. Terminal/Host Traffic Flow. Client/Server Traffic Flow. Thin Client Traffic Flow. Peer-to-Peer Traffic Flow. Server/Server Traffic Flow. Distributed Computing Traffic Flow. Traffic Flow in Voice over IP Networks. Documenting Traffic Flow for New and Existing Network Applications. Characterizing Traffic Load. Calculating Theoretical Traffic Load. Documenting Application-Usage Patterns. Refining Estimates of Traffic Load Caused by Applications. Estimating Traffic Overhead for Various Protocols. Estimating Traffic Load Caused by Workstation and Session Initialization. Estimating Traffic Load Caused by Routing Protocols. Characterizing Traffic Behavior. Broadcast/Multicast Behavior. Network Efficiency. Frame Size. Protocol Interaction. Windowing and Flow Control. Error-Recovery Mechanisms. Characterizing Quality of Service Requirements. ATM Quality of Service Specifications. IETF Integrated Services Working Group Quality of Service Specifications. IETF Differentiated Services Working Group Quality of Service Specific
Index
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