Charles E. Spurgeon

Ethernet Switches (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Network Design with Switches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If youre ready to build a large network system, this handy excerpt from Ethernet: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition gets you up to speed on a basic building block: Ethernet switches. Whether youre working on an enterprise or campus network, data center, or Internet service provider network, youll learn how Ethernet switches function and how theyre used in network designs.This brief tutorial also provides an overview of the most important features found in switches, from the basics to more advanced features found in higher-cost and specialized switches.Get an overview of basic switch operation, the spanning tree protocol, and switch performance issuesLearn about switch management and some of the most widely used switch featuresDiscover how a hierarchical design can help maintain stable network operationsDelve into special-purpose switches, such as multi-layer, access, stacking, and wireless access-point switchesLearn about advanced switch features designed for specific networking environmentsDive deeper into switches, with a list of protocol and package documentation

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449367268
• Artikelnr.: 38312724

Autorenporträt

Charles Spurgeon is a senior technology architect at the University of Texas at Austin, where he works on a campus network system serving over 70,000 users in 200 buildings on two campuses. He has developed and managed large campus networks for many years, beginning at Stanford University, where he worked with a group that built the prototype Ethernet routers that became the founding technology for Cisco Systems. Charles, who attended Wesleyan University, lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Joann Zimmerman, and their cat Mona. Joann Zimmerman is a former software engineer with a doctorate in art history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has written and documented compilers, software tools and network monitoring software, and been a creator of the build and configuration management process for several companies. The author of papers in software engineering and Renaissance art history, she currently she has multiple fantasy novels in process.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Basic Switch Operation
Chapter 2: Basic Switch Features
Chapter 3: Network Design with Ethernet Switches
Chapter 4: Special-Purpose Switches
Chapter 5: Advanced Switch Features
Resources
Glossary
Colophon