July 2009
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
23h 19m
English
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What’s in This Book?
The ultimate purpose of this book is to be the single most complete source for working knowledge related to Juniper Networks enterprise switching on the EX platform. Although you won’t find much focus on actual packet formats and fields, topics for which there is already plentiful coverage on the Internet and in bookstores, you will find information on how to effectively deploy JUNOS switching technology in your network.
Here’s a short summary of the chapters and what you’ll find inside:
- Chapter 1, LAN and Internetworking Overview
Here you will find a detailed, condensed, and somewhat irreverent breakdown of how we got to where we are; the popularity of Ethernet, TCP/IP, and the demise of OSI; and basic LAN interconnect terminology and concepts. Nothing earth-shattering, but all good information and things we think you should be familiar with before jumping into the more specific chapters that follow.
- Chapter 2, EX Platform Overview
This chapter details EX platform capabilities and options. This includes several day in the life of a frame processing examples designed to help you understand internal operations so that you can better appreciate the platform’s performance and capabilities. How many PoE ports are available? What uplink options are possible? What is the name of the management interface? Find out the answers to these questions, and many more, here.
- Chapter 3, Initial Configuration and Maintenance
This chapter begins by examining the steps you need to take ...
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