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Implementing Cisco Networking Solutions

By : Harpreet Singh
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Book Image

Implementing Cisco Networking Solutions

5 (1)
By: Harpreet Singh

Overview of this book

Most enterprises use Cisco networking equipment to design and implement their networks. However, some networks outperform networks in other enterprises in terms of performance and meeting new business demands, because they were designed with a visionary approach. The book starts by describing the various stages in the network lifecycle and covers the plan, build, and operate phases. It covers topics that will help network engineers capture requirements, choose the right technology, design and implement the network, and finally manage and operate the network. It divides the overall network into its constituents depending upon functionality, and describe the technologies used and the design considerations for each functional area. The areas covered include the campus wired network, wireless access network, WAN choices, datacenter technologies, and security technologies. It also discusses the need to identify business-critical applications on the network, and how to prioritize these applications by deploying QoS on the network. Each topic provides the technology choices, and the scenario, involved in choosing each technology, and provides configuration guidelines for configuring and implementing solutions in enterprise networks.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Understanding and Configuring Network Security

"There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked."
- John Chambers

Digitization and IT enablement has helped organizations to transform themselves and improve their way they conduct business. IT has enabled improving real-time communications across geographies, helping people collaborate effectively using video over long distances without the need to travel, and significantly reducing the turnaround time for services, making service delivery more efficient and agile. On the other hand, IT has also led to the creation of an infrastructure where everyone can connect to everyone else, creating virtually all information in a digital form that is stored in the data centers, and is accessed by the employees, partners, and customers of the organization. This leads...