This Week: Deploying MPLS

This Week: Deploying MPLS

While there are many books and papers available that cover network architecture, MPLS services, and MPLS cores, none put all these subjects together in a “beginning-to-end” walk-through methodology using all the necessary configuration examples for Juniper routers, with explanations for each configuration. This Week: Deploying MPLS is a seminar-in-a-book on the process of designing and standing up a MPLS core, as well as provisioning MPLS services such as L3VPN, VPLS, and Layer 2 circuits.<br /><br />This Week: Deploying MPLS assumes readers have a working knowledge of OSPF or ISIS, iBGP, and eBGP, and have already made a choice as to which IGP to use in their network: OSPF or ISIS. These prerequisites clear the path for an elaborate walk-through deployment of a fault-tolerant MPLS network that includes the “how-to” Junos configurations along with the “why-to” explanations on why some architectural decisions are advantageous and others should be avoided.<br /><br />If you are a network engineer, network architect, or network administrator in an enterprise or service provider environment that has decided to implement MPLS, be prepared to be shown, not told, what to do.<br /><br />“If you’re thinking about adding MPLS to your Junos network, this book is perfect. Not only will you find MPLS concepts explained but many real-world Junos configuration examples, too. In short, the book provides the necessary knowledge for an MPLS deployment in a matter of days because you’re never more than a step away from configuring the concepts you’ve just learned.”<br />Nicholas Harland, Senior Network Engineer, Constant Contact, Inc.<br /><br />LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT JUNOS THIS WEEK:<br />• Decide on an appropriate network architecture based on your network’s requirements and offered services.<br />• Implement a fault-tolerant MPLS core based on LDP, RSVP, or LSP and RSVP, on Juniper Networks routers using the Junos CLI.<br />• Understand how to troubleshoot an MPLS core. <br />• Provision L3VPN, VPLS, and Layer 2 circuits on Juniper Networks routers. <br />• Understand all the Junos features in an MPLS implementation.<br />• Effectively implement traffic engineering and understand how to effectively and efficiently scale your network.<br /><br />Published by Juniper Networks Books