Carrier Ethernet
, by Gilbert Held- ISBN: 9781420060409 | 1420060406
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 3/11/2008
Introduction to Carrier Ethernet | |
Defining Carrier Ethernet | |
Overview | |
Rationale | |
Expanded Use of Ethernet LANs | |
Frame Compatibility | |
Low Cost | |
High Network Access Speeds | |
Mass Market for Technology | |
Business Continuity | |
Enabling Technologies | |
Copper and Fiber Infrastructure | |
ADSL | |
ADSL2 and ADSL2+ | |
SHDSL | |
VDSL | |
VPNs | |
Types of VPNs | |
Protocols | |
Service Provider Provisioned VPNs | |
VLANs | |
Broadcast Domain Reduction | |
Facilitate Subnet Creation | |
Reduce Hardware Requirements | |
Traffic Control | |
Types of VLANs | |
MPLS | |
Overview | |
Architecture | |
Operation | |
Applications | |
Interconnecting Distributed Offices | |
Providing Real-Time Backup | |
Voice, Video, and Data Support | |
Challenges to Carrier Ethernet | |
Total Cost of Operation | |
Packet Overhead | |
Management and Troubleshooting | |
Reliability | |
Security | |
QoS | |
Data Networking Concepts | |
Transport Technologies | |
LANs | |
WANs | |
Characteristics | |
Wireless | |
Data Protocols | |
Ethernet | |
Evolution | |
IEEE Involvement | |
Network Interfaces | |
Network Equipment | |
Network Interface Cards | |
Hubs | |
Operation | |
Passive versus Intelligent | |
Hubs | |
Switches | |
Operation | |
Advantages | |
Evolution | |
Routers | |
Operation | |
Advantages | |
Capabilities | |
Firewall | |
Placement | |
Operation | |
VPN Appliances | |
Operation | |
Advantages | |
Combining Functions | |
Network Facilities | |
T1 | |
The DSO Time Slot | |
T-Carrier Hierarchy | |
Channelized versus Non-Channelized | |
SONET | |
Optical Carrier Levels | |
Framing | |
Utilization | |
The Flavors of Ethernet | |
Metcalfe's Original Design | |
Bus-Based Network Structure | |
The DIX Standard | |
DIX Version 20 | |
IEEE 802.3 Standardization | |
Division of Effort | |
Physical Layer Effort | |
Network Layer Effort | |
Data Link Layer | |
IEEE Changes from DIX | |
802.3 Frame Format | |
Sub-Network Access Protocol | |
The CSMA/CD Protocol | |
Frame Size | |
Early Ethernet | |
The 10 Mbps Ethernet Family | |
10BASE-5 | |
10BASE-2 | |
10BROAD-36 | |
10BASE-T | |
Network Characteristics 5-4-3 Rule | |
FOIRL and 10BASE-F | |
Fast Ethernet | |
100BASE-T | |
Layer Subdivision | |
100BASE-TX | |
Network Configuration | |
Coding | |
Repeaters | |
100BASE-T4 | |
100BASE-T4 Repeater Hub | |
100BASE-T2 | |
Auto-Negotiation | |
LIT Pulses | |
FLP Pulses | |
Parallel Detection Function | |
The Base Page | |
The Next Page Function | |
Extended Next Page Function | |
Priorities | |
Option Considerations | |
Fiber | |
100BASE-FX | |
100BASE-SX | |
100BASE-BX | |
Gigabit Ethernet | |
Fiber-Based Gigabit Ethernet | |
1000BASE-SX | |
1000BASE-LX | |
Fiber Auto-Negotiation | |
1000BASE-ZX and LH | |
Copper-Based Gigabit Ethernet | |
1000BASE-CX | |
1000BASE-T | |
Summary | |
10 Gigabit Ethernet | |
GbE versus 10 GbE | |
Layers and Interfaces | |
XGMII | |
XAUI | |
XGMII | |
MAC | |
PCS | |
PMA | |
PMD | |
WAN Physical Layer | |
10 GbE over Copper | |
10GBASE-CX4 | |
10GBASE-T | |
Ethernet in the First Mile | |
Architectures | |
Physical Layer Interfaces | |
Applications | |
Advantages | |
Use of Dual Fibers | |
Use of Single Fibers | |
EPON | |
MPCP | |
Frame Formats | |
Basic Ethernet | |
The Ethernet II/DIX Frame | |
Preamble Field | |
Destination Address Field | |
Source Address Field | |
Type Field | |
Data Field | |
Frame Check Sequence Field | |
The 802.3 Frame | |
Length Field | |
Preamble Field Modification | |
Type/Length Field Values | |
The 802.2 Header | |
Subnetwork Access Protocol | |
LLC Header Operation | |
The SNAP Frame | |
IPX over Ethernet | |
Full Duplex and the Pause Frame | |
Advantages | |
Flow Control | |
PAUSE Frame | |
Overview | |
Frame Fields | |
VLAN Tagging | |
The 802.1Q Standard | |
Advantages | |
Frame Format | |
SNAP Frames | |
Frame Determination | |
Fast Ethernet | |
4B5B Coding | |
Delimiters | |
Interframe Gap | |
Gigabit Ethernet | |
Carrier Extension | |
Half-Duplex Use | |
Frame Bursting | |
Jumbo Frames | |
Operation | |
Length Rationale | |
Advantages | |
Problems and Solutions | |
Performance | |
Basic Ethernet | |
SNAP Frames | |
Gigabit Ethernet | |
Frame Rates | |
Mathematical Oddities | |
Frame Rate Computations | |
Gigabit Constraints | |
LAN Switches | |
Bridge Operations | |
Transparent and Translating Bridges | |
Plug-and-Play Operation | |
Bridge Operation | |
Intelligent Switching Hubs | |
Basic Components | |
Buffer Memory | |
Delay Times | |
Parallel Switching | |
Switch Operations | |
Switching Techniques | |
Cross-Point Switching | |
Operation | |
Latency | |
Store-and-Forward | |
Filtering Capability | |
Operation | |
Delay Time | |
Hybrid | |
Switch Port Address Support | |
Port-Based Switching | |
Segment-Based Switching | |
Applications | |
Considering Port Capability | |
Basic Switching | |
Multi-Tier Networking | |
Interconnecting Dispersed Offices | |
Virtual LANs | |
Characteristics | |
Construction Basics | |
Implicit versus Explicit Tagging | |
Using Implicit Tagging | |
Explicit Tagging | |
The IEEE 802.1Q Standard | |
Vendor Implementation | |
Carrier Ethernet Services | |
Overview | |
The Metro Ethernet Forum | |
Requirements for Use | |
VLAN Tagging | |
The 802.1P (Priority) Standard | |
Latency Considerations | |
Fiber Connectivity | |
Transporting Ethernet in a Service Provider Network | |
Operating over Other Transports | |
Comparison to Other Layer 2 Protocols | |
Ethernet Topologies | |
Carrier Ethernet Service Types | |
E-LINE | |
E-LAN | |
E-TREE | |
Encapsulation Techniques | |
VLAN Stacking | |
Service Level Agreements and Quality of Service | |
The Service Level Agreement | |
Metrics | |
Availability | |
Latency | |
Jitter | |
MTTR | |
Installation Time | |
Bandwidth Provisioning | |
Packet Loss | |
Guaranteed Bandwidth | |
SLA Problems | |
OAM Overview | |
OAM and Ethernet | |
Ethernet OAMs | |
Functions | |
Testing | |
Link-Layer OAM | |
Service OAM | |
Quality of Service Overview | |
Soft versus Hard QoS | |
Soft QoS | |
Hard QoS | |
QoS Actions | |
Classification | |
Policing | |
Queuing | |
Scheduling | |
Cisco ML-Series Card | |
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