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IPv6 for Enterprise Networks (Networking Technology) Description
Shannon McFarland, CCIE No. 5245, is a corporate consulting engineer for Cisco, working as a technical
consultant for enterprise IPv6 deployment and data center design with a focus on application deployment
and virtual desktop infrastructure. Over the last 16 years, he has worked on large-scale enterprise campus
and WAN/branch network design, data center design and optimization for Microsoft operating systems
and server applications, as well as design and optimization of virtual desktop infrastructure deployments.
For the past 10 years, Shannon has been a frequent speaker at IPv6 events worldwide (notably Cisco Live
[formerly Networkers]), IPv6 summits, and other industry events. He has authored many papers and Cisco
Validated Designs (CVD) on IPv6, IP Multicast, Microsoft Exchange, VMware View, and other applications,
as well as contributed to many Cisco Press books. Prior to his time at Cisco, Shannon worked as a
consultant for a value-added reseller and also as a network engineer in the healthcare industry. Shannon
lives with his wife and children in Castle Rock, CO.
Muninder Sambi, CCIE No. 13915, is a manager of product marketing for the Cisco Catalyst 4500/4900
series platform. As a product line manager, he is responsible for defining product strategies on the multibillion-
dollar Catalyst 4500 and 4900 series platforms, which include next-generation product architectures
both for user access in Campus and Server access in the Data Center. Prior to this role, Muninder
played a key role in defining the long-term Software and Services strategy for Cisco’s modular switching
platforms (Catalyst 6500 and 4500/4900 series) including a focus on IPv6 innovations. Some of these
innovations enabled dual-stack IPv6 deployments in large enterprise and service provider networks.
Muninder is also a core member of Cisco’s IPv6 development council.
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Reviews By netjocky : Date May 25, 2011
While this book is technically useful, it is moderately well written and suffers from very, very poor editing. Use it as a reference if you can ignore the mispellings and bad grammar. This is the responsibility of the publisher and they failed badly.
Reviews By Sean E. Connelly : Date May 23, 2011
IPv6 for Enterprise Networks by McFaland, Sambi, Sharma, and Hooda provides a basic foundation for the planning and deployment of IPv6 at an enterprise level. Yes, the book assumes a Cisco topology, but I believe that it is a safe assumption that some Cisco gear sits at the majority of enterprises' core infrastructure.
The book's main focus is aimed at demonstrating how to deploy IPv6 at the different layers of a distributed enterprise. Chapters are dedicated to deploying IPv6 to the Campus, WAN/Branch, Data Center, along with Virtualized and Remote Access networks. Each of these 5 chapters are approximately 40 - 60 pages in length, with a decent collection of diagrams, configs, tables and examples.
Keep in mind this book is not a configuration guide, so we do not see complex configurations, nor much discussion on command structure. For example, each of the routing protocols only receives a page or two, more of a warm and fuzzy than anything of real value. A chapter is dedicated to the challenges of dual-stacking IPv6 on an IPv4 topology.
I applaud the authors for deciding to no waste any time and dissect the IPv6 header. I don't believe this audience would be right for such a discussion, and there is enough material 'out there' for the novelty of a 128-bit address to have worn off. Address allocation is a different story, and I did wish to see more of a 'lessons learned', or 'best practices' concerning the proper allocation of IPv6 subnets.
IPv6 for Enterprise Networks will be of some value to network architects. Considering the heterogeneous nature of today's networking environment, this book cannot be looked at a sole resource for IPv6 implementation. The book does a good job of sticking to it's roots and demonstrating a practical design, but I believe a seasoned network architect will have seen most of this material before.
I give this book 4 pings out of 5:
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Reviews By W Boudville : Date May 7, 2011
This book follows the custom of some others by Cisco Press where the authors are listed on the cover, along with their CCIE numbers. What this signifies is that they are defined by Cisco as qualified engineers on Cisco equipment. Unsurprisingly then, the book relates to a Cisco-only universe of hardware. So when you see the blurb on the cover about 'practical guide to deploying IPv6...', keep this in mind. So yes, at some level, this book is a glorified advertising brochure.
But it does in several places rise about this. Sometimes by sheer level of detail. So even if it ignores hardware by other vendors, it does qualify as an authoritative manufacturer's hardware manual.
At other times, the discussion is general enough to apply across the industry. Like when it talks about the exhaustion of the IPv4 address space and the subsequent need to migrate to IPv6. The first 5 chapters have this broad aspect. But from chapter 6 onwards, the narrative gets closer to implementation level. And specific Cisco models appear. So if your network is indeed mostly or all-Cisco then this is very germane.
Then I got to chapters 9 and 10. A pleasant surprise was that other vendors' equipment and software make their appearance.
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