The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, Second Edition -- Credits -- Contents -- Preface -- Who Should Read This Book -- Introduction -- Organization of the Book -- A Few Words from the Authors -- The Laws of Networking -- A Special Bonus for People Who Read Introductions! -- A Word of Thanks from Jim -- Contact the Author -- Part I: Foundations of LAN Switches -- Chapter 1: Laying the Foundation -- 1.1 Network Architecture -- 1.2 Addressing -- 1.3 LAN Technology Review -- 1.4 IEEE LAN Standards -- 1.5 Terminology -- Chapter 2: Transparent Bridges -- 2.1 Principles of Operation -- 2.2 Transparent Bridge Architecture -- 2.3 Implementing the Bridge Address Table -- 2.4 Bridge Performance -- 2.5 The IEEE 802.1D Standard -- Chapter 3: Bridging Between Technologies -- 3.1 Bridging the LAN Gap -- 3.2 Bridging Between Local and Wide Area Networks -- Chapter 4: Principles of LAN Switches -- 4.1 A Switch Is a Bridge Is a Switch -- 4.2 Switched LAN Concepts -- 4.3 Cut-Through Versus Store-and-Forward Operation -- 4.4 MultiLayer Switching -- 4.5 A Switch Is a Switch Is a Switch Except When -- 4.6 Four Generations of Switch Integration -- 4.7 Switch Configurations -- 4.8 Switch Application Environments -- Chapter 5: Loop Resolution -- 5.1 Diary of a Loopy LAN -- 5.2 The Spanning Tree Protocol -- 5.3 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol -- 5.4 Loops in a Remotely Bridged (WAN) Catenet -- 5.5 An Example of Loop Resolution -- 5.6 Behavior of a Spanning Tree Catenet -- 5.7 Configuring the Spanning Tree -- 5.8 Up a Tree Without a Protocol? -- Chapter 6: Source Routing -- 6.1 Overview of Source Routing Operation -- 6.2 Eine Kleine Sourceroutinggeschichte -- 6.3 Source Routing Concepts -- 6.4 Source-Routed Frames -- 6.5 Source Routing Operation -- 6.6 Interconnecting the Source-Routed and Transparently Bridged Universes.

6.7 IEEE Standards and Source Routing -- 6.8 The Future of Source Routing -- Part II: Advanced LAN Switch Concepts -- Chapter 7: Full Duplex Operation -- 7.1 Why a MAC? -- 7.2 Full Duplex Enablers -- 7.3 Full Duplex Ethernet -- 7.4 Dedicated Token Ring -- 7.5 Implications of Full Duplex Operation -- 7.6 Full Duplex Application Environments -- Chapter 8: LAN and Switch Flow Control -- 8.1 The Need for Flow Control -- 8.2 Controlling Flow in Half Duplex Networks -- 8.3 MAC Control -- 8.4 PAUSE Function -- 8.5 IEEE 802.3x Flow Control Implementation Issues -- 8.6 Flow Control Symmetry -- Chapter 9: Link Aggregation -- 9.1 Link Aggregation Benefits -- 9.2 Application of Link Aggregation -- 9.3 Aggregate or Upgrade? -- 9.4 Issues in Link Aggregation -- 9.5 IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Standard -- 9.6 Split Up the Trunk -- Chapter 10: Multicast Pruning -- 10.1 Multicast Usage -- 10.2 Trimming the (Spanning) Tree -- 10.3 GARP Multicast Registration Protocol -- Chapter 11: Virtual LANs: Applications and Concepts -- 11.1 Applications of VLANs -- 11.2 VLAN Concepts -- Chapter 12: Virtual LANs: The IEEE Standard -- 12.1 Overview and Scope of the Standard -- 12.2 Elements of the Standard -- 12.3 Tag and Frame Formats -- 12.4 IEEE 802.1Q Switch Operation -- 12.5 Multicast Registration and VLAN Context -- 12.6 VLANs and the Spanning Tree -- 12.7 The Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol -- Chapter 13: Priority Operation -- 13.1 Why Priority? -- 13.2 LAN Priority Mechanisms -- 13.3 VLAN and Priority Tagging -- 13.4 Getting into the Priority Business -- 13.5 Priority Operation in Switches -- Chapter 14: LAN Security -- 14.1 Network Security Overview -- 14.2 LAN Security -- 14.3 Wrap Up -- Chapter 15: Switch Management -- 15.1 The Simple Network Management Protocol -- 15.2 Network Monitoring Tools -- 15.3 Internal Switch Management Platforms -- 15.4 Non-SNMP Management.

Chapter 16: Network Troubleshooting Strategies -- 16.1 The Trouble with Troubleshooting -- 16.2 Housekeeping -- 16.3 Troubleshooting Tools -- 16.4 A Systematic Approach -- 16.5 Some Strategies for Layer 2 Troubleshooting -- 16.6 Wrap Up -- Chapter 17: Make the Switch! -- 17.1 Keeping House -- 17.2 Switch Data Receive Path Functions -- 17.3 Switch Fabrics -- 17.4 Switch Data Transmit Path Functions -- Appendix: Protocol Parsing -- Frame Format -- Decision Flow -- References -- Glossary -- Terms -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Index.