Description
Gigabit Ethernet delivers the speed and high bandwidth that today's organizations demand from their local area networks. It is being chosen over other high-speed technologies because it is a flexible and cost-effective solution that can be used in a wide range of applications. This comprehensive guide gives you a clear picture of how Gigabit Ethernet works and how it can be used to support a broad range of services. You learn how Gigabit Ethernet can be used in the wide area and how it can support mobile systems. The book also offers you a detailed understanding of how Gigabit Ethernet is used to build storage area networks, to scale up local area networks into total area networks, and to provide wireless solutions. By comparing Gigabit Ethernet to competing technologies, this guide helps you decide when Gigabit Ethernet is the right solution for your networking needs. This complete reference also provides you with a thorough treatment of the Ethernet standard and its many variants.
Table Of Contents
The Quiet Revolution - The Information Economy. The Network is King. Technology to the Rescue. Whence We Came. About this Book. ; Ethernet -The Story So Far - Basic Concepts. Ethernet in Action. Fast Ethernet. Design. Standards. ; Gigabit Ethernets - Gigabit Ethernet. 10G Ethernet. Fiber Channel. ; Wireless Ethernet - The Wireless LAN. Physical Layer. Medium Access Control. Typical Configurations Open Issues.; Total Area Networks - Ethernet in the Wide Area. Ethernet over the Last Mile. ; Storage Area Networks - The Growth of Network Storage. Options for Network Storage. Storage Area Networks. Evaluating the Storage Area Network. SAN Management. SAN Evolution. Devising a Storage Strategy. ; A Changing Marketplace - The EtherCLEC Play. Rabbit 's Revenge. Web Services.; Managing Total Area Ethernetworks - Network & Service Management Models. Network Management Tools. Management Design. Implementing a Management Platform. Commercial Management Platforms. Distributed Management. Managing eBusiness.; Appendixes.; Glossary.;
Author
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Mark Norris
Mark Norris is a technical director of Norwest Communications, Suffolk, UK. He is the author of Mobile IP Technology for M-Business (Artech House, 2001), Understanding Networking Technology: Concepts, Terms, and Trends, Second Edition (Artech House, 1999) and Survival in the Software Jungle (Artech House, 1995); the co-editor of Systems Modeling for Business Process Improvement (Artech House, 2000); and the co-author of Component-Based Network System Engineering (Artech House, 2000).