Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Building Multiservice Transport Networks is a comprehensive guide to MSPP network architectures and applications using the Cisco ONS 15454. The need to interconnect LANs and storage area networks (SANs) across dispersed enterprise and campus environments is dramatically increasing. To meet this need, a new generation of SONET and dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems has emerged. These systems provide the functions of multiple network elements in a single platform called a multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP). Cisco Systems[registered] provides a MSPP called the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform for both service provider and enterprise networks. The Cisco ONS 15454 provides time-division multiplexing (TDM), SONET/SDH, DWDM, and data solutions. Data solutions include support for both Ethernet and SAN applications. Building Multiservice Transport Networks helps you understand all the facets of MSPP networks, both from a service provider and large-enterprise customer perspective. This book provides the necessary background to ensure that you understand the critical aspects of SONET, SDH, DWDM, Ethernet, and storage networking. operating, and troubleshooting MSPP applications and services, as well as TDM, SONET/SDH, DWDM, Ethernet, and SAN systems. In addition, this book provides helpful network diagrams, application examples, design guidelines, and detailed configurations. Jim Durkin, CCNA[registered], CCIP', is a systems engineer at Cisco Systems, supporting and selling optical networking solutions, with 15 years experience in telecommunications. He is also the author of Voice Enabling the Data Network from Cisco Press[registered]. John Goodman, CCNA and certified Cisco Optical Specialist, is currently a systems engineer at Cisco Systems supporting optical networking products. John has been involved in the planning, design, and implementation of optical networks for more than 12 years. Frank Posse, a certified Cisco Optical Specialist, joined Cisco Systems in 2001 as a systems engineer and currently supports optical networking solutions for service providers. His diverse background in the telecommunication industry includes designing, validating, and implementing networks that use various technologies. electrical engineering design, implementation, testing, and commissioning as well as seven years as a major account manager, most of which have been in the telecommunications industry with Cisco Systems. Mike Wallace, a certified Cisco Optical Specialist, works with Cisco Systems as a systems engineer for Bell South Optical. With more than 20 years of telecommunications experience, he has worked with one of the largest independent telephone companies and ICG, Inc., a major competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) with an optical network in South Carolina, as well as Fujitsu Network Communications. Master the key aspects of SONET/SDH and DWDM fundamentals. Take a detailed tour of all of the technologies and their applications currently supported on the Cisco ONS 15454. Understand MSPP network architectures that support Ethernet, SAN, wavelength, and DWDM transport applications. Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot Cisco ONS 15454 applications and services. Extend your MSPP with Cisco storage solutions. Build your own DWDM network using the Cisco ONS 15454. Press[registered], which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.