"MPLS in the SDN Era" new book

[david.roy]

Hello

I just wanted to share with all of you that the new "MPLS in the SDN Era" book is already shipping. I know well the two authors and the book, and I can certainly recommend it.
 
This book's focus is interoperability. Its 900+ pages cover a wide range of MPLS technologies, illustrated with real interoperable scenarios that combine Junos and IOS XR devices.

"In case you’re wondering how one could integrate the traditional protocol-focused world of MPLS with the new software-defined world, you came to the right place. This book has the potential to become the MPLS Bible 2.0."
Ivan Pepelnjak, iNetwork Architect, www.ipSpace.net

Here is the list of chapters, which you can find in more detail (together with the full table of contents) in O'Reilly sampler:

Chapter 1, Introduction to MPLS and SDN

Chapter 2, The Four MPLS Builders : LDP, RSVP-TE, IGP (IS-IS, OSPF) SPRING, and BGP

Chapter 3, Layer 3 Unicast MPLS Services (6PE, L3VPN)

Chapter 4, Internet Multicast Over MPLS

Chapter 5, Multicast VPN

Chapter 6, Point-to-Point Layer 2 VPNs

Chapter 7, Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)

Chapter 8, Ethernet VPN (EVPN), featuring EVPN MPLS, EVPN VXLAN, PBB-EVPN

Chapter 9, Inter-Domain MPLS Services

Chapter 10, Underlay and Overlay Architectures

Chapter 11, Network Virtualization Overlays, featuring OpenContrail

Chapter 12, Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Chapter 13, Introduction to Traffic Engineering

Chapter 14, TE Bandwidth Reservations

Chapter 15, Centralized Traffic Engineering, featuring Northstar

Chapter 16, Scaling MPLS Transport and Seamless MPLS

Chapter 17, Scaling MPLS Services

Chapter 18, Transit Fast Restoration Based, featuring LFA, RLFA, TI-LFA, TI-FRR, and MRT

Chapter 19, Transit Fast Restoration Based on the RSVP-TE

Chapter 20, FIB Optimization for Fast Restoration

Chapter 21, Egress Service Fast Restoration

David Roy

IP/MPLS NOC engineer at Orange France

[Peter Paluch]

David,

Thanks for this information.

Have you read this book yourself? What is your personal opinion on it? Knowing both authors is a valuable asset but knowing the book itself, and providing your own informed opinion is even more important. This is just to make sure that this post is a personal feedback, not just an advertisement ;)

Best regards,
Peter

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello David/Peter,

the book should be a very good one, clearly being published by OReilly instead of Cisco Press here it appears a little out of context.

I have met Antonio Sanchez Monge in the Juniper EMEA Professional Services meeting in October 2010 in Alicante, He is part of a group that worked very well with Telefonica. Telefonica is now one of the stackholders of Telecom Italia.

At those time the spanish Juniper PS team  was one of the best in EMEA. I had a chance to read from "Network Mergers and acquistions" written by other two members of the spanish J SP team and the book was very well and on spot including an explanation of an issue I had in July 2010 with my customer in a Juniper MPLS network.

At the same time I can say the book that was written by you Peter Paluch about CCIE written exam volume I is a very good book, and I have studied it thinking of the CSC threads in which we were both involved. I have felt improved by reading your book Peter.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[Peter Paluch]

Giuseppe,

Thank you very much for your insight!

I also wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your immensely kind words regarding the book I co-authored with Narbik Kocharians. To hear such a compliment particularly from you means a great deal to me. I gladly admit that I have tried to make use of all knowledge I have gained over the years of participating here on CSC, and you have been one of key persons to have helped me grow.

Once again, thank you!

Best regards,
Peter