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Abstract
This document provides the reader with information necessary to
understand the issues facing local area network planners and designers
today.
It positions IBM and industry standards and technologies, as well as
techniques and products to enable our audience - IBM customers,
systems specialists, networking specialists and systems architects -
to better understand current, state-of-the-art LAN-to-LAN and
LAN-to-WAN interconnection options.
It covers physical and logical design choices with an emphasis on the
practical, everyday aspects and issues related to LAN implementations;
it examines some of the underlying architectural principles as well.
One should have a background in networking and be familiar with
such issues as infrastructure, support and management to obtain
maximum benefit from this book.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.0
Chapter 2. Overview of New LAN Technologies and Products 2.0
Chapter 3. Multisegment LANs 3.0
Chapter 4. LAN Design Methodology 4.0
Chapter 5. Logical Design Considerations 5.0
Chapter 6. Physical Design Considerations 6.0
Chapter 7. Host Scenarios 7.0
Chapter 8. LAN Management Considerations 8.0
Chapter 9. LAN Interconnection Techniques 9.0
Chapter 10. Bridge and Switch Product Positioning 10.0
Appendix A. Example MAC Address Guidelines A.0
Appendix B. Flow Control on LANs and LAN Timers B.0
Appendix C. LAN Support Program Parameters C.0
Appendix D. Route Determination by Selected IBM Products D.0