Book Description
Reengineering an IBM legacy network to function effectively in today's world of multivendor, multiprotocol networking is a monumental undertaking. If you've been saddled with this responsibility you'll want all the expert advice and guidance you can get. Now this comprehensive, in-depth, nonpartisan guide gives it to you.
From transparent bridging to ATM, token-ring switching to High-Performance Routing (HPR), Data Link Switching (DLSW) to AnyNet Gateways, Anura Gurug covers all the bases. He fills you in on all the important concepts, technologies, tools, and techniques you need to master in order to reengineer your legacy network in the safest, most time- and cost-effective way possible.
Offering a full range of proven IBM and non-IBM solutions, he shows you how to bring your IBM legacy networks into the 1990s using proven strategies and techniques from multiple network vendors. You'll find out how to configure your system to:
- Support UNIX and other network operating systems
- Support diverse protocols such as TCP/IP and IPX/SPX
- Operate using advanced broadband communications methods such as Frame Relay and ATM
- And more
Find out everything you need to know to upgrade your IBM legacy network quickly, safely, and cost-effectively with Reengineering IBM Networks.
ANURA GURUG is a strategic consultant and author who specializes in multiprotocol internetworking, SNA/APPN/HPR, LAN Switching, and ATM. He has worked with most of the leading bridge/router, hub, and switch vendors and designed many of the IBM-related features on the market today. He is the author of SNA: Theory and Practice and other books. He has published over 200 articles on networking and has a regular column in Network World. In a 23-year career he has worked for IBM, ITT, NT, Wang, and BBN.
