Harry Reynolds has over twenty-five years experience in the networking industry, with the last fifteen years focused on LANs and LAN interconnection. He is CCIE # 4977, and JNCIE # 3, and also holds various other industry and teaching certifications. Harry was a contributing author on the Juniper Network Complete Reference (McGraw- Hill, 2002), and wrote the JNCIE and JNCIP Study Guides for (Sybex Books 2003). Prior to joining Juniper, Harry had served time in the US Navy as an Avionics Technician, worked for equipment manufacturer Micom Systems, and spent much time developing and presenting hands-on technical training curriculums targeted to both enterprise and service provider needs. Harry has presented classes for organizations such as American Institute, American Research Group, Hill Associates, and Data Training Resources. Harry is currently employed by Juniper Networks, where he functions as a senior test engineer in the JUNOS software Core protocols group. Harry also functioned at Juniper as a consulting engineer on an aero-space routing contract, and as a senior education services engineer, where he worked on courseware and certification offerings.

Foreword;
Evolution of the Bridging World;
What Is the Big Deal About Switching Anyway?;
How This Book Will Help You (a.k.a. What's in It for Me?);
Preface;
What Is JUNOS Enterprise Switching?;
The Juniper Networks Technical Certification Program (JNTCP);
How to Use This Book;
What's in This Book?;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
Safari® Books Online;
Comments and Questions;
About Scott Morris, Lead Tech Reviewer;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: LAN and Internetworking Overview;
1.1 What Is a Network?;
1.2 Ethernet Technologies;
1.3 The TCP/IP Suite;
1.4 LAN Interconnection;
1.5 Conclusion;
1.6 Chapter Review Questions;
1.7 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 2: EX Platform Overview;
2.1 EX Hardware Overview;
2.2 EX Series Architecture;
2.3 JUNOS Software Overview;
2.4 CLI Overview;
2.5 Advanced CLI and Other Cool Stuff;
2.6 Conclusion;
2.7 Chapter Review Questions;
2.8 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 3: Initial Configuration and Maintenance;
3.1 The Factory-Default Configuration and EZSetup;
3.2 Initial Configuration Using the CLI;
3.3 Secondary Configuration;
3.4 EX Interfaces;
3.5 Basic Switch Maintenance;
3.6 Conclusion;
3.7 Chapter Review Questions;
3.8 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 4: EX Virtual Chassis;
4.1 The EX Virtual Chassis;
4.2 Configuration, Operation, and Maintenance;
4.3 Virtual Chassis Case Study;
4.4 Conclusion;
4.5 Chapter Review Questions;
4.6 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 5: Virtual LANs and Trunking;
5.1 Virtual LANs and Trunking;
5.2 EX to Catalyst VLAN Integration;
5.3 Conclusion;
5.4 Chapter Review Questions;
5.5 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 6: Spanning Tree Protocol;
6.1 Feeling a Little Loopy;
6.2 Spanning Tree Protocol;
6.3 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol;
6.4 Spanning Tree Configuration;
6.5 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol;
6.6 Redundant Trunk Groups;
6.7 Conclusion;
6.8 Chapter Review Questions;
6.9 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 7: Routing on the EX;
7.1 EX Routing Overview;
7.2 Inter-VLAN Routing;
7.3 Static Routing;
7.4 RIP Routing;
7.5 Conclusion;
7.6 Chapter Review Questions;
7.7 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 8: Routing Policy and Firewall Filters;
8.1 Routing Policy;
8.2 Firewall Filters;
8.3 Conclusion;
8.4 Chapter Review Questions;
8.5 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 9: Port Security and Access Control;
9.1 Layer 2 Security Overview;
9.2 MAC Limiting, DHCP, and ARP;
9.3 IEEE 802.1X Port-Based Authentication;
9.4 Conclusion;
9.5 Chapter Review Questions;
9.6 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 10: IP Telephony;
10.1 Deployment Scenarios;
10.2 Power over Ethernet;
10.3 Link Layer Discovery Protocol;
10.4 LLDP with Media Endpoint Discovery;
10.5 Voice VLAN;
10.6 Case Studies;
10.7 Conclusion;
10.8 Chapter Review Questions;
10.9 Chapter Review Answers;
Chapter 11: High Availability;
11.1 Hardware Redundancy;
11.2 VRRP;
11.3 In-Service Software Upgrades;
11.4 Aggregated Ethernet;
11.5 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD);
11.6 Conclusion;
11.7 Chapter Review Questions;
11.8 Chapter Review Answers;
Glossary;
Colophon;