Looks like a good book to add to my bookshelf. Cisco's MPLS fundamentals is also a good book although I'm only halfway through it....
From: sfouant@shortestpathfirst.net To: mhelmest@uvic.ca; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Good MPLS/VPLS book? Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:06:03 -0500
IMO the best book on the market is 'MPLS-Enabled Applications' by Ina Minei, Julian Lucek. It has the best coverage all the things you mentioned plus VPLS, P2MP LSP, draft-rosen and NG-VPN multicast architectures and the explanations are clear and concise.
I wrote a review of this book a while back:
http://www.shortestpathfirst.net/2009/11/30/book-review-mpls-aplications/
This book is awesome. You won't regret buying it.
Stefan Fouant
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Helmeste [mailto:mhelmest@uvic.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:49 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Good MPLS/VPLS book?
Does anyone have a favorite book or resource discussing MPLS and all associated Lego blocks (e.g. LDP, TE, VPLS, martini, mBGP et. al.)?
I understand the basics of what MPLS is and how you create a circuit from A to B but I'm afraid it still escapes me when trying to figure out how someone would, say, create a multicast capable VPN with 5 edge points.
Any pointers to a good way to reduce my level of ignorance on this subject would be appreciated. Vendor literature doesn't bother me as long as the concepts are there.
Regards, Michael H.