[c-nsp] MPLS Tutorial or Guide?

[Pete Lumbis]

This isn't a "short" book, but the best thing I've found to learn MPLS
is "MPLS Fundamentals" by Luc De Ghein.

MPLS VPN Architectures is good, but I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner.

-Pete

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:05 AM, "Rolf Hanßen" <nsp at rhanssen.de> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> is there any book you can recommend ?
> I am also interested in the VPN/transport feature mainly and want to run
> it on a C6500/Brocade mixed network.
>
> I see "MPLS and VPN Architectures" widely available, but im wondering it
> was already released in year 2000, which sounds a bit outdated to me
> (don't know if something important changed during last years).
>
> English or German is fine.
>
> kind regards
> Rolf
>
>> Seth,
>>
>> You could try the Configuration Guides...
>>
>> MPLS Config Guide Home:
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/ios-xml/ios/mpls/config_library/15-1mt/mp-15-1mt-library.html
>>
>> General MPLS:
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_basic/configuration/15-1mt/mp-mpls-overview.html
>>
>> Layer 2 VPN (as you mentioned xconnects)
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_l2_vpns/configuration/15-1mt/mp-l2-vpns-15-1mt-book.html
>>
>>
>> I would still recommend reading the book... At least the basic stuff. You
>> may turn it on, but things would seem weird if you do not really
>> understand what's going on in the background...
>>
>> Arie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:47
>> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: [c-nsp] MPLS Tutorial or Guide?
>>
>> Does anyone have a good intro or beginner's guide to MPLS that they like?
>> Something succinct and focused that's not a 500 page my-first-Cisco book.
>> The situation I'm thinking is putting someone in front of some routers and
>> switches in a lab setting and saying "take these and set them up to do
>> MPLS and create some xconnects for simulated customers" with the
>> assumption that they already have Cisco experience and can build a
>> non-MPLS network, but who is new to MPLS alone.
>>
>> ~Seth
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