Acknowledgments

This book is a result of various inputs and is essentially a combined effort. There are several people I would like to thank for helping me with this book.

The Cisco Press Team— John Kane, the Cisco Press Editor-in-Chief, who was responsible for the planning and development of the book from proposal stage to publication. Andrew Cupp, Development Editor at Cisco Press, for his meticulous development editing, which has helped create a high-quality, error-free manuscript. I would also like to acknowledge the efforts and thank the editorial and production team at Cisco Press.

The Technical Reviewers— Thank you to all of the technical editors, Cat Castelli, Ibrahim Bac, Brian Beck, Mark Gallo, Brian Melzer, and David Rosedale, for their valuable technical feedback and comments which helped the manuscript evolve into a comprehensive document covering all relevant aspects of the technology.

The BNETSYS Engineers— Mohit Chauhan, CCNP, and the BNETSYS consultants for helping with the prototyping and testing of the MPLS configurations in the lab, without whose help this project would not have been possible.