Who this book is for

This book is meant for network designers and IT engineers who are involved in designing the enterprise network and are involved in taking decisions to make network changes in order to meet newer business needs, such as evaluating new technology choices, enterprise growth, and adding new services on the network. The reader is expected to have a general understanding of the fundamentals of networking, including the OSI stack and IP addressing. This book will build upon these basic concepts and talk about the entire network life cycle, from designing the network to configuring the various Cisco devices to be used on the network.