Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation

Updates

13 November 2003. Stephen Morris has published an article, "Network Management and MPLS", on InformIT Mr. Morris shows you some basics of MPLS network management, including the major functional areas of FCAPS: fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security.
22 September 2003. Stephen Morris's Webcast for TechTarget.com, entitled "MPLS In The Enterprise WAN," went live on 22 September 2003. Mr. Morris will discuss material supplemental to his book, including layer 3 VPNs.

Errata

Front matter, copyright page, 6th paragraph. "bereproduced" should be two words, "be reproduced."
Page xxix, last paragraph. "three" should be "four."
3rd paragraph, 1st line. "prsenting" should be "presenting"
Page 50, 2nd paragraph last line "2" should be "1" and "1" should be "0."
Page 114, 2nd paragraph, last line. Add "(LDP doesn't reserve bandwidth)."
Page 132, 1st paragraph, 1st line. "is sometimes call" should be "is also sometimes called."
Page 161, 3rd paragraph, 3rd line. "IntServ provides a coarse-" should be "IntServ provides a fine-"
Page 182, 3rd paragraph, last line. Comma should be period.
Page 184, 1st paragraph, 1st line. "3" should be "4."
Page 207, 3rd paragraph, 1st line. The word "shaded" should be "blank."
Page 209, Figure 6-6. "Manage d" should be one word, "Managed."
Page 237, 1st paragraph, 3rd line, "Appendix A, "Terminal Server Serial Ports" should be "Appendix D, Visual C++ Sample Program Code."
Page 264, End of 1st paragraph. "to from" should be "from"
Page 273, Figure 8-11:
- 2nd line. The word "-- Index" should be added to the end of the line.
- 3rd line. There should be "--" before the word "Index."
- 4th line. There should be "--" before the word "Index"
Page 285, last paragraph, last line. Add "More detail on the MPLS MIBs can be found in [NadeauMPLS2002]."
Page 317, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line. "Chapter 6, Network Management Software Components" should be "Chapter, Rudimentary NMS Software Components."
Page 356, 3rd paragraph, 4th line. "traffic is encapsulated in an MPLS frame and the latter is then routed" should be "traffic is MPLS-encapsulated and then forwarded."