Chapter 6. Three Cisco Products: An Availability Analysis

This chapter provides a foundation for determining the availability of real-world internetworking switches and routers. As you know, any network availability prediction must include the prediction of availability for each of its components. This chapter walks through three examples that will be highly valuable:

  • The Cisco uBR 924 is a small network device that connects cable company customers to their network.

  • The Cisco uBR 7246 is a device with some redundancy built in that resides at a cable company's central site.

  • The Cisco 12000 is a highly reliable and redundant system that is used in many backbone network situations.

Once you have read each of the examples in this chapter and understand ...

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