By offering the new Service Routing Certification Program, Alcatel-Lucent is extending their reach and knowledge to networking professionals with a comprehensive demonstration of how to build smart, scalable networks. Serving as a “course in a book” from Alcatel-Lucent—the world leader in designing and developing scalable systems—this resource pinpoints the pitfalls to avoid when building scalable networks, examines the most successful techniques available for engineers who are building and operating IP networks, and provides overviews of the Internet, IP routing and the IP layer, and the practice of opening the shortest path first.<p><b>Note:</b> CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.