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Acknowledgments

Wesley Shuo: I would like to give special thanks to Brett Bartow and Cisco Press for giving me the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on this book. Many thanks to Dmitry Bokotey, Raymond Morrow, and Deviprasad Konda for working extremely hard with me on this book. Special thanks to Adeel Ahmed for providing me with the lab resource and reviewing my chapter. Thanks to Cisco Systems and my manager, Himanshu Desai, for providing me with such a wonderful learning and working environment. Last but not least, I'd like to thank Dr. Helmut Epp, Dr. Gregory Brewster, Chonghua Zhang, and Ms. Terry Skwarek from DePaul University for giving me the education and environment to learn about the world of networking.

Dmitry Bokotey: Writing a book is never easy. Without help and guidance from my wife, Alina, and Cisco Press, it would have been impossible. This book is the product of collective effort. I would like to thank the lead author, Wesley Shuo, and coauthor Raymond Morrow, for their willingness to synchronize and compromise, and for their professionalism and knowledge. Again, I'm forever grateful to my wife, Alina, for help with writing and editing my second book.

I would also like to thank the team at Cisco Press, especially Brett Bartow, for believing in me and keeping all of us on track.

Big thanks to Cisco Systems' CCIE department, especially Kathe Saccenti, who helped me become a better engineer.

Finally, I want to thank my parents, Peter and Ida, for letting me spend days and nights beside my computer, no matter how pointless they thought it was.

Raymond Morrow: This project is a collaboration of four people with differing backgrounds. I would like to thank my coauthors, Wesley Shuo, Dmitry Bokotey, and Devi Konda, for their efforts and willingness to allow me to write this book with them.

Deviprasad Konda: My work on this book would not have been possible but for the help and guidance of several people.

I would like to thank my friend and coauthor, Wesley Shuo, for his help and support. I owe him an enormous amount of gratitude.

I would also like to thank my manager, Liren Chen, for his constant encouragement throughout the course of this endeavor. His upbeat attitude helped me immensely.

Last but not least, I would like to thank Brett Bartow at Cisco Press for his considerable patience after I missed deadline after deadline. I am very grateful to him for this opportunity.

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