The LISP overlay protocol helps organizations provide seamless connectivity to devices and workloads wherever they move, enabling open and highly scalable networks with unprecedented flexibility and agility. LISP Network Deployment and Troubleshooting is the single source for understanding, configuring and troubleshooting LISP on Cisco IOS, IOS XR and NX-OS platforms. It brings together comprehensive coverage of how LISP works, how it integrates with leading Cisco platforms, how to configure it for maximum efficiency, and how to troubleshoot LISP-related issues such as scalability and convergence.



Focusing on design and deployment in real production environments, leading Cisco LISP engineers Tarique Shakil and Vinit Jain offer authoritative coverage of deploying LISP, verifying its operation, and optimizing its performance in widely diverse environments. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience supporting LISP deployments, they share detailed configuration examples, templates, and best practices designed to help you succeed with LISP no matter how you intend to use it. Coverage includes:



Problems LISP solves, current use cases, and powerful emerging applications
Standards and architecture, including control and data planes, packets, messaging, and communication processes
LISP IPv4 unicast routing, IPv6 enablement/transition, and multicast
LISP mobility in traditional data center and VXLAN fabrics
LISP network virtualization and multi-tenancy
LISP in the enterprise multi-homed Internet/WAN edge
Securing, managing, and automating LISP