Raymond Blair - TCL Scripting for Cisco IOS (Networking Technology)

Ray Blair, CCIE No. 7050
Arvind Durai, CCIE No. 7016
John Lautmann

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Tcl Scripting for Cisco IOS

Ray Blair, Arvind Durai, John Lautmann

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Blair, Ray, 1965
Tcl scripting for Cisco IOS / Ray Blair, Arvind Durai, John Lautmann.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-945-2 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 1-58705-945-2 (pbk.)
1. Tcl (Computer program language) 2. Cisco IOS. I. Durai, Arvind.
II. Lautmann, John. III. Title.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-945-2

ISBN-10: 1-58705-945-2

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Ray Blair, CCIE No. 7050, is a Vertical Solutions Architect and has been with Cisco Systems for more than 10 years, working primarily with large network designs. He has almost 22 years of experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining networks that have included nearly all networking technologies. During the early stages of his career, he wrote many applications using Assembly language and C. Mr. Blair maintains three CCIE certifications in Routing and Switching, Security, and Service Provider. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and coauthor of the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module book.

Arvind Durai, CCIE No. 7016, is an Advanced Services Technical Leader for Cisco Systems. His primary responsibility in the past 10 years has been in supporting major Cisco customers in the enterprise sector, including financial, manufacturing, e-commerce, state government, utility (smart grid networks) and health-care sectors. Some of his focuses have been on security, multicast, network virtualization, and he has authored several white papers and design guides in various technologies. He has leveraged Embedded Event Manager (EEM) and Tool Command Language (Tcl) scripts in various customer designs. Mr. Durai maintains two CCIE certifications: Routing and Switching, and Security. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics and communication, a masters degree in electrical engineering (MS), and masters degree in business administration (MBA), and is a coauthor of