Author : Maria Teigeiro
Publisher : Cisco Systems
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1587130165
Quality of Service for Enterprise Networks by Maria Teigeiro Pdf
A new age is dawning in the world of IP. No longer can a business provide mere connectivity for the applications riding on the infrastructure -- they must now provide some level of service. The only way for businesses to step up to this challenge is through the implementation of Quality of Service (QoS). QoS refers to the ability of a network to provide better service to selected network traffic over various underlying technologies including Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Ethernet and 802.1 networks, SONET, and IP-routed networks. In particular, QoS features provide better and more predictable network service by: -- Supporting dedicated bandwidth -- Improving loss characteristics -- Avoiding and managing network congestion -- Shaping network traffic -- Setting traffic priorities across the network All networks can take advantage of aspects of QoS for optimum efficiency, whether the network is for a small corporation, an enterprise, or an Internet service provider. Enterprise networks must provide end-to-end QoS solutions across the various platforms comprising the network; providing solutions for heterogeneous platforms often requires taking a different QoS configuration approach for each technology. As enterprise networks carry more complex, mission-critical applications and experience increased traffic from Web multimedia applications, QoS serves to prioritize this traffic to ensure that each application gets the service it requires. Quality of Service for Enterprise Networks will provide the network architect/engineer with a systems perspective to QoS. It will start with an overview as to what a QoS-enabled network is and why it is needed. Thesecond part of the book will look at common network applications and their QoS needs. The book will then proceed to put the QoS tools that are available in Cisco platforms in an enterprise network context based on the previously identified applications. Finally, four case studies will demonstrate the implementation of these tools in various enterprise networks.