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End-to-End QoS in the
Network
How Cisco IT Builds End-to-End
QoS into Its Network
A Cisco on Cisco Case Study: Inside Cisco IT
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Overview
ƒ Challenge
Consistently Supporting Applications across the Network
ƒ Solution
Developing a New Version of QOS
ƒ Results
Consistent QOS across the Cisco Network
ƒ Next Steps
Standardizing and Automating QOS Configurations
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Challenge: Consistently Supporting
Applications across the Network
ƒ Lack of comprehensive, end-to-end QOS that addressed
the network consistently—from user devices at the LAN
edge to the WAN
ƒ Traffic from Cisco Labs, which could be problematic,
required prioritization
ƒ Employees requiring VOIP capability over the Cisco
VPN were concerned about service quality
ƒ Communication and network service providers were not
in synch with Cisco network traffic categorization
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Solution: Developing a New Version of
QOS
ƒ Traffic follows defined
processes as it moves from
source to destination devices
WAN
WAN Policy
LAN Clasification
Lab Classification
Backbone
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Access
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Voice
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Data
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Voice
ƒ Traffic arriving at the LAN edge
switch is classified as trusted /
un trusted
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Trust DSCP
Data
ƒ Trust/classification boundary is
established at the LAN edge
closest to connected devices
external to the network
infrastructure
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IT Lab
Gateway
Lab
Router
Conf Room
ƒ Applications are grouped
according to priority, creating
an easy-to-maintain model
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Results: Consistent QOS across the
Cisco Network
ƒ Significantly fewer voice application-related calls to
Cisco GTRC
ƒ Greatly decreased support problems with applications
that have strict host-to-host latency requirements
ƒ The ability to more intelligently address bandwidth
capacity issues
ƒ Consistent QOS standards across the hardware and
software
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Next Steps: Standardizing and
Automating QOS configurations
ƒ Making it easier to “push” and manage QOS
configurations across the enterprise through
automation
ƒ Building real-time monitoring capabilities that facilitate
trouble shooting, improve the quality of reports, and
further enhance network capacity planning
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To read the entire case study, or for additional Cisco IT case studies on a
variety of business solutions, visit Cisco on Cisco: Inside Cisco IT
www.cisco.com/go/ciscoit
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