HPWorld 98 & ERP 98 Proceedings

Prioritizing Critical Network Traffic

Steve Jumonville

3Com Corporation
August 1998
Phone: 503-768-4692
E-mail: steve_jumonville@3com.com


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Table of Contents

Prioritizing Critical Network Traffic

Agenda

Changing Network Requirements

New Computing Models Change Networking Requirements

Policy Based Campus LANs

Traffic Prioritization: What is it?

CoS & QoS

CoS & QoS Defined

Options for CoS/QoS in Today’s Packet LANs

IEEE-802.1p/Q: Redefining Ethernet

Implementations of Prioritization in the LAN

Where should Policy Controls be Implemented?

Implementing IEEE-802.1p Class of Service Software

Implementing IEEE-802.1p Class of Service Software

System-Wide Traffic Prioritization with IEEE-802.1p

Traffic Prioritization in the Core, EndSystem & Edge

Layer 3 Switch Prioritizes Traffic According to Centrally-Set Policies

Prioritization in Layer 3 Switches

Layer 3 Policy: Traffic Classifiers

Traffic Classifier

Layer 3 Policy: Admission Control

Admission Control for Bandwidth Reservation and Security

Admission Control: User Defined Filters

Layer 3 Policy: Traffic Governor

Traffic Governor

Layer 3 Policy: Queue Manager

Queue Manager

Qos—Mapping Flows to Desired CoS

Random Early Detection (RED)

Layer 3 Policy: Management

Action on Event: Management by Exception

Layer 3 Switch Traffic Prioritization using Centrally-Set Policies

Policy Management

Traffic Prioritization in the Core, EndSystem & Edge

How It Works: Aerial View of Traffic Prioritization

Layer 3 Siwtch Application

Layer 3 Switch for Migration

Layer 3 Sietch Migration: Shared FDDI to Switched FDDI

Layer 3 Switch Migration: Switched FDDI to Gb Ethernet

Migration: To ATM in the core

Targeted Application: Central Servers

Targeted Application: Client Access

End to End Ethernet

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