Implementing QoS in Multilayer Switched Networks

Overview/Description
To identify each component of a Cisco QoS solution, and determine how it solves quality issues on a multilayer switched network, and how to configure QoS features to provide optimal quality and bandwidth utilization for applications and data

Target Audience
Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing a multilayer switched network in an enterprise or service provider environment; network architects responsible for designing multilayer switched networks to carry voice, video, and data traffic in an enterprise or service provider environment; CCNP, CCDP, and CCIP candidates. CCIE routing and switching candidates

Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic router configuration, basic switch configuration, basic virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration, basic Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration, basic trunking configuration, and standard access list configuration

Expected Duration
180 Minutes

Objectives:

Implementing QoS in Multilayer Switched Networks

  • recognize the purpose, benefits, and processes of QoS technologies.
  • compare the IntServ and DiffServ QoS architectures, and identify the purpose and features of the classification and marking components of a Cisco QoS solution.
  • identify the features and functions of queuing, congestion management, and congestion avoidance components.
  • identify the features and functions of traffic conditioning components, link efficiency components, and QoS tools and recognize the key Cisco IOS software QoS features and their uses.
  • configure and verify the QoS policy using the modular QoS user interface.
  • configure and identify features of classification, IP precedence, class-based marking, and NBAR, and define PBR.
  • configure queuing, congestion management, and congestion avoidance, and troubleshoot the QoS configuration.
  • implement a customer policy to classify packets entering a QoS domain, invoke a policy map to deal with their forwarding, and verify the configuration.
  • identify packets by their QoS Class of Service (CoS), assign them to a specific egress queue when leaving a QoS domain, and invoke a strategy to assign bandwidth allocation per queue.


    • Course Number: 119272_eng