Implementing Cisco Quality of Service v2.2
Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) v2.2 provides learners with in-depth knowledge of quality of service (QoS) requirements, conceptual models such as Best Effort, Integrated Services (IntServ) and Differentiated Services (DiffServ), and the implementation of QoS on Cisco IOS platforms. The curriculum covers the theory of QoS, design issues, and configuration of various QoS mechanisms to facilitate the creation of effective administrative policies providing QoS.
Case studies and lab exercises included in the course help learners to apply the concepts mastered in individual modules to real-life scenarios. The course also gives learners design and usage rules for various advanced QoS features and the integration of QoS with underlying Layer 2 QoS mechanisms. This gives learners the opportunity to design and implement efficient, optimal, and trouble-free multiservice networks.
Objectives
Upon finishing this course, you will be able to:
Explain the need to implement Quality of Service (QoS) and explain methods for implementing and managing QoS
- Identify and describe different models used for ensuring QoS in a network and explain key IP QoS mechanisms used to implement the models
- Explain the use of Modular QoS Command Line Interface (CLI) [MQC] and AutoQoS to implement QoS on the network
- Use Cisco QoS queuing mechanisms to manage network congestion
- Use Cisco QoS congestion avoidance mechanisms to reduce the effects of congestion on the network
- Use Cisco QoS traffic policing and traffic shaping mechanisms to effectively limit the rate of network traffic
- Successfully use Cisco link efficiency mechanisms to improve the bandwidth efficiency of the link
- Correctly select the most appropriate QoS mechanisms for providing QoS using Cisco best practices
Importance
The QoS course is of utmost importance for all engineers that need advanced knowledge of IP Quality of Service mechanisms for implementation in either large enterprise or Internet Service Provider networks.
Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, or troubleshooting networks
- Network architects responsible for designing multiservice networks to carry voice, video, and data traffic in an enterprise or service provider environment
- CCIP candidates
The secondary audience for this course comprises the CCIE Routing and Switching candidates as well as CCIE Service Provider candidates.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Completion of Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) or Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA). The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers course (BGP) or equivalent is recommended because some BGP background is assumed for the QoS course.
Course Outline
Introduction to IP QoS
- Understanding the Need for QoS
- Understanding QoS
- Implementing QoS
The Building Blocks of IP QoS
- Identifying Models for Implementing QoS
- Understanding the Integrated Services Model
- Understanding the Differentiated Services Model
- Identifying QoS Mechanisms
- Understanding QoS in the Life of a Packet
Introduction to Modular QoS CLI and AutoQoS
- Introducing Modular QoS CLI
- Introducing Cisco AutoQoS VoIP
- Introducing Cisco AutoQoS Enterprise
Classification and Marking
- Understanding Classification and Marking
- Using MQC for Classification
- Using MQC for Class-Based Marking
- Using NBAR for Classification
- Configuring QoS Preclassify
- Configuring QoS Policy Propagation Through BGP
- Configuring LAN Classification and Marking
Congestion Management
- Introducing Queuing
- Understanding Queuing Implementations
- Configuring FIFO and WFQ
- Configuring CBWFQ and LLQ
- Configuring LAN Congestion Management
Congestion Avoidance
- Introducing Congestion Avoidance
- Introducing RED
- Configuring Class-Based Weighted RED
- Configuring Explicit Congestion Notification
- Understanding Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping
- Configuring Class-Based Policing
- Configuring Class-Based Shaping
- Configuring Class-Based Shaping on Frame Relay Interfaces
- Frame Relay Voice-Adaptive Traffic Shaping and Fragmentation
Link Efficiency Mechanisms
- Understanding Link Efficiency Mechanisms
- Configuring Class-Based Header Compression
- Configuring Link Fragmentation and Interleaving
QoS Best Practices
- Understanding Traffic Classification Best Practices
- Deploying End-to-End QoS
- Providing QoS for Security