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Cisco AVVID Network Infrastructure Enterprise Quality of Service Design
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About this Document
This document is designed to present an overview of the use of Quality of Service (QoS) in a variety of
Cisco AVVID environments.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for customers and Enterprise Systems Engineers (SEs) who has recently
become involved with the QoS aspects of a Cisco AVVID network and who may be unfamiliar with the
deployment choices available to an Enterprise customer.
It provides in-depth design and configuration recommendations for the implementation of QoS to
successfully meet the loss, delay, and delay variation (jitter) requirements of voice over IP, video over
IP, and mission-critical data in a variety of environments.
Document Organization
This document contains the following chapters:
Chapter or Appendix
Description
Chapter 1, "Overview"
Provides an overview of QoS, the need for QoS in an AVVID network,
and the QoS toolset.
Chapter 2, "QoS
Considerations When
Connecting End-Points to an
AVVID Network"
Provides information about implementing QoS at the network edge.
Chapter 3, "QoS in an
AVVID-Enabled Campus
Network"
Discusses the need for QoS in a campus environment and provides
guidelines and examples for implementation.
Chapter 4, "QoS in an
AVVID-Enabled
Wide-Area Network"
Discusses the need for QoS in a wide-area network (WAN) and provides
guidelines and examples for implementation.
Chapter 5, "QoS in a SOHO
Virtual Private Network for
IP Telephony"
Discusses the need for QoS in a small office, home office (SOHO)
environment and provides guidelines and examples for implementation.