Used Cisco QoS Policy Manager 2.1
Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits
Benefits
Deliver Network-Wide Differentiated Service allows the user to:
Edge and Backbone QoS Policy Control and Enforcement allows the user to:
Track and Maintain Service-Levels allows the user to:
QPM 2.1 and SMS can be used together for:
QoS for IP Telephony allows the user to:
Automates QoS Configuration and Deployment allows the user to:
Policy definition allows the user to:
Specifications
Key Features and Benefits
- Benefits
- Deliver Network-Wide Differentiated Service allows the user to:
Edge and Backbone QoS Policy Control and Enforcement allows the user to:
Track and Maintain Service-Levels allows the user to:
QPM 2.1 and SMS can be used together for:
QoS for IP Telephony allows the user to:
Automates QoS Configuration and Deployment allows the user to:
Policy definition allows the user to:
The need for high availability and predictable performance for business- critical applications combined with the demand for advanced voice and video services mandates differentiated handling of network traffic. Cisco QoS Policy Manager (QPM) 2.1 is a key enabler of end-to-end quality of service (QoS) for converged networks. QPM 2.1 delivers differentiated services across network infrastructures with converged voice, video, and data applications, simply by taking advantage of Cisco IOS and Catalyst OS Software with built-in QoS mechanisms in local-area network (LAN) and wide-area network (WAN) switching and routing equipment. Centralized, simplified policy control: Network administrators can use the QPM 2.1 graphical user interface (GUI) for accurate end-to-end QoS configuration and automated, reliable policy deployment, while eliminating device-by-device command streams Differentiated services for various types of traffic: Achieve business-driven service-levels across the enterprise network by using QPM 2.1 to configure traffic classification and allow QoS policy enforcement through Cisco devices. Complete QoS support for voice over IP: IP Telephony templates provide pre-defined QoS policies that ensure strict priority for voice traffic in Enterprise networks. Extensive application-level classification: An integral part of Cisco Content Networking, QPM 2.1 delivers the appropriate service-level to business-critical applications by supporting the extension of IP packet classification to include application signature, Web URLs, and negotiated ports Traffic and service-level management (SLM): Only QPM 2.1 delivers a complete set of tools for congestion management, congestion avoidance, and band- width control. Use QPM 2.1 with CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution to provision network-wide services and maintain service-level agreements (SLAs) Access control: Extend security by defining access control policies to permit or deny transport of packets into or out of device interfaces Automated QoS policy deployment and control: As part of an organization`s QoS architecture, QPM 2.1 allows QoS policy validation checking, uploading of existing device configuration, previewing configuration changes, incremental ACL (Access Control List) updates, and managing policy distribution. Comprehensive device and Cisco IOS support: Only QPM 2.1 can be used with over 20 different Cisco routers and switches as well as broad range of IOS and Catalyst OS software versions. Intelligent policy administration: Selectively activate QoS mechanisms on intelligently grouped LAN and WAN interfaces, define access control list (ACL) ranges, and restore/apply a previous version of a policy database. CiscoWorks2000 integration: Device inventory import from Resource Manager Essentials (RME) shortens configuration time for devices targeted for policy enforcement. Web-based reporting: Web-based reports are used to quickly view and analyze QoS policy management. QPM 2.1 is a scalable QoS policy system that makes it easy to define traffic policies and automate multiple service-levels across any network topology. The product enables network-wide, content-based differentiated services, centralized policy control for voice/video/data networks, automated QoS configuration anddeployment, and campus- to-WAN policy control. QPM 2.1 can: Provision network resources based on the relative importance of application traffic is the most effective way to deliver differentiated QoS. Select appropriate packets for a specific level of service. Automated process of translating application performance requirements into QoS policy ensuring reliable performance for critical business applications and voice traffic. Construct rules-based QoS policies that identify and partition application traffic into multiple levels of service, ensuring that the most important applications receive priority service. Build a network-wide QoS policy architecture that prioritizes applications by level of service at the perimeter of the network and then provides policy enforcement in the backbone (or core) using congestion-management, congestion-avoidance, and traffic-shaping techniques. Improves network operation by performing traffic classification, marking or coloring packets, and scheduling on the campus edge while eliminating the need to classify traffic at each WAN interface in the backbone. Provide the means for distributing network functionality and responsibility between edge functions and backbone functions enabling simultaneous performance and services scalability. Define QoS policy domains within a network used to control distinct QoS classification, queuing, and policing roles. At the edge of the network, QPM 2.1 is used to: Specify policies that establish traffic classes and related service-levels. Specify policies that define how network resources are allocated and controlled per traffic class and service-level. Enable efficient mapping of applications into service-levels. Apply policies to meet business requirements. Enables network administrators to provision, track, and monitor QoS on an end-to-end basis when combined with the CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS). Brings predictability to the network experience by enabling administrators to deliver dedicated bandwidth, control latency and jitter, and improve the flow of network traffic. Synergistic end-to-end SLM, taking advantage of the Differentiated Services (DiffServ) standard supported on Cisco routers and switches. This is accomplished by using: QPM 2.1 to classify traffic at the edge of the network into various service-levels QPM 2.1 to provision service-levels end-to-end on network routers and switches SMS to monitor and track those service-levels defined by QPM 2.1 Reduce some of their voice costs by combining voice traffic onto their existing IP network once QoS is part of the network. Use a "library" of pre-defined QoS policies for voice, based on the Cisco IP Telephony QoS design guide that provide network-wide QoS to expedite the transmission of voice packets while reducing jitter using: CBWFQ with: - Low-Latency Queuing (LLQ) for strict priority - IP Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) priority - Generic traffic shaping (GTS) - Frame Relay traffic shaping (FRTS) on sub-interface or DLCI - ATM sub-interface or virtual circuit - Distributed traffic shaping (DTS) - Distributed Frame Relay fragmentation (DFRF) - Rate limiting Compressed RTP (cRTP) header Link fragmentation and interleaving (LFI) for point-to-point connections Enhanced FRTS with Frame Relay Fragmentation (FRF12) and Frame Relay fair queue and Frame Relay voice bandwidth Trust properties including boundary extension Catalyst 6000 advanced traffic-scheduling capabilities, including 1P2Q2T Create powerful rules-based policies that combine static and dynamic port applications and host-system traffic filters Activate a rich set of QoS services, including congestion management, congestion avoidance, and traffic-shaping mechanisms Efficiently translate policies to specific QoS configuration commands, ensuring policy consistency across policy domains Upload existing device QoS configurations and validate policies prior to deploying them to the network Roll back to a previous QoS implementation by redeploying a historical version of the policy database Generate Web-based reports on QoS policies deployed in the network Query devices to determine the device class, interface type, software version, and supported QoS features required to build a rules database for policy validation. Rules database guides the user through valid policy definitions that are distributed to network devices after being converted into specific classification, queuing, limiting, and shaping configuration commands Monitoring the status of a multidevice distribution, logging all interface configuration changes, and maintaining a policy audit trail. Device inventory information can be imported from CiscoWorks2000 Resource Manager Essentials (RME). QPM 2.1 can import both the data-integration file and comma-separated-value file format generated by the export feature of RME. The table below shows the hardware and software requirements for installing QPM 2.1.
Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits
Benefits
Deliver Network-Wide Differentiated Service allows the user to:
Edge and Backbone QoS Policy Control and Enforcement allows the user to:
Track and Maintain Service-Levels allows the user to:
QPM 2.1 and SMS can be used together for:
QoS for IP Telephony allows the user to:
Automates QoS Configuration and Deployment allows the user to:
Policy definition allows the user to:
Specifications
CiscoWorks2000 Device Import
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Complete QoS Policy Manager |
Remote QoS Policy Manager |
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Pentium 266 MHz processor or better. Works on single or multiple processor machines. |
Pentium 266 MHz processor or better. Works on single or multiple processor machines. |
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64MB RAM or more. |
64MB RAM or more. |
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50MB or more free hard disk space. |
50MB or more of free hard disk space. |
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Any of these operating systems running TCP/IP and Microsoft Networking: Windows NT Workstation or Server with Service Pack 5 or higher. Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 |
Any of these operating systems running TCP/IP and Microsoft Networking: Windows 95 with the Year 2000 upgrade Windows 98 Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 Windows NT Workstation or Server with Service Pack 5 or higher. |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 4.5 or higher. Needed to view the online help or QPM reports. |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 4.5 or higher. Needed to view the online help or QPM reports. |
Comprehensive Device and Cisco IOS Support
QPM 2.1 device support includes:
Routers: Cisco 1600, 1700, 1750, 2500, 2600, 3600, 4000, 4500, 4700, 7100, 7200, and 7500 series, and Versatile Interface Processor (VIP).
Switches: Catalyst 3500, 4000, 4224, 5000, 6000, and 8500 switch families; combination of policy feature card (PFC), multi- layer switch feature card (MSFC), and FlexWAN module for the Catalyst 6000; Catalyst 2948G-L3, and 4908G-L3; and the route switch module (RSM) for the Catalyst 5000.
Cisco IOS releases supported include 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.1cc, 12.0, 12.1, 12.1(2)T, 12.1(5)T and later, and 12.1(2)E and later. Cisco CATOS releases supported include 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2 and later.
For additional and current information on QPM 2.1 supported devices, device software and related QoS functions, please refer to the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/qos/pqpm20/qprodev.htm
Category: Network Management
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