Chapter 18. DiffServ Quality of Service (QoS)

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

  • Describe and configure NBAR for classification

  • Explain congestion management and avoidance mechanisms, such as FIFO, PQ, WRR, and WRED

  • Describe traffic policing and traffic shaping (traffic conditioners)

  • Describe WAN link efficiency mechanisms, including payload and header compression

Quality of Service (QoS) is a framework of multiple protocols and mechanisms that allow you to control the flow and timing of traffic across your network. This chapter goes over the basics of QoS—what you need to know in order to make sure that your voice and video ...

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