USING QoS TO SOLVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS

ACROSS THE WAN

CONTROL
AUTOMATION
VISUALIZATION
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Using QoS to Solve Application Performance
Problems Across the WAN
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Todays
IT Challenges
Key
Considerations
Available
Solutions
Todays IT Challenges
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Quality of Service
(QoS)
Troubleshooting Cisco Solutions Thousands of Apps Network Outages
Total Cost to
Ownership (TCO)
Poor voice and
video over IP
Poor application
performance
Underperforming
mission-critical
apps (ERP)
Challenges of multi-
site enterprises
using constrained
WAN links
90% of trouble-
shooting time is
spent identifying
(not fixing) the
problem
QoS is built into
Cisco routers and
switches
Difficult to learn
and deploy
Time consuming
and error-prone CLI
Business-critical
apps
Latency-sensitive
apps like voice
Bandwidth-hungry
recreational apps
Apps that IT didnt
authorize
Reduce/eliminate
service interruptions
Human
configuration errors
cause 50%-80% of all
network outages
How do all of these
challenges impact
TCO?
Drilling Down on QoS
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QoS management is the collection of mechanisms that control how
traffic is prioritized and handled during congestion
All these QoS tools rely on traffic classification:
the better the classification, the better the QoS
Most common
QoS tools
Packets Packets
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Priority Queue
Class Based Queue
Class Based Queue
Class Based Queue
Default
Queue
Setting
Mark Shape Police WRED
Drilling Down on QoS
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To make the process as manageable as possible,
QoS deployments need to take into account:
QoS needs of the organization
Current network architecture
Applications used by the staff
Traffic running over the network
QoS capabilities available in the network devices
With QoS Without QoS
Visibility and analysis
Protection of real-time and
high priority data applications
Free for all
No protection of critical data,
voice or video
Key Considerations
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Ease of use
Look for these capabilities:

Visual Visio-like diagrams but with real-
time and historical flows for quick
diagnosis of performance issues

Full visibility into devices and policies
Key Considerations
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Flexibility
Look for these capabilities:
Copy and deploy an existing policy to multiple network devices
Deploy cloud-based and on-premise business applications
Work in MPLS, DMVPN, Performance Routing (PfR) and
Intelligent WAN environments
Accommodate on-the-fly QoS policy adjustments
Key Considerations
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Power of solution
Look for these capabilities:
Powerful Monitoring Effective Management Scalability
Deep application awareness
Comprehensive monitoring and
analysis
Robust troubleshooting real-time
and historical capabilities
System intelligence to facilitate
creation and execution of effective
QoS policies
Instant validation of QoS policy
changes
Fast resolution of application
performance issues
Synthetic traffic generation and
analysis for measuring the impact
of QoS policies in a controlled
manner
Thousands of network devices
and millions of flows per second
Works with Cisco advanced
technologies
Finding the Best Solution
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End-to-end
flow
visualization
for a holistic
view of the
network
Easy to deploy, configure,
monitor and analyze - with Cisco
advanced technologies such as
QoS, Medianet, PfR, AVC, AX,
NetFlow and FnF
Quick
diagnosis of
application
performance
issues through
visual displays
What to look for to find the best, most cost-effective solution
QoS graphical
control to
troubleshoot
and fix issues
Instant validation
of QoS policy
changes
LiveActions Solution Delivers on All Fronts
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End-to-end
flow
visualization
for a holistic
view of the
network
Easy to deploy, configure,
monitor and analyze - with Cisco
advanced technologies such as
QoS, Medianet, PfR, AVC, AX,
NetFlow and FnF
Quick
diagnosis of
application
performance
issues through
visual displays
QoS graphical
control to
troubleshoot
and fix issues
Instant validation
of QoS policy
changes
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Download Software
To learn more, visit http://liveaction.com/download-qos/