Technology (3)
Quality of Service
- depends on bandwidth allocation, network latency and prioritizing network applications
- protocols: RSVP, 802.1p, 802.1Q
- RSVP allows to reserve bandwidth for traffic passing layer 3 devices
Management : a good network management packagae allows to monitor traffic and upgrade hardware on the basis of some traffic patterns
- SNMP-based network management lets you to monitor, troubleshoot and expand the network
- RMON - extension of SNMP