End‎-to‎-End QoS Network Design Quality of Service for Rich‎-Media & Cloud Networks Second Edition New best practices‎,‎ technical strategies‎,‎ and proven designs for maximizing QoS in complex networks This authoritative guide to deploying‎,‎ managing‎,‎ and optimizing QoS with Cisco technologies has been thoroughly revamped to reflect the newest applications‎,‎ best practices‎,‎ hardware‎,‎ software‎,‎ and tools for modern networks‎.‎ This new edition focuses on complex traffic mixes with increased usage of mobile devices‎,‎ wireless network access‎,‎ advanced communications‎,‎ and video‎.‎ It reflects the growing heterogeneity of video traffic‎,‎ including passive streaming video‎,‎ interactive video‎,‎ and immersive videoconferences‎.‎ It also addresses shifting bandwidth constraints and congestion points‎;‎ improved hardware‎,‎ software‎,‎ and tools‎;‎ and emerging QoS applications in network security‎.‎ The authors first introduce QoS technologies in high‎-to‎-mid‎-level technical detail‎,‎ including protocols‎,‎ tools‎,‎ and relevant standards‎.‎ They examine new QoS demands and requirements‎,‎ identify reasons to reevaluate current QoS designs‎,‎ and present new strategic design recommendations‎.‎ Next‎,‎ drawing on extensive experience‎,‎ they offer deep technical detail on campus wired and wireless QoS design‎;‎ next‎-generation wiring closets‎;‎ QoS design for data centers‎,‎ Internet edge‎,‎ WAN edge‎,‎ and branches‎;‎ QoS for IPsec VPNs‎,‎ and more‎.‎ Tim Szigeti‎,‎ CCIE No‎.‎ 9794 is a Senior Technical Leader in the Cisco System Design Unit‎.‎ He has specialized in QoS for the past 15 years and authored Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals‎.‎ Robert Barton‎,‎ CCIE No‎.‎ 6660 ‎(‎R&S and Security‎)‎‎,‎ CCDE No‎.‎ 2013‎:‎‎:‎6 is a Senior Systems Engineer in the Cisco Canada Public Sector Operation‎.‎ A registered Professional Engineer ‎(‎P‎.‎ Eng‎)‎‎,‎ he has 15 years of IT experience and is primarily focused on wireless and security architectures‎.‎ Christina Hattingh spent 13 years as Senior Member of Technical Staff in Unified Communications ‎(‎UC‎)‎ in Cisco‎'‎s Services Routing Technology Group ‎(‎SRTG‎)‎‎.‎ There‎,‎ she spoke at Cisco conferences‎,‎ trained sales staff and partners‎,‎ authored books‎,‎ and advised customers‎.‎ Kenneth Briley‎,‎ Jr‎.‎‎,‎ CCIE No‎.‎ 9754‎,‎ is a Technical Lead in the Cisco Network Operating Systems Technology Group‎.‎ With more than a decade of QoS design/implementation experience‎,‎ he is currently focused on converging wired and wireless QoS‎.‎ n Master a proven‎,‎ step‎-by‎-step best‎-practice approach to successful QoS deployment n Implement Cisco‎-validated designs related to new and emerging applications n Apply best practices for classification‎,‎ marking‎,‎ policing‎,‎ shaping‎,‎ markdown‎,‎ and congestion management/avoidance n Leverage the new Cisco Application Visibility and Control feature‎-set to perform deep‎-packet inspection to recognize more than 1000 different applications n Use Medianet architecture elements specific to QoS configuration‎,‎ monitoring‎,‎ and control n Optimize QoS in rich‎-media campus networks using the Cisco Catalyst 3750‎,‎ Catalyst 4500‎,‎ and Catalyst 6500 n Design wireless networks to support voice and video using a Cisco centralized or converged access WLAN n Achieve zero packet loss in GE/10GE/40GE/100GE data center networks n Implement QoS virtual access data center designs with the Cisco Nexus 1000V n Optimize QoS at the enterprise customer edge n Achieve extraordinary levels of QoS in service provider edge networks n Utilize new industry standards and QoS technologies‎,‎ including IETF RFC 4594‎,‎ IEEE 802‎.‎ 1Q‎-2005‎,‎ HQF‎,‎ and NBAR2 This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press‎(‎R‎)‎‎,‎ which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks‎,‎ understanding new technologies‎,‎ and building successful careers‎.‎