) Decide on the number of QOS levels required to best meet the University's needs.
2) QoS model should cover both wired & wireless traffic while giving consistent treatment irrespective of connectivity methods.
3) University Network Infrastructure is consist of mainly Cisco products listed below.
a. Data Centre - Nexus7k/6k/2k
b. Core/Distribution layer - Catalyst6506 with Sup2T
c. Access Layer- Catalyst 3850/3750-X/3750G
d. Wireless LAN Controller - Cisco5508/5760
e. Wireless Access Points-Cisco3700/3600/1252/1142
Below diagram shows high level network topology of campus network with respect to a single building
4) Ensure that the following traffic are identified in the policy
a. SAP
b. Big Data Research
c. Video Conferencing
d. IP TV
e. Digital Signage
f. Virtual Desktops
g. File Server
h. Web browsing
i. Media Streaming web based
j. Student systems LMS
k. Lecture Capture (Echo360)
l. Gaming traffic
m. Peer to Peer
n. Printing traffic
o. Security Cameras
p. Voice (IP Phone, Softphone-Jabber)
q. Desktop Video
r. Music Streaming
s. Library Systems
t. Intranet
u. Collaboration Webex
v. Monitoring systems
5) Considerations needs to be given for the following
a. Who is using this traffic?
b. The needs of the applications connected or connectionless, impact on latency etc.
c. Time of the day
d. Amount of traffic expected to be generated by each application
e. Amount of bandwidth or percentage allocated to each type of traffic.
f. Where should the QOS policy be applied and how should it be managed.
6) You should able to demonstrate your QoS policy is working as expected in situation where network is congested with different type of traffic.