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Chapter 9 IOS® Software and Network Management
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CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager
CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager
QoS Policy Manager allows you to centrally define and administer IOS and CAT parameters
needed for differentiating network traffic. This ensures high availability and predictable
performance for business-critical which rely on advanced voice and video services. Cisco
QoS Policy Manager (QPM) 3.2 is a key enabler of end-to-end QoS for converged networks.
It delivers differentiated services across network infrastructures with converged voice,
video, and data applications, simply by taking advantage of Cisco IOS and Catalyst OS
Software with built-in QoS mechanisms in LAN and WAN switching and routing
equipment.
When to Sell
Key Features
• Measure traffic throughput for top applications and service classes plus troubleshoot
problems with real-time and historical QoS feedback
• Centrally define roles and permissions and take advantage of Cisco Secure Access
Control Server (ACS) to control privileges for policy view, modification and deployment
for different device groups
• Partition network into administrative and deployment domains and use policy libraries for
global QoS configuration. Modify, scale and monitor IOS AutoQoS voice policies on
routers
• Use the secure, Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) for accurate end-to-end QoS
configuration and automated, reliable policy deployment, while eliminating
device-by-device command streams
• Setup wizard intelligently determines QoS policies and properties at each network point
that requires IP telephony QoS configuration based on Cisco AVVID design
recommendations
• Achieve business-driven service levels across the enterprise network by configuring
traffic classification and allowing QoS policy enforcement through Cisco devices
• An integral part of Cisco content networking, QPM 3.1 delivers the appropriate service
levels to business-critical applications by supporting the extension of IP packet
classification to include application signature, Web URLs, and negotiated ports
• Enables congestion management, congestion avoidance, and bandwidth control by
selectively activating QoS mechanisms on intelligently grouped LAN and WAN
interfaces and providing support for external application programming interfaces (APIs)
to trigger event-based policy distribution
• Extend security by defining access control policies to permit or deny transport of packets
into or out of device interfaces
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Cisco QoS Policy Manager
• End-to-end QoS configuration and automated, reliable policy deployment, while eliminating device-by-device
command streams
• Rules-based policies that combine static and dynamic port applications and host system traffic filters
• QoS Policy Manager's services, including congestion management & avoidance, and traffic-shaping
• Efficiently translate policies to specific QoS config commands, ensuring consistency across domains
• Validate policies prior to deploying them quickly and reliably to LAN and WAN policy domains
• Generate Web-based reports on QoS policies deployed in the network