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BSCI Module 1 Lesson 2 - Scalable Networks
Scalable Network
Design
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Objectives
Describe scalable network design
Five Characteristics of a Scalable Network
Making the Network Reliable and Available
Making the Network Responsive
Making the Network Efficient
Making the Network Adaptable
Making the Network Accessible But Secure
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Scalable Network Design
The ECNM breaks the complex problem of network design into
smaller, more manageable problems. Each level, or tier in the
hierarchy, addresses a different set of problems. This helps the
designer optimize network hardware and software to perform
specific roles. For example, devices at the lowest tier are optimized
to accept traffic into a network and pass that traffic to the higher
layers.
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Scalable Network Design
Layered models are useful because they facilitate modularity.
Devices at each layer have similar and well-defined functions. This
allows administrators to easily add, replace, and remove individual
pieces of the network.
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Five Characteristics of a Scalable Network
Although every large internetwork has unique features,
all scalable networks have essential attributes in
common. A scalable network has five key
characteristics:
Reliable and available
Responsive
Efficient
Adaptable
Accessible but secure
The Cisco IOS offers a rich set of features that support
network scalability.
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Making the Network Reliable and Available
Support for scalable routing protocols: OSPF,
EIGRP, ISIS
Support for alternate paths: Core links should always
be redundant. EIGRP actually maintains a database of
all alternate paths if the primary route is lost.
Support for load balancing: Routers can distribute the
traffic load across multiple links to the same
destination.
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Making the Network Responsive
Users expect network resources to respond quickly, as
if network applications were running from a local hard
drive.
Networks must be configured to meet the needs of all
applications, especially time delay-sensitive
applications, such as voice and video.
Cisco IOS addresses priority and responsiveness
issues through queuing.
FIFO queuing, Priority queuing (PQ), Custom queuing (CQ),
Weighted fair queuing (WFQ) and distributed WFQ (DWFQ),
Class-based WFQ (CBWFQ) and Distributed CBWFQ
(DCBWFQ), Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
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Making the Network Efficient
An efficient network should not waste bandwidth, especially over costly
WAN links. To be efficient, routers should prevent unnecessary traffic from
traversing the WAN and minimize the size and frequency of routing
updates with
Access lists
Route maps
Compression over WANs
Route summarization
Incremental updates
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Making the Network Adaptable
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Making the Network Accessible But Secure
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Self Check
1. Name 5 characteristics os A Scalable Networks
2. Name 3 characteristics that Available and Reliable
Network Support
3. What is the main technique to meet Network
Responsive?
4. How to make an efficient network?
5. What is Network Adaptable?
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Summary
Reliable and available
Responsive
Efficient
Adaptable
Accessible but secure
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Q and A
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