Converged WAN
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Objectives
Describe how the Cisco Enterprise Composite
Model (ECNM) provides integrated services
over an Enterprise network.
Describe the key WAN technology concepts.
Identify the appropriate WAN technologies to
use when matching ECNM best practices with
typical enterprise requirements for WAN
communications.
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Wide Area Networks
WAN
An enterprise must subscribe
LAN connects computers, peripherals, and other to a WAN service provider to
devices in a single building or other small use WAN carrier network
geographic area services.
Sharing of data
Organization to organization
Remote users
Over large distance
LAN – Falls short
Company Growth
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Evolving Enterprise
Stages of business growth.
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The Evolving Network Model
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Describe How ECNM Provides Integrated
Services over an Enterprise Network
Problems with the Hierarchical Design Model that Cisco's
Enterprise Composite Model has been designed to address
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Describe How ECNM Provides Integrated
Services over an Enterprise Network
Explain the purpose of Cisco Enterprise Architectures
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Key WAN Technology Concepts
WAN functions in terms of the OSI Reference Model
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Key WAN Technology Concepts
WAN physical layer concepts for network and Internet
communications
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Key WAN Technology Concepts
• The WAN physical layer also describes the interface between the DTE and the DCE.
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Key WAN Technology Concepts
WAN data link layer protocols used in today’s
Enterprise WAN networks
Data link layer protocols define
how data is encapsulated for
transmission to remote sites
ATM uses small and the mechanisms for
fixed-size cells transferring the resulting
of 53 bytes (48 frames.
bytes for data),
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Key WAN Technology Concepts
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Select the Appropriate WAN Technology to meet
ECNM Requirements
List the various options for connecting subscribers to
the WAN
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Select the Appropriate WAN Technology to meet
ECNM Requirements
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Select the Appropriate WAN Technology to meet
ECNM Requirements
Circuit switching options available to provide a WAN
connection
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Select the Appropriate WAN Technology to meet
ECNM Requirements
Packet switching options available to provide a WAN
connection
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Select the Appropriate WAN Technology to meet
ECNM Requirements
List factors to consider when selecting a WAN
connection
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Summary
A WAN is defined as
A data communications network that operates beyond the
geographic scope of a LAN
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Summary
Cisco Enterprise Architecture
–This is an expansion of the hierarchical model that further
divides the enterprise network into
•Physical areas
•Logical areas
•Functional areas
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