Functional Models

Functional architectural models focus on supporting particular functions in the

network.
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● service-provider architectural model

○ based on service-provider functions,focusing on privacy and security, service delivery to
customers (users), and billing.
○ In this model, interactions between providers (the networks) and with users are
compartmentalized.
○ While this model represents a service-provider architecture,many enterprise networks are
evolving to this model, applying it across organizations, departments, and buildings.
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● intranet/extranet architectural model
○ focuses on security and privacy, including the separation of users, devices, and applications
based on secure access.
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● single-/multi-tiered performance architectural model
○ model focuses on identifying networks or parts of a network as having a single tier of
performance, multiple tiers of performance, or having components of both.
○ This model is based on results from the requirements and flow analysis, where single- and
multi-tiered performance is determined.
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● end-to-end architectural model
○ focuses on all components in the end to-end path of a traffic flow.
○ This model is most closely aligned to the flow-based perspective of networking
Systems and Network Architectures
● In the process of developing a network architecture, you may also need to
develop a systems architecture.
● A systems architecture (also known asan enterprise architecture) is a
superset of a network architecture, in that it also describes relationships, but
the components are major functions of the system,
○ suchas storage,
○ clients/servers, or
○ databases,
○ as well as of the network.
● In addition, devices and applications may be expanded to include
particular functions, such as storage.
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● For example, a systems architecture may include a storage architecture,
describing servers, applications, a storage-area network (SAN), and how they
interact with other components of the system.

● From this perspective, the systems architecture considers the total or

comprehensive picture, including the network, servers/clients, storage,
servers, applications, and databases.

● Potentially, each component in the system could have its own architecture.
There are likely to be other components, depending on the environment that
the network is supporting.

● In contrast, the network architecture considers the relationships within and

between each of the network architectural components .
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