• Functionality:
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Supports the organizational requirements.
Scalability:
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Supports growth and expansion of organizational tasks by separating
functions and products into layers. This separation makes it easier to grow the
network.
Availability:
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Provides necessary services reliably anywhere, anytime.
Performance:
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Provides desired responsiveness, throughput, and utilization on a
per-application basis through the network infrastructure and services.
Manageability:
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Provides control, performance monitoring, and fault detection.
Efficiency:
Review of the Cisco Enterprise Architecture
Through step-by-step network services growth, SONA provides
network services and infrastructure with reasonable operational costs and
appropriate capital investment on a migration path to a more intelligent network.
This section provides a review of the Cisco Enterprise Architecture modules.
The Cisco Enterprise Architecture (see Figure 1-4) consists of the following modules,
representing focused views of SONA that target each place in the network:
• Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture:
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Combines a core infrastructure of
intelligent switching and routing with tightly integrated productivity-enhancing
technologies; these include Cisco Unified Communications, mobility, and
advanced security. The hierarchical architecture of the Cisco Enterprise Campus
provides for high availability through a resilient multilayer design, redundant
hardware and software features, and automatic procedures for reconfiguring
network paths when failures occur. The architecture extends authentication
support using standards such as 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP). It also provides the flexibility to add IP Security (IPsec) and Multiprotocol
Label Switching virtual private networks (MPLS VPN), identity and access
management, and VLANs to compartmentalize access. Multicast provides
optimized bandwidth consumption. QoS prevents oversubscription to ensure that
real-time traffic, such as voice and video, or critical data is not dropped or
delayed. Integrated security protects against and mitigates the impact of worms,
viruses, and other attacks on the network (even at the switch port level). These
additions help improve performance and security, while also decreasing costs.
Cisco Enterprise Edge Architecture:
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Offers connectivity to voice, video, and data
services outside the enterprise. This module enables the enterprise to use Internet
and partner resources, and provides resources for its customers. QoS, service
levels, and security are the main issues in the enterprise edge module.
Cisco Enterprise WAN and MAN Architecture: These are part of the Cisco
Enterprise Edge Architecture. This module offers the convergence of voice,
video, and data services over a single Cisco Unified Communications network. It
enables the enterprise to cost-effectively span large geographic areas. QoS,
granular service levels, and comprehensive encryption options help ensure the
secure delivery of high-quality voice, video, and data services. This enables
corporate staff to work efficiently wherever they are located. Security is provided