Network Design
The constant and variable changes in traffic patterns are just two things that are reshaping the approach that designers have to take in designing campus intranets. The following are important requirements in the new campus intranet, at both Layers 2 and 3:
Adapting to topology changes very quickly
Reliability and redundancy in case of network failures
Being able to scale to a very large size
Accommodating large amounts of bandwidth
Being able to predict traffic patterns
Centralizing servers and applications to ease administration
Handling the increasing amount of multicast traffic and applications
Coping with traffic pattern changes from the 80/20 to the 20/80 rule
Supporting a diverse group of routed and bridged protocols
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