Chapter 35. MPLS VPN QoS Design Case Study

Tifosi has decided to migrate their private WAN and branch networks to Layer 3 MPLS VPN services to realize cost-savings and to standardize all their (LAN and WAN) networking interfaces to Gigabit Ethernet.

Tifosi will continue to use their Cisco ASR 1000 series routers (each with ESP-20s and SIP-10s) to connect their main campus networks to the MPLS VPN service provider. Similarly, they will continue to use their Cisco 3925E ISR G2s or Cisco 3945E ISR G2s as their (unmanaged) customer-edge routers to connect their branches to the MPLS VPN.

They have decided to use a six-CoS model from Maranello Networks (their local service provider), which allows customers to define their per-class bandwidth allotments ...

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