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Performance and Fault Management
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Performance and Fault Management

by Paul L. Della Maggiora, Christopher E. Elliott, Robert L. Pavone, Kent J. Phelps, James M. Thompson
June 2000
Intermediate to advanced
608 pages
14h 35m
English
Cisco Press
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Defining Network Policies

Policy-based networking is a recent approach to network configuration that transcends the traditional command line by converting business-related policies into network-configurable commands. The technology underlying the policies is generally nothing new: access lists, queuing mechanisms, and network protocols.

However, policy-based networking adds a level of abstraction to the typical command-line approach to configuration. It involves describing a policy in a human-readable form and using network management software to translate the policy into router and switch commands.

The strength of this approach is the capability to define a central set of policies and distribute them to affected routers and switches. It eliminates ...

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