I do agree with $$$ aspect as mentioned. If you consider the ML Series in the 15454, a Metro Ethernet solution is very viable. Part of the reason is that the ML has 12 10/100 port or 2 GE ports and allows traffic to be stat muxed around an RPR ring...
Hi Kevin,At a high level, one methodology to consider is to make sure you: classify, mark, police, queue and avoid congestion where applicable.In a more detailed perspective, classification/marking and policing start to happen on the edge of the net...
The re-convergence time using RSTP could be affected by the number of: nodes, mac addresses, vlans configured and L2 flows. With 10 nodes, 400 vlans and 950 mac addresses, re-convergence has been measured to be around 1s. Other scenario's may produ...
There is not a direct mapping of L3 to ATM. You would have to understand the requirements for the type of traffic that you are transporting and then build an ATM PVC (CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR, etc.) to meet those requirements.