Case Study

Acme Corporation is a large organization with offices throughout the Southwest. Its major client is Desert Predators, Inc. Due to the large volume of orders that Desert Predators generates, it has a leased line connection direct to Acme's network. Since Acme set up its Internet connectivity, the traffic generated by employees using the Internet for business purposes has caused some unacceptable delays in filling orders from Desert Predators, as well as from other customers. Desert Predators accesses the Acme network via a TCP/IP Telnet connection. Orders are placed on a server on the Acme network, which then converts the information into a format that the Acme backend systems can process. Acme's problem is that customers entering data often experience many short delays in seeing data on their screens. To ensure that data is entered correctly, the order-entry people often wait several seconds to make sure the system is accepting their information. Acme wants to correct this problem. Acme management wants all customer traffic to receive top priority and wants to ensure the least amount of delay possible. They look at Internet access as a convenience to their employees, and as such, performance may be permitted to suffer if it makes their customers happier:

  • Customer order entry times are unacceptable.

  • While the Internet is used, it is regarded as less important than customer data.

  • Acme uses protocols beyond TCP/IP.

The goal of the exercise is to determine what type of traffic-management configuration you should use in what fashion.



CCNP BCRAN Remote Access Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 640 - XXX)
CCNP BCRAN Remote Access Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 640 - XXX)
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Year: 2003
Pages: 183

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