Summary


This chapter looked at some of the concepts you must consider when assessing service providers that may be supplying a VPN service for an enterprise WAN. These issues broadly fall into two categoriestechnical and nontechnical.

The technical issues covered are as follows:

  • IP footprint and location of IP transfer points

  • Transparency of QoS service and SP classes of service

  • Transparency of multicast service

  • Transparency of routing protocol support

  • Method of supporting IPv6

The nontechnical issues covered are as follows:

  • Financial stability

  • Experience with delivering Layer 3 services

  • Commitment to the VPN service

  • SLA negotiation and reporting

Appendix A lists more-specific questions you might ask when constructing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for providers to bid on.




Selecting MPLS VPN Services
Selecting MPLS VPN Services
ISBN: 1587051915
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 136

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