Enterprise Campus Architecture

Analyzing Campus Network Designs

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Overview of Cisco SONA

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Benefits of SONA
Description Functionality Scalability Availability Performance Manageability Efficiency Supports the organizational requirements. Supports growth and expansion of organizational tasks. Provides necessary services reliably anywhere, anytime. Provides responsiveness, throughput, and utilization on a perapplication basis. Provides control, performance monitoring, and fault detection. Provides network services with reasonable operational costs and appropriate capital investment.

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Layers in the Hierarchical Model

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Enterprise Campus Architecture

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Access Layer
Provides access and aggregation for users in a feature-rich environment. Provides high availability through software attributes and redundancy. Supports convergence for voice, wireless, and data. Provides security services to help control network access. Offers QoS services including traffic classification and queuing. Supports IP multicast traffic for efficient network use.

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Distribution Layer
Aggregates access nodes and uplinks. Provides redundant connections and devices for high availability. Offers routing services such as summarization, redistribution, and default gateways. Implements policies including filtering, security, and QoS mechanisms. Segments workgroups and isolates problems.

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Core Layer
The core layer is a high-speed backbone and aggregation point for the enterprise. It provides reliability through redundancy and fast convergence. The separate core layer helps in scalability during future growth.

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Is a Core Layer Needed?

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Campus Core Layer

Benefits of a campus core:
Distribution layer switches are connected hierarchically Less physical cabling is required Less routing complexity is imposed

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Small Campus Network

Collapse the campus backbone and building distribution submodules in the campus backbone submodule. Scale up to several building access switches.

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Medium Campus Network

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Data Center Infrastructure Overview

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Network Traffic Types

Traffic types to consider:
Network management IP telephony IP multicast Normal data Scavenger class

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Peer-to-Peer Applications
Instant messaging File sharing IP phone calls Video conference systems

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Client Server Farm Applications

Typical applications:
Mail servers File servers Database servers

Access to applications:
Fast Reliable Controlled (security)

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Client Enterprise Edge Applications

Typical applications:
Internet applications Mail servers Web servers Public Internet servers E-commerce applications

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Summary
SONA describes the infrastructure, services, and applications in a network. The Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture provides a modular view of a network, making it easier to design and build a network. The campus core layer interconnects the different buildings in the campus, simplifying and optimizing distribution switches interconnection and routing within the campus network. The need for a core layer depends on the type of traffic that flows through the network; each type of traffic has its specific flow pattern and bandwidth requirements.

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