Quality of Service implementation and legacy equipment
A Converged network is used to carry all three.
A converged network refers to a unified network infrastructure that combines multiple types of services—such as voice, video, and data—over a single physical medium. These networks are becoming common due to their ability to reduce costs, simplify management, and enhance scalability by eliminating the need for separate networks for different services. Additionally, advancements in technology have improved the efficiency and reliability of handling multiple types of traffic, making converged networks an attractive solution for businesses.
A network is converged immediately after a topology change has occurred. A network is converged when all routers flush the unreachable networks from their routing tables. A network is converged after all routers share the same information, calculate best paths, and update their routing tables.
The purpose of having a converged network is to streamline communication and data transfer by integrating multiple types of services—such as voice, video, and data—over a single infrastructure. This reduces operational costs, simplifies management, and enhances scalability, allowing organizations to efficiently utilize resources. Additionally, it improves collaboration and connectivity, enabling real-time communication and data sharing across different platforms and devices. Ultimately, a converged network enhances overall performance and user experience.
It is possible that the term "Converged Information Network" as well as "Converged IP" relates to NGN (Next Generation Network) or ALL-IP technology. NGN is currently an emerging technology trend which has not yet stabilized sufficiently to provide a concise definition. Projected growth trend is 5 to 10 years. A converged information network would be a network which provides transparent packet transport for voice, data, information, AND video using the IP (Internet Protocol), independent of hardware or transport formatting.
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The HP Nexus Converged Network 5020 provides better reliability than the Storageworks 2408.
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The routers in the network are operating with consistent routing knowledge.
What is the likely impact of moving a conventional company architecture to a completely converged network? • Local analog phone service can be completely outsourced to cost-effective providers. • The Ethernet VLAN structure is less complex. • A shared infrastructure is created resulting in a single network to manage. • QoS issues are greatly reduced. • There is less bandwidth competition between voice and video streams
Routers may make incorrect forwarding decisions until the network is converged.
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