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Network

Created by Konstantin Lepikhov, last updated by Kurt Baumann on Aug 07, 2018 1 minute read

A list of topics and information related to the network.

Specific Network Technologies:

General Network Categories and Approaches:
- Software Defined Networking (SDN), OpenFlow
- Multiple Paths (equal-cost multipath, ECMP)
- Data Center Networks

Network performance metrics:

Network protocols

Ethernet Operations, Administration & Maintenance (EOAM)

Network tuning
- Active Queue Management (AQM), Random Early Detection (RED), CoDel, Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
- Differentiated Services - Premium IP, IntegratedServices
- Sizing buffers in the network
- Network proxies or so-called WAN accelerators
- Cisco (IOS-) specific
- Support for large frames ("jumbo MTUs")

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