Re: mls Qos

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Evan Weston<evan_weston_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah sure it will wreak havoc if you haven't set up the trust boundaries on
> your production network but whose fault it that? You just gave a better
> example of negligent that the OP.

Darby's point was that turning on "mls qos", without understanding the
consequences, is negligent. I wholeheartedly agree.

If you break it down and isolate the argument to that simple scenario,
it's a no-brainer.

Networks aren't always (or can't be) managed perfectly, and sometimes
there are long transitional states that require us to run a
sub-optimal configuration. If you've never had to compromise on the
technical integrity of a configuration because of some other
hair-brained technical constraint or business decision, well, I'm
jealous.

An "optimal" configuration is not always the same for everyone,
either: the viewpoint of a managed network service provider is
different from an in-house managed network team. Anyway, we could go
on and on about how flicking the 'mls qos' switch shouldn't break
things in a perfectly designed/operated network, but that's not the
point.

cheers,
Dale

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Received on Mon Jul 27 2009 - 11:40:19 ART