HiPath QoS 2000

Optimized Application Performance and WAN Efficiency for IP Communication and Data Networks

As the enterprise begins to more fully ex-ploit the efficiency of IP across business voice, data, and video applications, the stakes are moving higher. Applications like voice over IP (VoIP) and IP video need strict performance guarantees to simply work. Business applications, like ERP and Citrix, must operate within specific response time windows. Each application must perform while Web and Internet traffic aggressively compete for available bandwidth.

These new demands mean earlier genera-tion bandwidth management solutions are no longer enough. IP networks must now proactively assure granular and precise per-formance for each application – on a per session, per user basis. This application-aware solution must also seamlessly inte-grate with an existing infrastructure. It must scale from large headquarters to small, remote sites. And it must be easy for the IT manager to deploy and operate.

HiPath QoS 2000 is a powerful IP applica-tion performance management solution designed to optimize WAN efficiency while delivering precise and granular application performance guarantees. Based on its traf-fic management system, HiPath QoS 2000 assures toll-quality VoIP, jitter-free video, and performance-guaranteed data as IP ap-plications converge across the enterprise. HiPath QoS 2000 brings advanced applica-tion performance management to small branch and large data center locations, guaranteeing performance for up to 500,000 flows over links of up to 500 Mbps. Key HiPath QoS 2000 advantages include:

● Automatic discovery, monitoring, report-ing, and control of 1400+ applications

● Precise and granular per session, per user application performance guarantees

● WAN optimization with bandwidth utili-zation that can exceed 95%

● Integrated compression and caching to expand bandwidth, accelerate response times

● Investment protection through ease of integration with existing applications and networks

● Centralized Policy Management (HiPath QoSDirector) configuration, manage-ment and reporting

Product Highlights

Precise Performance for 1400+ applicationsHiPath QoS 2000 automatically discovers, monitors and enforces performance poli-cies for 1400+ pre-defined applications and protocols. IT managers can also specify cus-tom identifiers, supporting the "home-grown" applications often central to busi-ness operations.While earlier generation solutions attempt-ed to identify and contain "bad traffic", HiPath QoS 2000 proactively and accurately enforces the behavior of each session with-in every class of traffic. It can apply a mix of policies to each application flow. At the same time, non-essential traffic is limited to assure capacity for higher priority applica-tions. The result is precise control of re-sponse time, latency and jitter for any business-critical applications.

Toll-quality VoIP and Jitter-free VideoHiPath QoS 2000 includes patent-pending VoIP management technologies, allowing IT managers to guarantee performance for a full range of VoIP protocols (e.g., H.323, SIP, MGCP) and codecs (such as G.711, G.726, G.729). Explicit bandwidth, latency and jitter requirements are met – based on the technology in used – to achieve toll-quality performance for each VoIP call. HiPath QoS 2000 also manages IP video ses-sion latency and jitter. Granular bandwidth and priority policies ensure precise band-width metering for each video session. As a result, branch employees can cost-effec-tively view jitter-free video whether it is streamed from a headquarter-based server or a live video-conferencing call.

WAN Optimization: Efficient, Assured Now, more than ever, the enterprise must control the growth of non-essential traffic - while protecting the performance of busi-ness-critical IP applications. HiPath QoS 2000 integrates a comprehensive suite of traffic management techniques – including Class Based Queuing, TCP Rate shaping, packet size optimization, etc. – to meet this objective. Bandwidth is proactively and accurately managed to achieve best bandwidth utiliza-tion. Applications like VoIP have specific bandwidth guarantees. Non-critical applica-tions are explicitly limited to contain cost. The ability to borrow from any unused bandwidth further enhances WAN efficien-cy. The combined effect is seen in recent testing where HiPath QoS 2000 delivered toll-quality MOS scores for up to 40 concur-rent phone calls over a 1.536 Mbps link while achieving over 95% link utilization.

More Bandwidth, Faster Applications HiPath QoS 2000 offers superior cost sav-ings with an advanced compression and caching solution that expands bandwidth by a factor of up to 10X. Testing proved that HiPath QoS 2000 compression expanded WAN capacity by nearly 250%. This is a 60% improvement over the closest competing products. Integrated Web caching further expands bandwidth, enabling measurable savings as costly upgrades are delayed.Users also benefit as bandwidth is freed for more rapid file transfers. Testing again demonstrated that an 11 megabyte binary file transferred in 62 seconds over an un-compressed T1 link was transferred in 44 seconds using HiPAth QoS 2000 compres-sion. This 40% improvement in file transfer speed represents true application accelera-tion.

Integrated Policies Optimize PerformanceHiPath QoS 2000 closely integrates band-width management and compression poli-cies. Any application can be compressed, any application can be QoS-managed, and QoS policies can be applied to any HiPath QoS 2000 compressed stream. Exception rules are also supported. Applications like VoIP and Citrix are already compressed and will not benefit from additional compres-sion. These applications can be excluded from compression while their traffic man-agement policies are still met. The result is that the enterprise achieves the benefit of bandwidth expansion while fully protecting application performance guarantees.

Continuous, Real-time Application Discovery and MonitoringHiPath QoS 2000 automatically detects and monitors over 1400 applications. With this real time monitoring, IT managers gain con-trol over new, unforeseen applications by either capping their bandwidth, or specifi-cally allocating bandwidth to them. Harm-ful applications can be identified and contained. And potential sources of conges-tion can be identified and resolved, before they happen. Through the HiPath QoS 2000 and the centralized Policy Manager HiPath QoSDirector, IT managers are also able to generate a variety of time-based historical reports for network assessment and plan-ning purposes.

Product Specifications

Software Features

Comprehensive Traffic Classification● 1400+ applications, including

– SIP, H.323, MGCP, RTP/RTCP– G.711, G.726, G.729, T.120– H.323, Real Networks, QuickTime– Shockwave video– Citrix, including ICA virtual channel

tags– SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle ERP– Application Server, Database Server– Gateway, Service Manager– Siebel CRM– MS-ODBC, MS-SQL Server,– Oracle SQL*Net, Sybase,– IBM DB2 Databases– Lotus Notes, MS-Exchange, Hotline– FTP, DNS, LDAP, SMTP, SNMP, Telnet,

TFTP– POP2/ POP3 Internet applications– HTTP by MIME, Content Type, Host-

name, URL– TOS, DSCP, IP Precedence, ISL– Appletalk, DecNet, IPX, LAT, NetBEUI,

SNA – MS-Media, MS-SNA Server, MS-Ex-

change– MS-Terminal Server, WINS – Microsoft Applications

Classification by● Application Signature● Protocol, Port, IP Address● URL● Host Name or Address● Dynamic Port Assignments

Detailed Monitoring/Reporting ● Throughput, byte count, packet counts:

– Application, IP address,– TOS, Policy class

● Top Bandwidth Consumer List● Cache statistics● Compression performance statistics

Precise Bandwidth Management Con-trols● Class Based Queueing● TCP Rate Shaping● Per Call/Session Bandwidth Control● Admission Control● Packet Size Optimization● Maximum Queue Delay Control● Maxburst/Minburst Control● Avoid DoS Attacks● TOS/DSCP Marking for MPLS Networks

Advanced Compression and Caching● Multiple high performance algorithms ● Buffer and delay settings

– For specific physical network charac-teristics

● Application Exceptions – marked applications bypass compression

● Simple tunnel configuration tool● Compression tunnels automatically set● Functional independence of compres-

sion feature– Applied independently of other

HiPath QoS 2000 features● Synergy with Traffic Management

policies– Traffic management within compres-

sion tunnels– Traffic management for non-com-

pressed traffic– QoS avoids flooding, retransmission– Compression plus WAN congestion control

● HTTP caching

Management ● Management platforms:

– HiPath QoS Director– HP OpenView, Concord eHealth

● GUI: Microsoft IE 5.5 and 6.0● CLI: Console Port or Telnet● MIBs:

– SNMP v1, v2c (RFC 1157, 2011, 2012, 2013)

– MIB II (RFC 1213) – RMON I and II (RFC 2819, 2021)– Squid MIB– Performance MIB– Configuration MIB

HiPath QoS 2000 Performance Specifications

Maximum HiPath QoS 2001

HiPath QoS 2002

HiPath QoS 2010

HiPath QoS 2045

HiPath QoS 2100

HiPath QoS 2500

Throughput 512 Kbps 2 Mbps 10 Mbps 45 Mbps 100 Mbps 100 - 500 Mbps

# of Concurrent Voice Calls 18 70 350 1,575 2,000 5,000

# of Compression Tunnels 5 25 150 150 150 2,000

# of Links & Classes 128 256 512 1,024 1,024 5,000

# of Sessions 2,500 5,000 20,000 100,000 200,000 500,000

© Siemens AG 12/2005 Siemens Communications • Hofmannstr. 51 • D-81359 München

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Hardware Specifications

Fail-safe Operation ● Fail-To-Wire: Hard or Soft Failure, Power

Loss

Agency Approvals● Safety: UL 1950, EN60950● CSA C22.2 NO 950-93-CAN/CSA

EMC Requirements HiPath QoS 2001, 2002, 2010HiPath QoS 2045, HiPath 2100● FCC Part 15 Class B● EN55022:1998 Class B● EN55024-1:1998 + A1 2001● EN61000-3-3:1995 + A1:2001● AS/NZS 3548:1997 Class B● VCCI Class B

Canadian Department of Communications (DOC) Notices● This Class B digital apparatus complies

with Canadian ICES-003 ● Cet appareil numerique de la Class B est

conform a la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Power ● Power Rating:

– 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz● Power Consumption

– 1.0 A @ 230 VAC, 2.0 A @ 115 VAC

Operating Environment● Operating Temperature:

0° to 40° C ambient● Relative Humidity:

0 % to 95 % non-condensing

HiPath QoS 2000 Interface Connections

Maximum HiPath QoS 2001

HiPath QoS 2002

HiPath QoS 2010

HiPath QoS 2045

HiPath QoS 2100

HiPath QoS 2500

Number of Ethernet Ports

2 @10/100/

Auto Full Duplex

2 @10/100/

Auto Full Duplex

2 @10/100/

Auto Full Duplex

2 @10/100/

Auto Full Duplex

2 @10/100/

Auto Full Duplex

2 @ 10/100/1000 & 1 @ 10/

100

Console Port

RS - 232 RS - 232 RS - 232 RS - 232 RS - 232 RS - 232

Hot Standby Redundant Power Supply

No No No No No Yes (also with Redundant

Power cable)

Ordering Information

Product Number Description WAN Link Speed

HiPath QoS 2001 Traffic Manager 512 Kbps

HiPath QoS 2002 Traffic Manager T1 / E1

HiPath QoS 2010 Traffic Manager 10 Mbps

HiPath QoS 2045 Traffic Manager T3 / E3

HiPath QoS 2100 Traffic Manager 100 Mbps