Best practices for Voice over MetroRing

Hi, We have installed a MetroRing Gigabit Ethernet using 3550 and 6500 Catalyst switches. Today, only data is running, but looking at tomorrow, when voice/video be requested, I am trying to find some best practices for QoS or traffic classification. If you can point me to some of them will be great.

Hi,
You might also find those useful: " LAN QoS"
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/ac174/ac176/about_cisco_ipj_archive_article09186a00800c83cd.html
and "Cisco AutoQoS White Paper"
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk543/tk759/technologies_white_paper09186a00801348bc.shtml
as well as "Configuring QoS" for Catalyst 6500 switches
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008007fb2b.html
The most comprehensive starting point will be: "Quality of Service (QoS)"
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk543/tsd_technology_support_category_home.html
Did this help?
Martin

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    <thumb>thumbs/project4.jpg</thumb>
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    <img2>images/project4img2.jpg</img2>
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