Establishing a
WAN Connection
with Frame Relay
LAN Extension into a WAN
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Frame Relay Overview
Connections made by virtual circuits
Connection-oriented service
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Frame Relay Terminology
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Selecting a Frame Relay Topology
Frame Relay default: NBMA
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Resolving NBMA Reachability Issues
Split horizon can cause problems in NBMA environments.
Solution: subinterfaces
A single physical interface simulates multiple logical interfaces.
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Frame Relay Address Mapping
LMI receives locally significant DLCI from the Frame Relay switch.
Inverse ARP maps the local DLCI to the remote router network
layer address.
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Frame Relay Signaling
Cisco supports three LMI standards:
Cisco
ANSI T1.617 Annex D
ITU-T Q.933 Annex A
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Stages of Inverse ARP and LMI
Operation
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Stages of Inverse ARP and LMI
Operation (Cont.)
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Configuring Basic Frame Relay
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Configuring a Static Frame Relay Map
Configure a static Frame Relay map when:
A Frame Relay peer does not support Inverse ARP
You want to control broadcast traffic across a PVC
You want to have different Frame Relay encapsulations across
PVCs
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Configuring Frame Relay Subinterfaces
Point-to-point
Subinterfaces act like leased lines.
Each point-to-point subinterface requires its own subnet.
Point-to-point is applicable to hub-and-spoke topologies.
Multipoint
Subinterfaces act like NBMA networks, so they do not resolve
the split-horizon issues.
Multipoint can save address space because it uses a single
subnet.
Multipoint is applicable to partial-mesh and full-mesh
topologies.
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Configuring Frame Relay Point-to-Point
Subinterfaces
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Configuring Frame Relay Multipoint
Subinterfaces
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Verifying Frame Relay Operation
RouterX# show interfaces type number
Displays information about Frame Relay DLCIs and the LMI
RouterX# show interfaces s0
Serial0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is HD64570
Internet address is [Link]/24
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 use
Encapsulation FRAME-RELAY, loopback not s
LMI enq sent 19, LMI stat recvd 20, LMI upd re
LMI enq recvd 0, LMI stat sent 0, LMI upd sent
LMI DLCI 1023 LMI type is CISCO frame relay
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Verifying Frame Relay Operation (Cont.)
RouterX# show frame-relay lmi [type number]
Displays LMI statistics
RouterX# show frame-relay lmi
LMI Statistics for interface Serial0 (Frame Rela
Invalid Unnumbered info 0 Invalid Prot Disc 0
Invalid dummy Call Ref 0 Invalid Msg Type 0
Invalid Status Message 0 Invalid Lock Shift 0
Invalid Information ID 0 Invalid Report IE Len 0
Invalid Report Request 0 Invalid Keep IE Len 0
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Verifying Frame Relay Operation (Cont.)
RouterX# debug frame-relay lmi
Frame Relay LMI debugging is on
Displaying all Frame Relay LMI data
RouterX#
1w2d: Serial0(out): StEnq, myseq 140, your
1w2d: datagramstart = 0xE008EC, datagram
1w2d: FR encap = 0xFCF10309
1w2d: 00 75 01 01 01 03 02 8C 8B
1w2d:
1w2d: Serial0(in): Status, myseq 140
Displays LMI debug information
1w2d: RT IE 1, length 1, type 1
1w2d: KA IE 3, length 2, yourseq 140, myse
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Verifying Frame Relay Operation (Cont.)
RouterX# show frame-relay pvc [type number [
Displays PVC statistics
RouterX# show frame-relay pvc 100
PVC Statistics for interface Serial0 (Frame Rela
DLCI = 100, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATU
input pkts 28
out bytes 1198
in BECN pkts 0
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output pkts 10
dropped pkts 0
out FECN pkts 0
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Verifying Frame Relay Operation (Cont.)
RouterX# show frame-relay map
Displays the current Frame Relay map entries
RouterX# clear frame-relay-inarp
Clears dynamically created Frame Relay maps, created by using Inverse ARP
RouterX# show frame-relay map
Serial0 (up): ip [Link] dlci 100(0x64,0x1840
broadcast,, status defined, active
RouterX# clear frame-relay-inarp
RouterX# show frame map
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Visual Objective 8-1:
Establishing a Frame Relay WAN
WG Router s0/0
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Summary
Frame Relay PVCs are identified with DLCIs, and the status of the
PVCs are reported via the LMI protocol.
Frame Relay point-to-point subinterfaces require a separate
subnet for each PVC, and multipoint subinterfaces share a single
subnet with frame relay peers.
To display connectivity with the Frame Relay provider, use the
show frame-relay lmi command. To display connectivity with the
Frame Relay peer, use the show frame-relay pvc and show
frame-relay map commands.
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