Configure frame relay operations on Cisco routers

This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Cisco Frame Relay Solutions Guide, explains how to configure a basic Frame Relay network involving Cisco equipment, as well as how to monitor and troubleshoot using relevant Cisco IOS commands.

Learn how to configure basic Frame Relay operations on Cisco routers in a router-based Frame Relay network, as well as perform basic monitoring and troubleshooting using relevant Cisco IOS show and debug commands.

This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Cisco Frame Relay Solutions Guide, covers the basic Cisco IOS configuration commands for configuring Frame Relay on a Cisco router. The chapter covers the following topics:

• Enabling Frame Relay encapsulation
• Configuring LMI type on a Frame Relay interface
• Configuring static and dynamic DLCI to network layer address mapping
• Configuring Frame Relay subinterfaces
• Configuring point-to-point subinterfaces
• Configuring multipoint subinterfaces
• Configuring a Cisco router as a Frame Relay switch
• Configuring Frame Relay switching using a local significance approach to DLCIassignment
• Configuring Frame Relay switching using a global significance approach to DLCIassignment
• Verifying Frame Relay connections with Cisco IOS show commands
• Troubleshooting Frame Relay connections with IOS debug commands

Title: Cisco Frame Relay Solutions Guide
ISBN: 1587051168
Published: March, 2004
Author: Jonathan Chin
Chapter: Chapter 4: Cisco Frame Relay Configurations
Published by Cisco Press

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