AIS AI2524 Frame Relay Configuration Task List, Enable Frame Relay Encapsulation on an Interface

AI2524 Router Card User’s Manual

Frame Relay

Configuration

Task List

The Frame Relay interface actually consists of one physical connection between the network server and the switch that provides the service. This single physical connection provides direct connectivity to each device on a network, such as a StrataCom FastPacket wide-area network (WAN).

There are required, basic steps you must follow to enable Frame Relay for your network. In addition, you can customize Frame Relay for you particular network needs and monitor Frame Relay connections. These sections outline these tasks. The tasks in the first two sections are re- quired.

zEnable Frame Relay Encapsulation on an Interface

zConfigure Dynamic or Static Address Mapping

zConfigure the LMI

zConfigure Frame Relay Switched Virtual Circuits

zConfigure Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

zCustomize Frame Relay for Your Network

zMonitor the Frame Relay Connections

Enable Frame Relay Encapsulation on an Interface

Beginning in global configuration mode, set Frame Relay encapsula- tion at the interface level:

1.Specify the serial interface, and enter interface configuration mode.

interface serial number

2.Enable Frame Relay, and specify the encapsulation method. encapsulation frame-relay [ietf]

Frame Relay supports encapsulation of all supported protocols in con- formance with RFC 1490, allowing interoperability between multiple vendors. Use the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) form of Frame Relay encapsulation if your router or access server is connected to another vendor's equipment across a Frame Relay network. IETF encapsulation is supported either at the interface level or on a per-vir- tual circuit basis.

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