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Cisco MGX 8220 Installation and Configuration
Release 5.0, Part Number 78-6430-03 Rev. D0, November 2003
Chapter Frame Relay Service Modules (FRSMs)
ATM-to-FUNI Direction
If the EFCI field in the las t ATM cell of a received segmented frame is set to 1, the CN bit in the FUN I
header is set to 1. The two r es erve bits (the same positions as C/R and BECN in Frame Re lay header)
are always set to 0.
FRSMs for T1 and E1 lines
There are two types of FRSM modules for T1 and E1 linesFranctional (unchannelized) modules and
channelized modules. Both t hese module types offer 1:N redundancy via the optional SR M (see Service
Resource Modules, page 2-22).

Fractional FRSMs

Each interface of a fractional FR SM supports a single port at 56 k bps o r nx64 kbps.
Each port can be independently configured to run Frame Relay UNI (FR-UNI), Frame Relay NNI
(FR-NNI), ATM-FUNI, or frame forwarding as described in FRSM Connection Types, page 4-2.
Fractional FRSM cards include
AX-FRSM-4T1/E1: four E1 or T1 interfaces. The 4-port FRSM supports up to a maximum of 256
connections (virtual circuits) , w h ich c an be al lo ca ted across the T1 or E1 lines in a ny man n er.
AX-FRSM-8T1/E1: eight E1 or T1 interfaces. The 8-port FRSM supports a maximum of 1,000
connections. The maximum fra m e si ze is 4510 bytes for Frame Relay an d 409 6 for ATM-FUNI.

Channelized FRSMs

Each interface of a channeli zed FRSM supports multiple po rts at 56 kbps or nx64 kbps .
Each port can be independently configured to run Frame Relay UNI (FR-UNI), Frame Relay NNI
(FR-NNI), ATM-FUNI, or frame forwarding as described in FRSM Connection Types, page 4-2.
Channelized FRSM cards inclu de
MGX-FRSM-8T1-Ceight channelized T1 interfaces support 24 ports per interface.
MGX-FRSM-8E1-Ceight channelized E1 interfaces support 31 ports per interface.
The 8-port channelized FRSM supports a maximum of 1,000 connections.
Figure4-3 is an illustration of 4-port and an 8-port FRSM front cards for T1 or E1 lines.