Chapter 6: Frame Relay

Outline:

Chapter Review
Chapter Overview
6.1 Frame Relay Technology
6.1.1 What is frame relay?
6.1.2 Local access rate, DLCI, LMI, CIR, committed burst, excess burst, FECN, BECN, and DE
6.1.3 Frame relay operation
6.1.4 Frame relay DLCIs
6.1.5 The fields of the frame relay frame format
6.1.6 Frame relay addressing
6.2 LMI: Cisco's Implementation of Frame Relay
6.2.1 LMI operation
6.2.2 The fields of the LMI frame format
6.3 LMI Features
6.3.1 Global addressing
6.3.2 Multicasting and inverse ARP
6.3.3 Frame relay mapping
6.3.4 Frame relay switching tables
6.4 Frame Relay Subinterfaces
6.4.1 What are frame relay subinterfaces?
6.4.2 Split horizon routing environments
6.4.3 The resolution of point-to-point and multipoint reachability issues
6.5 The Configuration of Basic Frame Relay
6.5.1 Writing the IOS command sequence to completely configure frame relay
6.5.2 The commands for verifying frame relay operation
6.5.3 The steps in confirming that the frame relay line is up
6.5.4 The steps in confirming the frame relay maps
6.5.5 The steps in confirming connectivity to the central site router
6.5.6 The steps you must use to configure the serial interface for a frame relay connection
6.5.7 The steps in verifying a frame relay configuration
6.5.8 The steps in configuring frame relay subinterfaces
6.5.9 Optional frame relay commands
Chapter Summary

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