Friday, May 7, 2010

How to configure a Frame Relay Network



Step 1:


Configure the frame relay switch a Cisco 2600 is used in this example:

In global config mode type...

1. frame-relay switching

2. Configure the serial interfaces for frame relay

interface Serial1/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 logging event subif-link-status
 logging event dlci-status-change
 serial restart-delay 0
 clock rate 56000
 no frame-relay inverse-arp
 frame-relay lmi-type cisco
 frame-relay intf-type dce
 frame-relay route 102 interface Serial1/1 201
 frame-relay route 103 interface Serial1/2 301
 !
!
interface Serial1/1
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 logging event subif-link-status
 logging event dlci-status-change
 serial restart-delay 0
 clock rate 56000
 no frame-relay inverse-arp
 frame-relay lmi-type cisco
 frame-relay intf-type dce
 frame-relay route 201 interface Serial1/0 102
 frame-relay route 701 interface Serial1/2 107
 !
!
interface Serial1/2
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 logging event subif-link-status
 logging event dlci-status-change
 serial restart-delay 0
 clock rate 56000
 no frame-relay inverse-arp
 frame-relay lmi-type cisco
 frame-relay intf-type dce
 frame-relay route 107 interface Serial1/1 701
 frame-relay route 301 interface Serial1/0 103
 !
This is the end of the FRAME RELAY SWITCH CONFIG

I will now configure each router in the frame relay network.

R1:


1. Go under the serial interface and configure the following...

interface Serial1/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 logging event subif-link-status
 logging event dlci-status-change
 serial restart-delay 0

2. Pay close attention to the configuration, notice no IP address has been configured and encapsulation has been configured.

Note: In this particular lab sub interfaces will be configured as Point-To-Point.


3. Configure the sub interface to support the DLCI being used. A best practice is to configure the sub interface with the DLCI number. For example DLCI 102 will be configured as interface s1/0.101 point-to-point.

!
interface Serial1/0.102 point-to-point
 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 102 
!
interface Serial1/0.103 point-to-point
 ip address 10.32.0.1 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 103
I will repeat steps 1-3 on R2 and R3.


R2:

!
interface Serial1/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 serial restart-delay 0
 !
!
interface Serial1/0.201 point-to-point
 ip address 10.0.0.2 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 201 
!
interface Serial1/0.701 point-to-point
 ip address 10.64.0.1 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 701 

R3:

interface Serial1/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 serial restart-delay 0
 !
!
interface Serial1/0.107 point-to-point
 ip address 10.64.0.2 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 107 
!
interface Serial1/0.301 point-to-point
 ip address 10.32.0.2 255.224.0.0
 frame-relay interface-dlci 301


Note: Each sub interface is in it's own subnet and the IP address much match each point-to-point sub interface.

Now on with the verification...

Frame Relay Switch (Cisco 2651XM)

FRS#sh frame-relay ?
  end-to-end     Frame-relay end-to-end VC information
  fragment       show frame relay fragmentation information
  ip             show frame relay IP statistics
  iphc           Frame Relay FRF.20 Control Protocol frames
  lapf           show frame relay lapf status/statistics
  lmi            show frame relay lmi statistics
  map            Frame-Relay map table
  multilink      Show Multilink Frame Relay bundle information
  pvc            show frame relay pvc statistics
  qos-autosense  show frame relay qos-autosense information
  route          show frame relay route
  svc            show frame relay SVC stuff
  traffic        Frame-Relay protocol statistics
  vc-bundle      FR VC-Bundle
  vofr           Show frame-relay VoFR statistics

FRS#sh fram
FRS#sh frame-relay lmi
FRS#sh frame-relay lmi

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DCE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Rcvd 151              Num Status msgs Sent 151
  Num Update Status Sent 0              Num St Enq. Timeouts 17

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/1 (Frame Relay DCE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Rcvd 122              Num Status msgs Sent 122
  Num Update Status Sent 0              Num St Enq. Timeouts 32

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/2 (Frame Relay DCE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Rcvd 114              Num Status msgs Sent 114
  Num Update Status Sent 0              Num St Enq. Timeouts 33
FRS#





R1:
SH FRAMe-relay MAp

Serial1/0.102 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 102(0x66,0x1860), broadcast
          status defined, active
Serial1/0.103 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 103(0x67,0x1870), broadcast
          status defined, active

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Sent 157              Num Status msgs Rcvd 158
  Num Update Status Rcvd 0              Num Status Timeouts 0
  Last Full Status Req 00:00:17         Last Full Status Rcvd 00:00:17


SH FRaMe-relay Pvc

PVC Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE)

              Active     Inactive      Deleted       Static
  Local          2            0            0            0
  Switched       0            0            0            0
  Unused         0            0            0            0

DLCI = 102, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.102

  input pkts 42            output pkts 44           in bytes 9427
  out bytes 10108          dropped pkts 0           in pkts dropped 0
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 24        out bcast bytes 8028
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:25:45, last time pvc status changed 00:21:23

DLCI = 103, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.103

  input pkts 26            output pkts 28           in bytes 7326
  out bytes 8016           dropped pkts 3           in pkts dropped 3
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 22        out bcast bytes 7392
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:25:05, last time pvc status changed 00:19:55

R2:

SH FRAMe-relay MAp
Serial1/0.201 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 201(0xC9,0x3090), broadcast
          status defined, active
Serial1/0.701 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 701(0x2BD,0xACD0), broadcast
          status defined, active

SH FRAMe-relay LMi

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Sent 140              Num Status msgs Rcvd 141
  Num Update Status Rcvd 0              Num Status Timeouts 0
  Last Full Status Req 00:00:27         Last Full Status Rcvd 00:00:27

SH FRaMe-relay Pvc

PVC Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE)

              Active     Inactive      Deleted       Static
  Local          2            0            0            0
  Switched       0            0            0            0
  Unused         0            0            0            0

DLCI = 201, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.201

  input pkts 46            output pkts 44           in bytes 10780
  out bytes 10099          dropped pkts 0           in pkts dropped 0
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 24        out bcast bytes 8019
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:23:51, last time pvc status changed 00:23:51

DLCI = 701, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.701


  input pkts 47            output pkts 46           in bytes 10224
  out bytes 9888           dropped pkts 1           in pkts dropped 1
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 22        out bcast bytes 7392
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:21:22, last time pvc status changed 00:19:53

R3:

Sh frame-relay map
Serial1/0.107 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 107(0x6B,0x18B0), broadcast
          status defined, active
Serial1/0.301 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 301(0x12D,0x48D0), broadcast
          status defined, active

SH FRAMe-relay LMi

LMI Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE) LMI TYPE = CISCO
  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
  Num Status Enq. Sent 139              Num Status msgs Rcvd 139
  Num Update Status Rcvd 0              Num Status Timeouts 0
  Last Full Status Req 00:00:16         Last Full Status Rcvd 00:00:16

sh frame-relay pvc

PVC Statistics for interface Serial1/0 (Frame Relay DTE)

              Active     Inactive      Deleted       Static
  Local          2            0            0            0
  Switched       0            0            0            0
  Unused         0            0            0            0

DLCI = 107, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.107

  input pkts 47            output pkts 55           in bytes 10224
  out bytes 11520          dropped pkts 0           in pkts dropped 0
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 25        out bcast bytes 8400
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:22:23, last time pvc status changed 00:20:53

DLCI = 301, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1/0.301

  input pkts 32            output pkts 33           in bytes 9360
  out bytes 8750           dropped pkts 0           in pkts dropped 0
  out pkts dropped 0                out bytes dropped 0
  in FECN pkts 0           in BECN pkts 0           out FECN pkts 0
  out BECN pkts 0          in DE pkts 0             out DE pkts 0
  out bcast pkts 23        out bcast bytes 7710
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  pvc create time 00:23:44, last time pvc status changed 00:23:44


Ping directly connected neighbor for connectivity:

R1#ping 10.0.0.2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.0.0.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 140/176/240 ms

R1#ping 10.32.0.2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.32.0.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 144/185/232 ms
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R2#PING 10.64.0.1

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.64.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 140/172/188 ms

R2#PING 10.32.0.1

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.32.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 140/192/236 ms
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R3#PING 10.0.0.1

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.0.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 164/201/220 ms

R3#PING 10.64.0.2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.64.0.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 136/166/192 ms

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