User manual

Nortel Secure Router 8000 Series
Configuration -WAN Access 8 Frame relay configuration
Issue 5.3 (
30 March 2009) Nortel Networks Inc. 8-25
NOTE
You cannot configure the fr dlci-switch command in the sub-interface view. You cannot specify the
outgoing interface command as a sub-interface.
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Run the interface interface-type interface-number command to enter the FR interface
view.
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Run the interface mfr interface-number command to enter the MFR interface view.
Step 3 Run:
fr dlci-switch in-dlci interface interface-type interface-number dlci out-dlci
Run the fr dlci-switch command on both inbound and outbound interfaces used for FR
switching. You must not make the inbound interface and the outbound interface as the same
interface. Otherwise, PVC switching does not take effect.
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8.6.3 Configuring the PVC used for frame relay switching
Do as follows on the routers:
Step 1 Run:
system-view
The system view appears.
Step 2 Run:
fr switching
The command enables FR switching.
Step 3 Run:
fr switch name [ interface interface-type interface-number dlci dlci1 interface
interface-type interface-number dlci dlci2 ]
The command configures the PVC used for FR switching.
Run the shutdown/undo shutdown command on the frame relay switching view to control
the PVC status and then to affect the routing table. If you configure the static address mapping,
you cannot successfully configure the PVC switching.
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8.6.4 Checking the configuration
Run the following commands to check the previous configuration.
Action Command
Check information about FR
switching.
display fr dlci-switch [ interface interface-type
interface-number ]
Check the FR PVC statistics. display fr switch-table [ all | name pvc-name ]