Enabling Other Pe Devices To Transport Frame Relay Packets - Cisco 10000-2P2-2DC Software Configuration Manual

Configuration Tasks for L2VPN

Enabling Other PE Devices to Transport Frame Relay Packets

You can configure an interface as a data terminal equipment (DTE) device or a data circuit-terminating
equipment (DCE) switch, or as a switch connected to a switch with network-to-network interface (NNI)
connections. Use the following command in interface configuration mode:
frame-relay intf-type [dce | dte | nni]
The following table explains the keywords:
Keyword
dce
dte
nni
Local Management Interface and Frame Relay over MPLS
Local Management Interface (LMI) is a protocol that communicates status information about permanent
virtual circuits (PVCs). When a PVC is added, deleted, or changed, the LMI notifies the endpoint of the
status change. LMI also provides a polling mechanism that verifies that a link is up.
LMI Process
To determine the PVC status, LMI checks that a PVC is available from the reporting device to the Frame
Relay end-user device. If a PVC is available, LMI reports that the status is "Active," which means that
all interfaces, line protocols, and core segments are operational between the reporting device and the
Frame Relay end-user device. If any of those components is not available, the LMI reports a status of
"Inactive."
Only the DCE and NNI interface types can report LMI status.
Note
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The LMI protocol behavior depends on DLCI-to-DLCI connections versus port-to-port connections.
Cisco 10000 Series Router Software Configuration Guide
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Description
Enables the router or access server to function as a switch connected to a router.
Enables the router or access server to function as a DTE device. DTE is the default.
Enables the router or access server to function as a switch connected to a switch.
is a sample topology that illustrates how LMI works.
Sample LMI Topology
PE1
20-6, note the following:
CE1 and PE1 and PE2 and CE2 are Frame Relay LMI peers.
CE1 and CE2 can be Frame Relay switches or end-user devices.
Each Frame Relay PVC is composed of multiple segments.
The DLCI value is local to each segment and is changed as traffic is switched from segment to
segment. Two Frame Relay PVC segments exist in
the other is between PE2 and CE2.
P PE2
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CE2
20-6; one is between PE1 and CE1 and
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