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Cisco MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator Installation and Configuration
Release 1.1.31, Part Number 78-11215-03 Rev. B0, May 2001
Chapter 6 Card and Service Configuration
Configuring Frame Relay Service
Eight-Port FRSM Features
The specific features are:
• Up to 1000 user-connections.
• Fractional FRSMs support a single 56 Kbps or multiple 64 Kbps user-ports (FR-UNI, FR-NNI,
FUNI, and Frame forwarding) per T1 or E1 line.
• Channelized FRSMs (AX-FRSM-8T1-C and AX-FRSM-8E1-C) support multiple 56 Kbps or N x
64 Kbps user-ports per line up to the physical line bandwidth limit.
• Bulk distribution for T1 only through the MGX-SRM-3T3. See the “Service Resource Module”
section in this chapter.
• Redundancy support: the MGX-SRM-3T3 can provide 1:N redundancy for T1 or E1 operation if the
FRSM uses an SMB-8E1 back card.
• Supports OAM Loopback non intrusive test
• Supports zero CIR service
• Standard ABR (TM 4.0 compliant)
• Class of Service (COS) mapping
Configuring Frame Relay Service
This section first describes how to configure the FRSM card, lines, and ports, then describes how to add
connections. The descriptions are for the CLI execution of the tasks.
Note FRSM card, lines, and ports can also be configured using the CiscoView application. Refer to the
CiscoView documentation for the directions.
Note The easiest way to add connections is by using the Cisco WAN Manager application. For full details
of how to set up a connection through the WAN Manager GUI, refer to the Cisco WAN Manager
Operations manual.
This section contains information on the following:
• Configuring the FRSM Cards, Lines, and Ports, page 6-28
• Adding a Frame Relay Connection, page 6-31
• Establishing the BPX 8600-to-BPX 8600 Series Segment, page 6-36
• Test Commands for the FRSMs, page 6-36
• Support for Alarm Reporting, page 6-37
• Bit Error Rate Testing on an Unchannelized T3 or E3 FRSM, page 6-37
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