DLCI
DLCI
Dlci pvc
to create a mapping of DLCI to Layer 3 addresses that belong to remote peers
When the router wants to send traffic to an IP address across a Frame Relay link, it needs to tell the frame switch which PVC the traffic should traverse. A frame switch drops any traffic it receives that has no DLCI in the header, because it has no way of determining how to route the data.
Frame Relay is a WAN (Wide Area Network) encapsulation protocol. It is considered a Multi-Access-Non-Broadcast medium. Each router has a DLCI number that will uniquely identify a specific route, however that DLCI is locally significant only. Data from your router will be sent into the Frame-Relay cloud, there the frames are switched (OSI layer 2). The path traveled is only there when it is needed. Your Service Provider might be switching towards MPLS though.
Virtual Circuit is Created. Each circuit is known by its DLCI. i.e. Data Link Connection Identifier.
To set the source Data-Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) for use when the Local Management Interface (LMI) is not supported, use the frame-relay local-dlci command in interface configuration mode. To remove the DLCI number, use the noform of this command.
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There are various differences between X.25 and Frame Relay. The most significant are: 1. Call Control X.25 connection establishment and release (call control) use in-band signaling within the same virtual channel used for user data transmission causing additional overhead. Frame Relay call control uses separate virtual channels identified by reserved DLCI using the LMI (Local Management Interface) protocol. 2. Routing vs. Switching X.25 performs packet switching on OSI layer 3 (network layer); Frame Relay performs packet switching on OSI layer 2 (data-link). Frame Relay does not use any layer 3 protocol. 3. Flow Control Frame Relay (FR) doesn't perform flow control between frame handlers (FR routers). X.25 routers have to acknowledge each frame; in case of frame errors frames have to be retransmitted and acknowledged. Frame Relay relies on flow control performed by higher layer protocols.Source: http://www.synapse.de/ban/HTML/P_LAYER2/Eng/P_lay264.html
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Frame Relay is a packet-switching technology. It works by sending information in packets, which are called frames, through a shared frame-relay network.