Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 904)

Adding a Virtual Circuit
Page 29-32
Adding a Virtual Circuit
Data virtual circuits and their DLCI s are normally learned through status messages with the
Frame Relay network. However, it may be convenient to pre-configure these virtual circuits
before connecting to a live network. In such a case you will need to use the
fradd command
to set parameters for the virtual circuit. The information for the virtual circuit will be stored in
the
WSX database. This method of configuration is different than using the frmodify command,
which changes virtual circuit parameters after the circuit has been learned from the network
or configured through
fradd .
To set up a data virtual circuit, enter the following command
fradd <slot>/<port>/<DLCI>
where <slot> is the slot number where the WSX board is located, <port> is the port number on
the WSX board, and <DLCI> is the number used to identify the virtual circuit that you want to
add. For example, if you wanted to add DLCI 32 on Port number 1 of the WSX board in slot 2,
you would enter
fradd 2/1/32
or
fra 2/1/32
A screen similar to the following displays:
Adding Frame Relay port for Slot: 2, Port: 1 Dlci: 32.
1) Administrative State ..................................................... = UP
{(U)p, (D)own}
2) Committed Information Rate (CIR) in BPS ..................... = 0
{0 through line speed in BPS}
3) Committed Burst Rate (Bc) in bits ................................ = 0
{0 through positive number in bits}
4) Excess Burst Rate (Be) in bits ...................................... = 0
{0 through positive number in bits}
5) Compression Administrative Status .............................. = Enabled
{(E)nabled, (D)isabled}
6) Compression PRetry Time ............................................ = 3
{1..10}
7) Compression PRetry Count .......................................... = 10
{3..255}
8) Fragmentation Interleaving ............................................= Disable
{(E)nabled, (D)isabled}
Enter the value for each parameter after the colon prompt (:). An additional field, DLCI
Number , is displayed if you do not specify a DLCI number in the fradd command. The remain-
ing parameters are the same ones used for the frmodify command. See Modifying a Virtual
Circuit on page 29-29 for information on each of these parameters.
When you have entered values in all fields, the following prompt displays
Do you want to configure additional DLCIs? {(Y)es, (N)o}
Enter a Y to set up additional virtual circuits or enter N to exit the fradd command. If you
enter Y , then you are prompted for all virtual circuit parameters again.