Cyclades PR1000 User Manual

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Chapter 8 - Data-Link Protocols (Encapsulation)

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Parameter

Description

Encapsulation
Type

RFC1490 - IETF

is the standard used by most equipment. The

Cisco

option should be used

when the PR is communicating with a router configured to use the default Cisco standard.

SNAP IP

Indicates that the Sub-Network Access Protocol should be used. The router on the sending
end must be using the same header type (NLPID or SNAP) as the router on the receiving
end. See the CyROS Reference Guide for more information.

LMI

Selects the Local Management Interface specification to be used.

ANSI

,

Group of Four

(defined by the vendors that first implemented Frame Relay),

Q933a

(defined by ITU-T), and

None

(used for a dedicated FR connection without a network).

T391

Interval between the LMI Status Enquiry messages.

N391

Full Status Polling Counter. Full Status Enquiry messages are sent every N391-th LMI Status
Enquiry message.

N392

Error Threshold. The network counts how many events occur within a given period and
considers an interface inactive when the number of events exceeds a threshold.

N393

is the

number of events to be considered and N392 the number of errors within this period. If

N392

of the last

N393

events are errors, the interface is deemed inactive. A successful event is the

receipt of a valid Status Enquiry message

N393

Monitored Events Count. See the description of

N392

. This value must be larger than N392.

Bandwidth
Reservation

Enables traffic control per DLCI. Traffic control options appear in the Add DLCI Menu.

Voice Over
This Link

Enables the Voice over Frame Relay application.

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