Enabling ATM OAM (Operations and Maintenance?) cells on the hub-site router lets you see when the remote Frame Relay PVC/DLCI goes down. Here's a sample:
interface ATM1/0.105 point-to-point description ATM PVC to FrameRelaySite mtu 1500 bandwidth 256 ip address 10.1.121.89 255.255.255.252 pvc r-framesitec261 1/105 vbr-nrt 512 512 100 no ilmi manage oam-pvc manage 3 > It is pretty much that simple. I have @ 130 frame circuits internetworked to > an ATM DS3. The only "problem" is that it seems to make troubleshooting a > little harder. There isn't much you can do to look at the other side > (without a modem attached to the remote router). For instance, when a remote > frame site goes down, there is no notification to the hub ATM site because > nothing changes on it's end. Everything always shows up/up. At least with > frame/frame you can do a show frame pvc and look at the DLCI status, etc., > > Martin Reilly wrote: > > > > I have a question I'd appreciate some advice with regarding ATM > > and > > Frame Relay interworking. > > > > I'm deploying a WAN using a telco that is providing "typical" > > frame > > relay ports over E1 links at ten remote offices. At the central > > site, > > where PVCs from the remote offices all come in, the telco is > > providing a > > 34Mb circuit, using ATM, to support the aggregated bandwidth > > that may be > > required. > > > > Now, I'm pretty familiar with frame relay (most of this setup is > > actually just migrating from one telco's frame service to > > another) and > > that part I have no problem with. But I'm a newbie to ATM > > (reading up on > > it at the moment). Looks like ATM to ATM isn't too dissimilar > > to frame. > > > > The telco says that the interworking should be "seamless", but > > are not > > terribly specific on details. Could it be as simple as pointing > > an ATM > > VC to a Frame PVC and letting the telco deal with the > > differences in the > > middle somewhere? I've never heard of this before, which > > worries me a > > bit! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54311&t=53414 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
