5.2 Configuring Frame Relay  
  5.2.7 Troubleshooting the Frame Relay configuration  

Use the debug frame-relay lmi command to determine whether the router and the Frame Relay switch are sending and receiving LMI packets properly. The “out” is an LMI status message sent by the router. The “in” is a message received from the Frame Relay switch. “type 0” is a full LMI status message. “type 1” is an LMI exchange. The “dlci 100, status 0x2” means that the status of DLCI 100 is active. The possible values of the status field are as follows:

  • 0x0 – Added/inactive means that the switch has this DLCI programmed but for some reason it is not usable. The reason could possibly be the other end of the PVC is down.
  • 0x2 – Added/active means the Frame Relay switch has the DLCI and everything is operational.
  • 0x4 – Deleted means that the Frame Relay switch does not have this DLCI programmed for the router, but that it was programmed at some point in the past. This could also be caused by the DLCIs being reversed on the router, or by the PVC being deleted by the service provider in the Frame Relay cloud.

 

Lab Activity

e-Lab Activity: Frame Relay Configuration

In this activity, the student will work through several tasks for configuring basic Frame Relay.

   
 

Web Links

Troubleshooting Frame Relay

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/125/ 25.html#25-A