Frame Relay

This section discusses issues surrounding the management of Frame Relay on Cisco routers.

How Can I Measure the Number of Frame Relay Drops that Occur?

Tracking Frame Relay drops allows you to monitor speed mismatch congestion on the router DTE output queue. Keep in mind that there is no way to track drops in the service provider network.

From CISCO-FRAME-RELAY-MIB, CfrCircuitDropPktsOuts indicates the number of drops on a given Frame Relay circuit.

For more information, please see “MIBs to Monitor for Packet Discards” in Chapter 16, “Monitoring WAN Technologies—Frame Relay.”

How Do I Measure Frame Relay Circuit Utilization?

Tracking Frame Relay DLCI utilization is similar to tracking the utilization for other types of interfaces ...

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