Configuration Decisions

How you configure NetWare Link/Frame Relay beyond the most basic configuration depends on the following decisions:

• Interface speed required. The interface speed should support the type of applications that will be communicating with NetWare Link/Frame Relay.
• Physical interface required.
• Number of partner routers that will be connected by frame relay.

Setting Up and Using NetWare Link/Frame Relay

When you set up and use NetWare Link/Frame Relay, the following network service information is determined at subscription time, are statically configured before link activation, and are in effect on a per-virtual-circuit basis:

• Data-Link Connection Identifiers (DLCIs)---The PVC numbers that you need for data transfer. (One DLCI denotes one end of a virtual circuit; it takes two DLCIs to form one end-to-end virtual circuit.) The DLCI is also known as the virtual circuit number.
• Bc---The committed burst size, or the maximum number of data bits that a network agrees to transfer under normal conditions over a measured time interval.
• Be---The excess burst size, or the maximum number of uncommitted data bits that the network attempts to deliver over a measured time interval.
• CIR---The committed information rate, or the user information rate, in bits per second, at which the network agrees to transfer data on a particular virtual circuit under typical operating conditions.
• AR---The physical access rate of the user channel, in bits per second. The offered load to the frame relay network is bounded by this parameter.
• T---A measurement interval, or the time interval over which rates and burst sizes are measured.

For more information about NetWare Link/Frame Relay, refer to "Understanding."