CCNA 5.0
Planning Guide
Chapter 4: Frame Relay
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Chapter 4: Objectives
 Describe the fundamental concepts of Frame Relay technology,
including operation, implementation requirements, maps, and
Local Management Interface (LMI) operation.
 Configure a basic Frame Relay permanent virtual circuit (PVC),
including configuring and troubleshooting Frame Relay on a router
serial interface and configuring a static Frame Relay map.
 Describe advanced concepts of Frame Relay technology, including
subinterfaces, bandwidth, and flow control.
 Configure an advanced Frame Relay PVC, including solving
reachability issues, configuring subinterfaces, and verifying and
troubleshooting a Frame Relay configuration.
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Chapter 4: Overview
 An alternative to dedicated, expensive, leased WAN lines is Frame
Relay. Frame Relay is a high-performance WAN protocol that
operates at the physical and data link layers of the OSI reference
model.
 Although broadband services have reduced the need for Frame
Relay in many locations, it is used by many businesses and in rural
areas. Frame Relay provides a cost-effective solution for
communications between multiple remote sites by using a single
access circuit from each site to the provider.
 This chapter introduces Frame Relay fundamental and advanced
concepts, configuration, verification, and troubleshooting tasks.
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Chapter 4: Activities
What activities are associated with this chapter?
 4.0.1.2 Class Activity – Emerging WAN Technologies
 4.1.1.5 Activity – Identify Frame Relay Terminology and Concepts
 4.1.2.10 Activity – Map the Virtual Circuit to the Port Number
 4.1.2.11 Activity – Match Frame Relay Fields to the Definition
 4.1.2.12 Activity – Identify LMI Terminology and Concepts
 4.1.3.5 Activity – Identify Frame Relay Bandwidth and Flow Control
Terminology
 4.2.1.4 Packet Tracer – Configuring Static Frame Relay Maps
 4.2.2.5 Activity – Identify Frame Relay Bandwidth and Flow Control
Terminology
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Chapter 4: Activities (cont.)
What activities are associated with this chapter?
 4.2.2.6 Packet Tracer – Configure Frame Relay Point to Point
Subinterfaces
 4.2.2.7 Lab – Configure Frame Relay and Subinterfaces
 4.3.1.6 Lab – Troubleshooting Basic Frame Relay
 4.4.1.1 Class Activity – Frame-Relay Budget Proposal
 4.4.1.2 Packet Tracer – Skills Integration Challenge
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Chapter 4: Packet Tracer Activity Password
The password for all the Packet Tracer activities in this chapter is:
PT_ccna5
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Chapter 4: Assessment
 Students should complete Chapter 4 Exam after completing
Chapter 4.
 Worksheets, labs and quizzes can be used to informally assess
student progress.
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Chapter 4: New Terms
What terms are introduced in this chapter?
4.1.1.1
4.1.1.2
4.1.1.3
4.1.1.4
4.1.2.1
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Frame Relay
Leased Lines
X.25 Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
CPE Router
Broadband Services
Ethernet WAN (Point to point Ethernet Service Over Fiber-optic Cable)
MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching)
Central Office (CO)
Local Loop
Fractional T1
Multiplexer
Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs)
Data-link Connection Identifier (DLCI)
Virtual Circuit (VC)
Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC)
Local Significance
Locally Significant DLCIs
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Chapter 4: New Terms (cont.)
What terms are introduced in this chapter?
4.1.2.2
Statistically Multiplexed
4.1.2.3
Link Access Procedure For Frame Relay (LAPF)
Extended Address (EA)
C/R
Congestion Control
Star Topology (Hub And Spoke)
4.1.2.4
4.1.2.5
4.1.2.6
4.1.2.7
4.1.2.8
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Full Mesh Topology
Partial Mesh Topology
Inverse ARP
Inverse Neighbor Discovery (IND)
Dynamic Mapping
Static Frame Relay Mapping
Local Management Interface (LMI)
VC Status Messages
Multicasting
Global Addressing
Simple Flow Control
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Chapter 4: New Terms (cont.)
What terms are introduced in this chapter?
4.1.3.1
4.1.3.2
4.1.3.3
4.1.3.4
4.2.1.2
4.2.2.2
4.3.1.4
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Access Rate
Committed Information Rate (CIR)
Discard Eligibility (DE) Bit
Oversubscription
Burst
Committed Burst Size (Bc)
Excess Burst Size (Be)
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (FECN)
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (BECN)
Nonbroadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) Network
Frame Relay Subinterface
Point to Point
Multipoint
ACTIVE
INACTIVE
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Chapter 4: Best Practices
Prior to teaching Chapter 4, the instructor should:
 Complete Chapter 4, “Assessment.”
 Emphasize that while Frame Relay might not be as popular as it was
in the past, its basic concepts are used in other WAN technologies.
 Stress that DLCIs normally have local significance only.
 Urge students to use the best practice of using subinterfaces for
multiple DLCIs on the same physical serial interface.
 If using a router as a Frame Relay switch, make sure that students
understand that this is only for a lab environment. They will not find
routers being used this way in the field.
 If you access to an AdTran 550 (it is a Frame Relay test box and
provides other WAN functions), it operates closer to how Frame
Relay circuits operates in the field. It is a good piece of additional lab
equipment for teaching WAN technologies.
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Chapter 4: Additional Help
 For additional help with teaching strategies, including lesson plans,
analogies for difficult concepts, and discussion topics, visit the
CCNA Community at http://community.netacad.net/web/ccna/files.
 If you have lesson plans or resources that you would like to share,
upload them to the CCNA Community to help other instructors.
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Chapter 4: Topics Not in ICND2 200-101
 This section lists topics covered by this chapter that are NOT listed
in the ICND2 200-101 Blueprint. Those topics are posted at
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/exams/list/icnd2b.html.
 Instructors could skip these sections; however, they should provide
additional information and fundamental concepts to assist the
student with the topic.
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Chapter 4: Topics Not in ICND2 200-101
What sections of this chapter are NOT in the ICND2 200-101
certification blueprint?
All sections are in ICND2 200-101.
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