Re: [nsp] Frame-relay CIR

From: Alexandros Sichlimiris (alexandross@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 06:20:08 EDT


And also this one, which I believe is excellent for
explaining policing and shaping:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/12cgcr/qos_c/qcpart4/qcpolts.htm

Alex

--- Alexandros Sichlimiris <alexandross@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I think that you will also find this useful:
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/125/21.shtml
>
> Alex
> --- Stephen Sprunk <ssprunk@cisco.com> wrote:
> > Thus spake <francisv@dagupan.com>
> > > Our telco provided us with a frame-relay link
> with
> > a guaranteed
> > bandwidth
> > > of 128K that can burst up to 256K -- how does
> > information fit in my
> > > frame-relay map-class? (see my comments within
> the
> > map-class)
> > >
> > > map-class frame-relay mynet-to-hq
> > > no frame-relay adaptive-shaping
> >
> > If you're going to configure for bursting, you
> > should enable
> > "frame-relay adaptive-shaping becn"; otherwise you
> > won't respond to BECN
> > flags and will end up dropping lots of traffic.
> >
> > > frame-relay cir 256000
> > > ! Should the CIR value be set to 128000? If this
> > is set to 128K,
> > > ! will the link still burst to 256K?
> >
> > In the US, this should be the PIR (eg. 256k).
> > Outside the US, this
> > should be the contracted CIR (eg. 128k).
> >
> > The reason for this is non-US carriers rarely
> allow
> > actual bursting;
> > you're lucky if you get full CIR. In the US, you
> > can usually get PIR
> > 24x7 without problems.
> >
> > > frame-relay bc 2560
> > > ! How about the committed burst value? I'm also
> > running VoIP
> > > ! on this link
> >
> > cir/100 gives you Tc=10ms, which is fine for VoIP
> > networks.
> >
> > > frame-relay be 0
> >
> > I'd recommend Be=Bc*7.
> >
> > > frame-relay mincir 128000
> > > ! Is this necessary?
> >
> > It's not necessary since default is
> mincir=cir/2,but
> > I prefer to set it
> > explicitly rather than rely on defaults.
> >
> > > frame-relay fair-queue
> > > frame-relay fragment 320
> > > ! Where should I base my fragment value?
> >
> >
>
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/120newft
> > /120limit/120xg/120xg3/12xgvofr/vofr4.htm#41606
> >
> > The formula is F=P/800, where F is the fragment
> size
> > in bytes, and P is
> > the PIR (aka "frame-relay cir") in bps.
> >
> > > frame-relay ip rtp priority 16384 16383 45
> >
> > If you're running 12.1(3)T or later, I'd recommend
> > using LLQ instead of
> > RTP Priority (now deprecated) and matching on
> > precedence 5 traffic.
> >
> > S
> >
>
>
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