Configuring Frame Relay DLCI Prioritization
Configuring Frame Relay DLCI Prioritization
Data-link connection identifier (DLCI) prioritization is the process whereby different traffic types are placed upon separate DLCIs so that a Frame Relay network can provide a different committed information rate for each traffic type. It can be used in conjunction with either custom queuing or priority queuing to provide bandwidth management control over the access link to the Frame Relay network. In addition, some Frame Relay service providers and Frame Relay switches (such as the Stratacom Internetwork Packet Exchange [IPX], IGX and BPX or AXIS switches) actually provide prioritization within the Frame Relay cloud based on this priority setting.
Implementation Considerations
When implementing DLCI prioritization, please note the following points:
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If a secondary DLCI goes down, you lose traffic destined for that queue only.
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If you lose the primary DLCI, the subinterface goes down and you lose all traffic.
Network Diagram
In order to use this setup, you need to have four DLCIs for the side that will use the DLCI prioritization. In this example, we have configured Spicey for priority queueing as follows:
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Ping is in the high-priority queue.
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Telnet is in the medium-priority queue.
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is in the normal-priority queue.
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All other IP traffic is in the low-priority queue.
Note: Make sure you configure the DLCIs to correspond with the priority list, or the system will not use the correct queue.
Configurations
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Spicey
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Prasit
| Spicey |
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Spicey#show running-config Building configuration... Current configuration : 1955 bytes ! version 12.1 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec ! hostname Spicey ! ! interface Ethernet0 ip address 124.124.124.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial0 no ip address encapsulation frame-relay priority-group 1 ! interface Serial0.1 point-to-point ip address 4.0.1.1 255.255.255.0 frame-relay priority-dlci-group 1 140 180 190 200 frame-relay interface-dlci 140 ! router igrp 2 network 4.0.0.0 network 124.0.0.0 ! access-list 102 permit icmp any any priority-list 1 protocol ip high list 102 priority-list 1 protocol ip medium tcp telnet priority-list 1 protocol ip normal tcp ftp priority-list 1 protocol ip low ! line con 0 exec-timeout 0 0 transport input none line aux 0 line vty 0 4 login ! end |
| Prasit |
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Prasit#show running-config Building configuration... ! version 12.1 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec ! hostname Prasit ! ! ! interface Ethernet0 ip address 123.123.123.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial1 ip address 4.0.1.2 255.255.255.0 encapsulation frame-relay ! router igrp 2 network 4.0.0.0 network 123.0.0.0 ! line con 0 exec-timeout 0 0 transport input none line aux 0 line vty 0 4 login ! end |
Use the following show and debug commands to test that your network is operating properly. Before issuing debug commands, please see Important Information on Debug Commands.
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show frame-relay pvc
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show frame-relay map
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show queueing priority
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debug priority
The output shown below is a result of entering these commands on the devices we are using in this sample configuration.
Spicey
Spicey#show frame-relay pvc
PVC Statistics for interface Serial0 (Frame Relay DTE)
Active Inactive Deleted Static
Local 4 0 0 0
Switched 0 0 0 0
Unused 0 0 0 0
DLCI = 140, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial0.1
input pkts 106 output pkts 15 in bytes 6801
out bytes 1560 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
out bcast pkts 0 out bcast bytes 0
pvc create time 00:29:22, last time pvc status changed 00:20:37
Priority DLCI Group 1, DLCI 140 (HIGH), DLCI 180 (MEDIUM)
DLCI 190 (NORMAL), DLCI 200 (LOW)
DLCI = 180, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial0.1
input pkts 0 output pkts 51 in bytes 0
out bytes 2434 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
out bcast pkts 0 out bcast bytes 0
pvc create time 00:29:23, last time pvc status changed 00:14:48
DLCI = 190, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial0.1
input pkts 0 output pkts 13 in bytes 0
out bytes 3653 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
out bcast pkts 13 out bcast bytes 3653
pvc create time 00:29:23, last time pvc status changed 00:14:28
DLCI = 200, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial0.1
input pkts 0 output pkts 42 in bytes 0
out bytes 2554 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
out bcast pkts 10 out bcast bytes 500
pvc create time 00:29:24, last time pvc status changed 00:14:09
Spicey#show frame-relay map
Serial0.1 (up): point-to-point dlci, dlci 140(0x8C,0x20C0), broadcast
status defined, active
Priority DLCI Group 1, DLCI 140 (HIGH), DLCI 180 (MEDIUM)
DLCI 190 (NORMAL), DLCI 200 (LOW)
Spicey#show queueing priority
Current priority queue configuration:
List Queue Args
1 high protocol ip list 102
1 medium protocol ip tcp port telnet
1 normal protocol ip tcp port ftp
1 low protocol ip
To verify the priority queue, use the debug priority command.
Spicey#debug priority Priority output queueing debugging is on Spicey#ping 123.123.123.1 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 123.123.123.1, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 44/45/48 ms Spicey# *Mar 1 00:32:30.391: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.395: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.399: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0) *Mar 1 00:32:30.439: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.443: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.447: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0) *Mar 1 00:32:30.487: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.491: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.495: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0) *Mar 1 00:32:30.535: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.539: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.543: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0) *Mar 1 00:32:30.583: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.587: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=4.0.1.1, d=123.123.123.1) ->high *Mar 1 00:32:30.587: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)Spicey# Spicey#telnet 123.123.123.1 Trying 123.123.123.1 ... Open User Access Verification Password: *Mar 1 00:32:59.447: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.451: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.451: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 48/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.475: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.479: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.483: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.487: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.487: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.491: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 53/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.495: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.499: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.499: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.511: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.511: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.515: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 47/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.519: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.519: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.523: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 47/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.527: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.527: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.531: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 53/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.539: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.543: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.547: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 47/1) *Mar 1 00:32:59.751: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.755: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:32:59.755: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) Password:
Other IP traffic goes through the low queue.
Spicey# *Mar 1 00:53:57.079: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 13/0) *Mar 1 00:53:58.851: PQ: Serial0: ip -> low *Mar 1 00:53:58.907: PQ: Serial0: ip -> low *Mar 1 00:53:58.907: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 36/3) *Mar 1 00:53:59.459: PQ: Serial0: ip -> low *Mar 1 00:53:59.463: PQ: Serial0: ip -> low *Mar 1 00:53:59.463: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 50/3) Spicey#
Prasit
Prasit#show frame-relay pvc
PVC Statistics for interface Serial1 (Frame Relay DTE)
Active Inactive Deleted Static
Local 1 0 0 0
Switched 0 0 0 0
Unused 0 0 0 0
DLCI = 150, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = ACTIVE, INTERFACE = Serial1
input pkts 134 output pkts 119 in bytes 12029
out bytes 7801 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
out bcast pkts 18 out bcast bytes 1260
pvc create time 00:21:15, last time pvc status changed 00:21:15
Prasit#show frame-relay map
Serial1 (up): ip 4.0.1.1 dlci 150(0x96,0x2460), dynamic,
broadcast, status defined, active
Prasit#ping 124.124.124.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 124.124.124.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 44/45/48
Here is the debug output shown on Spicey when you use the command above to ping to Spicey from Prasit.
Spicey#
*Mar 1 00:33:26.755: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 13/0)
*Mar 1 00:33:28.535: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.539: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.543: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)
*Mar 1 00:33:28.583: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.587: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.587: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)
*Mar 1 00:33:28.631: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.635: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.635: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)
*Mar 1 00:33:28.679: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.683: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.683: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)
*Mar 1 00:33:28.723: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.727: PQ: Serial0: ip (s=124.124.124.1, d=4.0.1.2) ->high
*Mar 1 00:33:28.731: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 104/0)
Prasit#telnet 124.124.124.1
Trying 124.124.124.1 ... Open
User Access Verification
Password:
Spicey>exit
[Connection to 124.124.124.1 closed by foreign host]
Prasit#
Here is the debug output shown on Spicey when you use the command above to telnet to Spicey from Prasit.
Spicey# *Mar 1 00:33:54.499: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.499: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.503: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 48/1) *Mar 1 00:33:54.527: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.531: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.531: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 56/1) *Mar 1 00:33:54.547: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.551: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.555: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 86/1) *Mar 1 00:33:54.559: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.563: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.563: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 47/1) *Mar 1 00:33:54.571: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.575: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.575: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 47/1) *Mar 1 00:33:54.779: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.783: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:54.783: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:33:56.755: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 13/0) *Mar 1 00:33:57.143: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.143: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.147: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:33:57.447: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.447: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.451: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:33:57.899: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.899: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:57.903: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 53/1) *Mar 1 00:33:59.491: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.495: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.495: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 45/1) *Mar 1 00:33:59.711: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.715: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.715: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 45/1) *Mar 1 00:33:59.951: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.951: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:33:59.955: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 45/1) *Mar 1 00:34:00.123: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.123: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.127: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 45/1) *Mar 1 00:34:00.327: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.327: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.331: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 46/1) *Mar 1 00:34:00.495: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.499: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.499: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1) *Mar 1 00:34:00.543: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.543: PQ: Serial0: ip (tcp 23) -> medium *Mar 1 00:34:00.547: PQ: Serial0 output (Pk size/Q 44/1)