Encap (Pvc) - Cisco ASR 9000 Series Command Reference Manual

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Frame Relay Commands on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router

encap (PVC)

To change the encapsulation for a Frame Relay permanent virtual circuit (PVC), use the encap command in

Frame Relay PVC configuration mode. To restore default encapsulation from the Frame Relay main interface,

use the no form of this command.

encap {cisco| ietf}

no encap {cisco| ietf}

Syntax Description

Command Default

The default encapsulation keyword is Cisco.

When this command is not configured, encapsulation is inherited from the Frame Relay main interface.

Command Modes

Frame Relay PVC configuration (config-fr-vc)

Command History

Release 4.0.0

Usage Guidelines

Use the encap command to configure encapsulation for a Frame Relay PVC. If this command is not configured,

encapsulation is inherited from the Frame Relay subinterface.

This command is available on Packet-over-SONET/SDH (POS), serial, and multilink interfaces.

(Optional) Uses Cisco encapsulation, which is a 4-byte header, with 2 bytes to identify the

data-link connection identifier (DLCI) and 2 bytes to identify the packet type.

(Optional) Sets the encapsulation method to comply with the Internet Engineering Task Force

(IETF) standard (RFC 1490). Use this keyword when connecting to equipment that belongs

to a vendor other than Cisco across a Frame Relay network.

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Interface and Hardware Component Command Reference,

Modification

This command was introduced.

Release 5.3.x

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