MLPoFR & FRTS

From: C Chan (cch.ccie@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2008 - 00:47:05 ART


Hi all experts,

Is it mandatory to turn on frame-relay shaping when running MLPoFR?

According to DocCD, the FRTS is prerequisite for MLPoFR, I am wondering the
rationale might relate to QoS topic it describes.

Practically, I tried the MLPoFR *without* enabling FRTS, it still works
fine. However, the router prompt me the following error message if I do not
enable FRTS.

Could anybody share his experience when dealing with MLPoFR? What is the
consequence if I do not turn on FRTS?

Regards,
CH

*Remark*
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(Using Multilink PPP over Frame Relay)
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/qos/configuration/guide/qslfifr.html#wp1064366,

12.3(22)
Router1#
*Mar 1 02:29:25.887: %FR-3-MLPOFR_ERROR: MLPoFR not configured properly on
Link Virtual-Access1 Bundle Multilink34 :Frame Relay traffic shaping must be
enabled
*Mar 1 02:29:25.899: %FR-3-MLPOFR_ERROR: MLPoFR not configured properly on
Link Virtual-Access2 Bundle Multilink34 :Frame Relay traffic shaping must be
enabled

12.4(18)
Router2#
*Mar 30 09:16:17.835: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Multilink35, changed state
to down
*Mar 30 09:16:17.911: %FR-3-MLPOFR_ERROR: MLPoFR not configured properly on
Link Virtual-Access1 Bundle Multilink35 :Frame Relay traffic shaping must be
enabled
*Mar 30 09:16:17.915: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Multilink35, changed state
to up
*Mar 30 09:16:17.923: %FR-3-MLPOFR_ERROR: MLPoFR not configured properly on
Link Virtual-Access2 Bundle Multilink35 :Frame Relay traffic shaping must be
enabled



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