Specifications

Preface

This redbook will help you to design, install and implement a voice over frame

relay (VoFR) network environment with 2212s and 9783s.

This redbook gives a broad understanding of a new networking architecture,

VoFR.

Some knowledge of voice, telephony, frame relay and wide area networking is

assumed.

The Team That Wrote This Redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world

working at the International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center.

Donna Fox is an Advisory Networking Specialist at the International Technical

Support Organization, Raleigh Center. She writes technical documentation and

teaches IBM classes worldwide on solutions that integrate voice and data.

Kazunari Suzuki has worked for IBM for 15 years. He is an Advisory I/T Specialist

working for the Marketing and Channel Development Network Systems at IBM

Japan. He has seven years of experience supporting IBM networking hardware

products, focusing on TCP/IP and SNA connectivity. His areas of expertise also

include MVS, RACF, CICS and DB2. He helped write TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical

Overview Six Edition published by Prentice Hall.

B. Venkatesh is a I/T Specialist for Networking in IBM India. He has 7 years of

experience in networking and networking operating systems field. He has worked

at IBM for two years. His areas of expertise include routers, multiplexers, layer 3

switches, X.25, frame relay, ISDN and ATM.

Thanks to the following people for their invaluable contributions to this project:

Marco Pistoia, The Editing Team

International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Hugh Howard, Lori Sarem

IBM Networking System Center, Gaithersburg MD

Bob Chapman

IBM Networking Hardware Division

Lynda Linney

Product Introduction Solutions Consultancy (PISC )

Nuera Technical Assistance Center and Systems Engineering

Nuera Communications Inc.

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