Specifications

Multiprotocol Label Switching Commands
connect (Frame Relay)
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Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Command Reference
January 2010
connect (Frame Relay)
To define connections between Frame Relay permanent virtual circuits (PVCs), use the connect
command in global configuration mode. To remove connections, use the no form of this command.
connect c
onnection-name interface dlci {interface dlci | l2transport}
no connect c
onnection-name interface dlci {interface dlci | l2transport}
Syntax Description
Defaults No default behavior or values
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines When Frame Relay switching is enabled, the co
nnect command creates switched PVCs in Frame Relay
networks.
Examples The following example shows how to define a connection called “frompls1” with DLCI 100 on serial
in
terface 5/0.
connect frompls1 Serial5/0 100 l2transport
connection-name A name for this connection.
interface Interface on which a PVC connection will be defined.
dlci Data-link connection identifier (DLCI) number of the PVC that will be
con
nected.
l2transport Specifies that the PVC will not be a locally switched PVC, but will be
t
unneled over the backbone network.
Release Modification
12.1(2)T This command was introduced.
12.0(23)S The l
2transport keyword was added.
12.2(14)S This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(14)S.
12.2(15)T This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)T.
12.2(33)SRA This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA.
12.2SX This command is supported in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX train. Support
i
n a specific 12.2SX release of this train depends on your feature set,
platform, and platform hardware.