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Figure 9.4. Point-<strong>to</strong>-point and point-<strong>to</strong>-multipoint FR<br />

<strong>to</strong>pologies.<br />

To support multi-PVC meshed and partially meshed FR implementations, IOS uses<br />

serial sub-interfaces <strong>to</strong> provide <strong>the</strong> Layer 3 and DCLI access points needed <strong>to</strong><br />

establish <strong>the</strong> "links" between <strong>the</strong> different remote end-point routers.<br />

NOTE<br />

Due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> "virtual" nature of packet-based transport <strong>network</strong>s (FR, X.25, and ATM),<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>network</strong> is often referred <strong>to</strong> as a cloud.<br />

Before you begin <strong>to</strong> establish serial sub-interfaces, you need <strong>to</strong> configure <strong>the</strong><br />

primary serial interface's encapsulation and LMI information. After <strong>the</strong> primary<br />

serial interface is configured, serial sub-interfaces can be established using <strong>the</strong>

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