Frame Relay offers a cost-effective solution for SNA and multiprotocol network consolidation. Cisco Systems has been a leader in Frame Relay for more than ten years and offers a number of products and technologies to provide best-of-breed support for SNA over Frame Relay. Key among Cisco's offerings are native transport of SNA in RFC 1490, Data-Link Switching Lite, Frame Relay access devices (FRADs), LAN FRADs, and Frame Relay traffic shaping.

Overviews

• Cisco 2501CF and Cisco 2502CF CFRADs

White Papers

• SNA over Frame Relay Design and Implementation Guide
  Provides information about designing networks that transport SNA protocols over Frame Relay using an IP backbone (PDF version)

• SNA over Frame Relay Design and Implementation Guide
  Provides information about designing networks that transport SNA protocols over Frame Relay using an IP backbone