Reference Guide

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Enable Ethernet CFM
Create a Maintenance Domain
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) divides a network into hierarchical maintenance domains, as
shown in the illustration in Maintenance Domains.
Create a Maintenance Association
A Maintenance Association MA is a subdivision of an MD that contains all managed entities
corresponding to a single end-to-end service, typically a VLAN. An MA is associated with a VLAN ID.
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Spawn the CFM process. No CFM configuration is
allowed until the CFM process is spawned.
ethernet cfm
CONFIGURATION
Disable Ethernet CFM without stopping the CFM
process.
disable
ETHERNET CFM
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Create maintenance domain. domain name md-level number
Range: 0-7
ETHERNET CFM
2 Display maintenance domain information. show ethernet cfm domain [name |
brief]
EXEC Privilege
FTOS# show ethernet cfm domain
Domain Name: customer
Level: 7
Total Service: 1
Services
MA-Name VLAN CC-Int X-CHK Status
My_MA 200 10s enabled
Domain Name: praveen
Level: 6
Total Service: 1
Services
MA-Name VLAN CC-Int X-CHK Status
Your_MA 100 10s enabled
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Create maintenance association. service name vlan vlan-id ECFM DOMAIN