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802.1ag

802.1ag is available on the S5000 switch.

Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) is a set of tools used to install, monitor,

troubleshoot, and manage Ethernet infrastructure deployments. Ethernet OAM consists of three main

areas:

1. Service Layer OAM: IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)

2. Link Layer OAM: IEEE 802.3ah OAM

3. Ethernet Local management Interface (MEF-16 E-LMI)

This chapter contains the following major sections:

• Ethernet CFM

• Maintenance Domains

• Maintenance Points

• Maintenance End Points

• Implementation Information

• Configuring CFM

• Enabling Ethernet CFM

• Creating a Maintenance Domain

• Creating a Maintenance Association

• Creating Maintenance Points

• Continuity Check Messages

• Loopback Message and Response

• Linktrace Message and Response

• Enabling CFM SNMP Traps

• Displaying Ethernet CFM Statistics