Users Guide

Configure Up-MEPs on ingress ports, ports that send traffic towards the bridge relay. Configure Down-MEPs
on egress ports, ports that send traffic away from the bridge relay.
Figure 5. Maintenance End Points
Implementation Information
Because the S5000 has a single MAC address for all physical/LAG interfaces, only one MEP is allowed per MA
(per VLAN or per MD level).
Configuring the CFM
To configure the CFM, follow these steps:
1 Configure the ecfmacl CAM region using the cam-acl command. Refer to Configure Ingress ACLs.
2 Enabling Ethernet CFM
3 Creating a Maintenance Domain
4 Creating a Maintenance Association
5 Create Maintenance Points
6 Use CFM tools:
a Continuity Check Messages
b Sending Loopback Messages and Responses
c Sending Linktrace Messages and Responses
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