CLI Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 450
User Guidelines
Refer to IEEE 802.1ag for an explanation of maintenance association levels.
Typically, this value is assigned by the top level network service provider.
Example
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)# ethernet cfm mip level 7
ping ethernet cfm
Use the ping ethernet cfm command to generate a loopback message (LBM)
from the configured MEP.
Syntax
ping ethernet cfm {mac mac-addr| remote-mpid 1-8191} {domain domain
name | level 0-7} vlan vlan-id mpid 1-8191 [count 1-255]
• level—Maintenance association level
• mac-addr— The destination MAC address for which the connectivity needs to
be verified. Either MEP ID or the MAC address option can be used.
• remote-mpid— The MEP ID for which connectivity is to be verified; i.e. the
destination MEP ID.
• domain— Name of the maintenance domain (an alphanumeric string of up to
43 characters in length).
• vlan-id— A VLAN associated with the maintenance domain. Range: 1-4093.
• mpid— The MEP ID from which the loopback message needs to be
transmitted.
• count— The number of LBMs to be transmitted. The default number is 1.
Default Configuration
By default, this command will transmit one loopback message with a time-out
of five seconds.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec