Administrator Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 438
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 in Privileged Exec mode 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
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