Cisco Systems ME 3400 Setting Up and Configuring Ethernet OAM

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Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide

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Chapter 39 Configuring Ethernet OAM, CFM, and E-LMI

Setting Up and Configuring Ethernet OAM

Setting Up and Configuring Ethernet OAM

This section includes this information:

• Default Ethernet OAM Configuration, page 39-16

• Ethernet OAM Configuration Guidelines, page 39-16

• Enabling Ethernet OAM on an Interface, page 39-16

• Enabling Ethernet OAM Remote Loopback, page 39-17

• Configuring Ethernet OAM Link Monitoring, page 39-18

• Configuring Ethernet OAM Remote Failure Indications, page 39-21

• Configuring Ethernet OAM Templates, page 39-21

Ethernet OAM is disabled on all interfaces.

When Ethernet OAM is enabled on an interface, link monitoring is automatically turned on.

Remote loopback is disabled.

No Ethernet OAM templates are configured.

Follow these guidelines when configuring Ethernet OAM:

• The switch does not support monitoring of egress frames sent with cyclic redundancy code (CDC)

errors. The ethernet oam link-monitor transmit crc interface-configuration or

template-configuration commands are visible but are not supported on the switch. The commands

are accepted, but are not applied to an interface.

• For a remote failure indication, the switch does not generate Link Fault or Critical Event OAM

PDUs. However, if these PDUs are received from a link partner, they are processed. The switch

supports generating and receiving Dying Gasp OAM PDUs when Ethernet OAM is disabled, the

interface is shut down, the interface enters the error-disabled state, or the switch is reloading. It can

respond to, but not generate, Dying Gasp PDUs based on loss of power.

• The switch does not support Ethernet OAM on ports that belong to an EtherChannel.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable Ethernet OAM on an interface:

Command Purpose

Step 1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2 interface interface-id Define an interface to configure as an EOM interface, and

enter interface configuration mode.

Step 3 ethernet oam Enable Ethernet OAM on the interface.