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Ethernet cfm domain – Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Configuration Guide (Supporting R2.2.0.0) User Manual

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CFM Commands

ethernet cfm domain

This command defines a CFM maintenance domain, sets the authorized maintenance level, and
enters CFM configuration mode. Use the no form to delete a CFM maintenance domain.

Syntax

ethernet cfm domain index index name domain-name level level-id [mip-creation type]

no ethernet cfm domain index index

index – Domain index. (Range: 1-65535)

domain-name – Domain name. (Range: 1-43 alphanumeric characters)

level-id – Authorized maintenance level for this domain. (Range: 0-7)

type – Specifies the CFM protocol’s creation method for maintenance intermediate points
(MIPs) in this domain:

default – MIPs can be created for any maintenance association (MA) configured in this
domain on any bridge port through which the MA’s VID can pass.

explicit – MIPs can be created for any MA configured in this domain only on bridge
ports through which the MA’s VID can pass, and only if a maintenance end point (MEP)
is created at some lower MA Level.

none – No MIP can be created for any MA configured in this domain.

Default Setting
No maintenance domains are configured.
No MIPs are created for any MA in the specified domain.

Command Mode
Global Configuration

Command Usage

A domain can only be configured with one name.

Where domains are nested, an upper-level hierarchical domain must have a higher
maintenance level than the ones it encompasses. The higher to lower level domain types
commonly include entities such as customer, service provider, and operator.

More than one domain can be configured at the same maintenance level, but a single domain
can only be configured with one maintenance level.

If MEPs or MAs are configured for a domain using the

ethernet cfm mep

command or

ma index

name

command, they must first be removed before you can remove the domain.

Maintenance domains are designed to provide a transparent method of verifying and resolving
connectivity problems for end-to-end connections. By default, these connections run between
the domain service access points (DSAPs) within each MA defined for a domain, and are
manually configured using the

ethernet cfm mep

command.

In contrast, MIPs are interconnection points that make up all possible paths between the
DSAPs within an MA. MIPs are automatically generated by the CFM protocol when the
mip-creation option in this command is set to “default” or “explicit,” and the MIP creation state
machine is invoked (as defined in IEEE 802.1ag). The default option allows MIPs to be created