Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 1603)

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802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
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1. Choose one of the following options:
• From the VPLS Manager dialog box, Views tab, choose one of the following options:
 Select a device from the VPLS Peer Status/VPLS Name/VCID list and click 802.1ag
CFM.
 Select the Peer Topology tab and right-click a device in the topology and select
802.1ag CFM.
• From the VLL Manager dialog box, Views tab, select an instance from the VLL Instances
table and click 802.1ag CFM.
• From the VLAN Manager dialog box - VLAN View or Product View, select a VLAN from list
and click 802.1ag CFM.
The Configure 802.1ag CFM dialog box displays.
2. Select the MEP for which you want to send a loopback message to a specific maintenance end
point (MEP) or maintenance intermediate point (MIP) in the domain in the Maintenance End
Points (MEP) table.
3. Click Loopback.
The 802.1ag CFM Loopback dialog box displays the product that contains the selected MEP,
the domain, the maintenance association, and the port number of the selected MEP.
4. Select the MEP for which you want to send a loopback message to a specific maintenance end
point (MEP) or maintenance intermediate point (MIP) in the domain in the Maintenance End
Points (MEP) table.
5. Click Loopback.
The 802.1ag CFM Loopback dialog box displays.
6. Select one of the following destination options:
• MEP ID — Select this option to send the loopback message to a MEP and enter the MEP ID
in the field. THe MEP ID value can be 1 through 8191.
• MIP — Select this option to send the loopback message to a MIP and enter the MAC
address for the MIP.
7. Enter a timeout value in seconds (from 1 through 30) in the Timeout field.
8. Enter the number of loopback messages to send in the Loopback Message Count field. The
loopback message count value can be from 1 through 1024.
9. Click Execute.
The status of the loopback message displays one of the following status types:
• Success (Messages_Sent/Messages_Received)
• Failed
10. Click Close on the 802.1ag CFM Loopback dialog box.
11. Click Close on the Configure 802.1ag CFM dialog box.
Sending a linktrace message
You can access 802.1ag CFM from the following features: