Transmitting Link Trace Messages; Configuring Remote Maintenance End Points - Edge-Core ECS4810-12M Layer 2 Management Manual

Figure 275: Configuring Remote Maintenance End Points
To show the configured remote maintenance end points:
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Figure 276: Showing Remote Maintenance End Points
Use the Administration > CFM (Transmit Link Trace) page to transmit link
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trace messages (LTMs). These messages can isolate connectivity faults by
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tracing the path through a network to the designated target node (i.e., a
remote maintenance end point).
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Click Administration, CFM.
Select Configure MEP from the Step list.
Select Show from the Action list.
Select an entry from MD Index and MA Index.
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"CFM Commands" on page 1093
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LTMs can be targeted to MEPs, not MIPs. Before sending a link trace
message, be sure you have configured the target MEP for the specified
MA (see "Configuring Remote Maintenance End
LTMs are sent as multicast CFM frames, and forwarded from MIP to MIP,
with each MIP generating a link trace reply, up to the point at which the
LTM reaches its destination or can no longer be forwarded.
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