Procedure 16-4.11: Configure Maintenance Association End Point (MEP) VSF

- Overview

Use this procedure to show/activate Vendor Specific Fault (VSF) processing on a Down-MEP. It enables receiving proprietary VSF frames which carry remote fault information for the MEP’s port. The MEP must already be created using MEP Configuration.

Step
 
1

From the Navigation menu, select Service OA&M → Maintenance Association End Point → VSF Configuration.

Equivalent CLI command: ethoam vsf.

Result:

The MEP VSF Configuration window displays.


2

Enter the parameters as required. See Table 16-12, MEP VSF Configuration parameters.


3

Click Submit to enable VSF processing for the selected MEP. Click Delete to disable VSF processing for the selected MEP.


End of steps

MEP Configuration parameters
Table 16-12: MEP VSF Configuration parameters

Parameter

Description

CLI command

MD Name

A drop-down list containing all MDs in the system. There is no default value.

show ethoam md <MDname>

MA Name

Maintenance Association Name. This is a dropdown list containing all valid MAs in the selected MD.

show ethoam ma <MAname>

MEP ID

This is a drop-down list containing all MEP IDs for the selected MD/MA. The default value is the first MEP ID in the selected MD/MA above.

show ethoam mep <mepid>

VSF Status

The VSF processing status for the selected MD/MA/MEPID above. It is display only.

show ethoam vsf md

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