Configuring and Enabling Lock Messages

This article describes the steps to configure and enable the transmission of LCK PDU by an MEP.

CLI Configurations

To configure and enable LCK message

1. Execute the steps given in CLI Configurations to configure MEP before sending the LCK messages.

2. Execute the steps given in CLI Configurations to enable ECFM and Y.1731 on the interface at which MEP is configured.

3. Configure client layer level.
   your product# configure terminal
   your product(config)# ethernet cfm domain name TestDomain1 level 3
   your product (config-ether-ecfm)# client-layer-level 6
   your product# end

4. Enable LCK capability on the MEP, so that when any defect occurs, the MEP starts transmitting the LCK to all the MEP(s) configured at the client layer level.
   your product# configure terminal
   your product(config)# interface gigabitethernet 0/10
   your product(config-if)# ethernet cfm mep level 3 inward mpid 4 vlan 5 active
   your product(config-ether-mep)# set out-of-service enable
   your product(config-ether-mep)# end