Overview

The following articles describe the configuration of the ECFM functionality on the following sample topology.

Configuration of ECFM on Customer Bridges

The MAC Address of ports on the bridges is of form 00:0m:02:03:04:0n, where m is the bridge number and n is the port number for that bridge in this sample topology.

The above figure depicts that Maintenance Points (MIP, MEP) are configured on various bridges at the same MD Level and VLAN MEPs are configured on CUST1 and CUST3 and an MIP is configured on CUST2.

Connectivity is checked between CUST1 CUST2, and CUST3 through Continuity Check Protocol. A Link failure is intentionally incorporated at P2 of CUST3. Loopback and Linktrace protocols are then used for isolation and verification of the same. Frame Delay and Frame Loss protocols are used for performance monitoring.