Viewing Synthetic Loss Measurement Results
  • 30 Mar 2022
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Viewing Synthetic Loss Measurement Results

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To view synthetic loss measurement results details

  1. Access the page SOAM ▶ CFM ▶ SLM ▶ Results.
    A summary of results for all SLM instances is displayed.

  2. Click the Index of the SLM instance for which you want to view the synthetic loss measurements.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following table.

SLM Results (SOAM ▶ CFM ▶ SLM ▶ Results)

ParameterDescription
IndexThe index of the SLM instance
NameThe name of the SLM instance
MEP IndexThe index assigned with the Maintenance association End Point
MEPIDThe local Maintenance association End Point Identifier
Remote MEPID

R-MEPID

The remote Maintenance association End Point Identifier.
PriorityThe priority value to be used in VLAN tags, if present, in the transmitted frame
PeriodThe number of periods that have elapsed since measurement started

The previous period is indicated in Period Time.

Continuous Results in the section below gives the packet loss since the last time the statistics were cleared.

Period TimeThe time when the current period results were moved to the previous period results
A Near-End AlarmThe state of the near-end SLM alarm
A Far-End AlarmThe state of the far-end SLM alarm
SLM SentThe number of synthetic loss messages sent
SLR ReceivedThe number of synthetic loss replies received
Remote SLM

Received

The number of synthetic loss messages received by the remote MEP
Near-End Packets LostThe number of packets lost at the near end
Far-End Packets LostThe number of packets lost at the far end
Near-End Pkt-Loss Ratio

NE Loss %

Near-end loss ratio

The ratio of packets lost in a near-end network

Far-End Pkt-Loss Ratio

FE Loss %

Far-end loss ratio

The ratio of packets lost in a far-end network

Number of Gaps

Nbr Gaps

The total number of gaps that have been detected from the sequence of packets that were received during the interval

Note: This counter is reset to zero at the beginning of each period.

Largest Gap Size

Largest Gap

The longest uninterrupted sequence of missing packets that was detected during the period. Expressed in packets

Note: This counter is reset to zero at the beginning of each period.

Operational StatusThe SLM operational status code. Valid values are:
  • INAC: Feature is inactive
  • UNLK: Remote device is unlinked
  • WAPP: Waiting for an application that supports the SLM to become active
  • PROG: Remote device is currently being programmed
  • FAIL: Remote device has encountered a failure
  • ACT: Remote device is active and fully functional

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