Chapter 10: Alarm Management and Troubleshooting
Performing Diagnostics
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o
MAC Address
(default) – If you select
MAC Address
, you must enter the MAC address of the
interface to which you want to send the loopback in the
Loopback Messages Destination MAC
Address
. If you are not sure what the interface’s MAC address is, you can get it from the Interface
Manager by selecting
Platform > Management > Interface Manager.
4.
In the
Loopback messages to be transmitted
field, select the number of loopback messages to transmit (0 –
1024). If you select 0, loopback will not be performed.
5.
In the
Loopback Messages Interval
field, select the interval (in seconds) between each loopback message (0.1
– 60). You can select in increments of 1/10 second. However, the lowest possible interval is 1 second. If you
select a smaller interval, the actual interval will still be 1 second.
6.
In the
Loopback Messages Frame Size
field, select the frame size for the loopback messages (64 – 1516). Note
that for tagged frames, the frame size will be slightly larger than the selected frame size.
7.
In the
Loopback Messages Priority
field, select a value (0 – 7) for the priority bit for tagged frames.
8.
In the
Drop Enable
field, choose the value of the DEI field for tagged loopback frames (
True
or
False
). The
default value is
False
.
9.
In the
Loopback Messages Data Pattern Type
field, select the type of data pattern to be sent in an OAM PDU
Data TLV. Options are
All Zeros
and
All Ones
. The default value is
All Zeros
.
10.
Click
Apply
to begin the loopback. The
Loopback session state
field displays the status of the loopback:
o
SOAM Loopback Complete
– The loopback has been successfully completed.
o
SOAM Loopback Stopped
– The loopback has been manually stopped.
o
SOAM Loopback Failed
– The loopback failed.
o
SOAM Loopback Active
– The loopback is currently active.
o
SOAM Loopback Inactive
– No loopback has been initiated.
The remote interface will answer and the loopback session will be completed if either of the following is true:
•
A remote MEP has been defined on the destination interface.
•
A MIP has been defined on the destination interface. See
Configuring MIPs with MHF Default
Note
To manually stop a loopback, you must use the CLI. Enter the following command in root view:
root> ethernet soam loopback stop meg-id <meg-id> mep-id <mep-id>