User Guide for FibeAir® IP-20 All-Outdoor Products, CeraOS 10.5
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3 In the Loopback Destination area, select from the following options:
◦
MEP ID
–
If you select
MEP ID
, you must enter the MEP ID of the MEP on
the interface to which you want to perform the loopback in the
Loopback
Messages Destination MEP ID
field. If you select
MEP ID
, the loopback will
only be activated if CCMs have already been received from the MEP. For
this reason, it is recommended to initiate loopback via MAC address.
◦
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 In
terface
Manager by selecting
Platform > Interfaces > 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:
◦
SOAM Loopback Complete
–
The loopback has been successfully
completed.
◦
SOAM Loopback Stopped
–
The loopback has been manually stopped.
◦
SOAM Loopback Failed
–
The loopback failed.
◦
SOAM Loopback Active
–
The loopback is currently active.
◦
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
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>