Purpose
Command or Action
Enters global configuration mode.
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
Step 2
Defines an outward CFM maintenance domain at a
specified level and enters Ethernet CFM configuration
mode.
ethernet cfm domain domain-name level level-id
[
direction outward
]
Example:
Device(config)# ethernet cfm domain Customer
level 7 direction outward
Step 3
Sets the amount of time that data from a missing MEP is
kept in the continuity check database or that entries are
held in the error database before they are purged.
mep archive-hold-time minutes
Example:
Device(config-ecfm)# mep archive-hold-time 60
Step 4
Returns the device to global configuration mode.
exit
Example:
Device(config-ecfm)# exit
Step 5
Example:
Enables CFM processing globally on the device.
ethernet cfm global
Example:
Device(config)# ethernet cfm global
Step 6
Enables the CFM IEEE version of CFM.
ethernet cfm ieee
Step 7
Example:
Device(config)# ethernet cfm ieee
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This command is automatically issued when the
ethernet cfm global
command is issued.
Enables caching of CFM data learned through traceroute
messages.
ethernet cfm traceroute cache
Example:
Device(config)# ethernet cfm traceroute cache
Step 8
Sets the maximum size for the CFM traceroute cache table.
ethernet cfm traceroute cache size entries
Example:
Device(config)# ethernet cfm traceroute cache
size 200
Step 9
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Configuring Ethernet CFM
Configuring Ethernet CFM
