Foundry NetIron M2404C and M2404F Metro Access Switches
Network Administration Tools (Rev. 03)
MEF OAM
© 2008 Foundry Networks, Inc.
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Argument Description
hello-rate
Transmission rate of the Hello packets. The range is <1-3> packets to send in
each transmission (the transmission frequency is defined by the Hello-interval,
each time 1-3 packets are sent).
Setting the Size of Hello Packets
The
oam frame-size
command, in MEF OAM Configuration mode, sets the size of Hello packets.
The
no
form of this command resets the size of Hello packets to the default value.
By default, the size of Hello packets is 64 bytes.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config-oam
LEVEL
)#
oam frame-size <frame-size>
device-name
(config-oam
LEVEL
)#
no oam frame-size
Argument Description
frame-size
Size of Hello packets. The range is <64-1486>.
Setting the OAM Packets Priority
The
oam priority
command, in MEF OAM Configuration mode, sets the 802.1p priority in the
OAM packets. The
no
form of this command resets the priority to its default value. By default, the
priority is 6.
NOTE
The
oam priority
command is only effective in conjunction with the
add vlans
command for the specific OAM domain. If specific VLANs are defined to be used
for Hello Multicasts for a specific MEF OAM domain, then priority in these VLANs
can be set by this command.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config-oam
LEVEL
)#
oam priority
<priority>
device-name
(config-oam
LEVEL
)#
no oam priority
Argument Description
priority
802.1p class of service setting. The range is <0-7>.
Setting the OAM PDU Limit
The
oam pdu-limit
command, in MEF OAM Configuration mode, sets the maximum rate for
receiving MEF OAM in frames per second. The
no
form of this command disables the PDU limit.
By default, the PDU limit is 40 frames per second.