Chapter4ServiceConguration
InthedomainshowninFigure4-56,aseriesportsaredenedonperipheralandinternal
devices.Thegreyportsontheperipheraldevicesareserviceportsconnectedtothe
externaldevicesandthereforearenamedMaintenanceassociationEndPoint(MEP).The
otherblackports(includingthoseonintermediatedevices)connectinternaldevicesand
thereforearenamedMaintenanceDomainIntermediatePoint(MIP).Themanagement
functionisimplementedthroughthedenedMEPandMIP .
AsshowninFigure4-57,anetworkisdividedintoacustomerdomain,providerdomain,
andoperatordomain.Alevelbetween0-7isdesignatedforeachdomain.Thedomain
leveldeterminestheinclusionrelationbetweendomains.Adomainwithahigherlevelcan
includedomainswithlowerlevelsbutnotviceversa.Thedomainswiththesamelevel
cannotincludeeachother.Thismeansthatalldomainscanbetangential(internallyor
externally)andinclusivebutcannotbeintersecting.
Figure4-57DomainsintheNetwork
ThemessagetypesdenedintheCFMprotocolinclude:
lContinuityCheckMessage(CCM):AmulticastCFMprotocoldataunit.Itis
periodicallysentbyanMEPtoconrmtheconnectivityofMEPinthesameMA.An
MEPreceivingaCCMmessagedoesnotreplytothismessage.
lLinkTraceMessage(LTM):AmulticastCFMprotocoldataunit.ItissentbyanMEP
totracethepathfromtheMEPtotheMP .EachMPalongthepathgeneratesanLRT
asaresponse.Thisendsuntilthemessagereachesthedestinationorcannotbe
furtherforwarded.
lLinkTraceReply(LTR):AunicastCFMprotocoldataunit.ItissentbytheMPreceiving
anLTMtoreplytotheLTM.
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