VLL Service Configuration Commands
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Service Filter and QoS Policy Commands
service-mtu
Syntax service-mtu octets
no service-mtu
Context config>service>cpipe
Description This command configures the service payload (Maximum Transmission Unit – MTU), in bytes, for 
the service. This MTU value overrides the service-type default MTU. The service-mtu defines the 
payload capabilities of the service. It is used by the system to validate the SAP and SDP binding’s 
operational state within the service. 
The service MTU and a SAP’s service delineation encapsulation overhead (i.e., 4 bytes for a dot1q 
tag) is used to derive the required MTU of the physical port or channel on which the SAP was created. 
If the required payload is larger than the port or channel MTU, then the SAP will be placed in an 
inoperative state. If the required MTU is equal to or less than the port or channel MTU, the SAP will 
be able to transition to the operative state. 
When binding an SDP to a service, the service MTU is compared to the path MTU associated with the 
SDP. The path MTU can be administratively defined in the context of the SDP. The default or 
administrative path MTU can be dynamically reduced due to the MTU capabilities discovered by the 
tunneling mechanism of the SDP or the egress interface MTU capabilities based on the next hop in 
the tunnel path. 
If the service MTU is larger than the path MTU minus control word length (if applicable), the SDP 
binding for the service will be placed in an inoperative state with sdp-bind oper flag 
PathMTUTooSmall.
If the CEM SAP’s packet size is larger than the service MTU then the service will be placed in an 
inoperative state with service oper flag ServiceMTUTooSmall .  The CEM SAP packet size is defined 
as CEM SAP payload-size plus rtp-header size (if applicable).
In the event that a service MTU, port or channel MTU, or path MTU is dynamically or 
administratively modified, then all associated SAP and SDP binding operational states are 
automatically re-evaluated.
The no form of this command returns the default service-mtu for the indicated service type to the 
default value. 
Default cpipe: 1514
octets — The size of the MTU in octets, expressed as a decimal integer, between 1 — 1514.