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7210 SAS M Services Guide Page 73
Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (ETH-CFM)
Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (ETH-CFM) is defined in two similar standards: IEEE 
802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731. They both specify protocols, procedures, and managed objects to 
support transport fault management, including discovery and verification of the path, detection 
and isolation of a connectivity fault for each Ethernet service instance. CFM functionalities are 
supported on 7210 SAS platforms.
The configuration is split into multiple areas. There is the base ETH-CFM configuration which 
defines the different Management constructs and administrative elements. This is performed in the 
ETH-CFM context. The individual management points are configure within the specific service 
contexts in which they are applied. 
The 7210 SAS Services Guide provides the basic service applicable material to build the service 
specific management points, MEPs and MIPs.
The different service types support a subset of the features from the complete ETH-CFM suite.
ETH-CC used for continuity is available to all MEPs configured within a service. 7210 SAS-M 
support Down MEPs and UP MEPs, though the support is not available on all platforms. For more 
information, see the table below.
NOTE: UP MEPs cannot be created by default on system bootup. The user needs to explicitly 
allocate hardware resources for use with UP MEP feature, using the commands that appear under 
configure> system> resource-profile CLI context. Only after resources have been allocated by the 
user, UP MEPs are allowed to be created. Until resources are not allocated to UP MEP, the 
software fails all attempts to create an UP MEP.
The troubleshooting tools ETH-LBM/LBR, LTM/LTR ETH-TST defined by the IEEE 802.1ag 
specification and the ITU-T Y.1731 recommendation are applicable to all MEPs (MIPs where 
appropriate).
The advanced notification function AIS defined by the ITU-T Y.1731 is supported on Epipe 
services.
The advanced performance functions, 1DM, DMM/DMR and SLM/SLR are supported on all 
service MEPs.
For a description of the individual features and functions that are supported refer to the applicable 
OAM Diagnostics Guide.