Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

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Configuring Ethernet OAM and CFM
Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) is a protocol for installing, monitoring,
and troubleshooting Ethernet networks to increase management capability within the context of the
overall Ethernet infrastructure. Starting with Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SG, the Catalyst 4500 series
switch supports Standardized (Draft 8.1) IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) and
IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet OAM discovery, link monitoring, remote fault detection, and remote loopback.
It also supports IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for CFM, and ITU-T Y.1731 fault management.
Ethernet OAM manager controls the interworking between CFM and 802.3ah OAM protocols.
This chapter provides information about configuring CFM and the Ethernet OAM protocol. It defines
the differences between the ratified CFM 802.1ag standard (draft 8.1) and the previous version supported
on the switch in Cisco IOS (draft 1.0). It also includes configuration information for CFM ITU-TY.1731
fault management support in this release.
For complete command and configuration information for Ethernet OAM, CFM, and Y.1731, see the
Cisco IOS Carrier Ethernet Configuration Guide at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/cether/configuration/15-mt/ce-15-mt-book.html
For complete syntax of the commands used in this chapter, see the command reference for this release
and the Cisco IOS Carrier Ethernet Command Reference at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/cether/command/ce-cr-book.html
Note For complete command and configuration information for CFM, see the Cisco IOS feature module at
this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/cether/configuration/guide/ce_cfm.html
This chapter contains these sections:
• About Ethernet CFM, page 66-2
• Configuring Ethernet CFM, page 66-6
• Understanding CFM ITU-T Y.1731 Fault Management, page 66-27
• Configuring Y.1731 Fault Management, page 66-29
• Managing and Displaying Ethernet CFM Information, page 66-31
• About Ethernet OAM Protocol, page 66-33
• Enabling and Configuring Ethernet OAM, page 66-35
• Displaying Ethernet OAM Protocol Information, page 66-49

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E