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MIPs are generated on each port automatically according to related MIP generation rules. If a port has
no MIP, the system will check the MAs in each MD (from low to high levels), and follow the procedure
described in
Figure 1-5 to create or not to create MIPs (within a single VLAN):
Figure 1-5 Procedure of creating MIPs
You can choose appropriate MIP generation rules based on your network design.
Follow these steps to configure the rules for generating MIPs:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the rules for generating
MIPs
cfd mip-rule
{
explicit
|
default
}
service-instance
instance-id
Required
By default, neither MIPs nor the
rules for generating MIPs are
configured.
Any of the following actions or cases can cause MIPs to be created or deleted after you have configured
the cfd mip-rule command:
z Enabling CFD (use the cfd enable command)
z Creating or deleting the MEPs on a port
z Changes occur to the VLAN attribute of a port
z The rule specified in the cfd mip-rule command changes