Chapter5ServiceConguration
Figure5-54SingleManagementDomain
InthedomaininFigure5-54,aseriesofportsaredenedonperipheralandinternal
devices.
lThegreyportsontheperipheraldevicesareserviceportsconnectedtotheexternal
devicesandthereforearenamedMaintenanceassociationEndPoint(MEP).
lTheotherblackports(includingthoseonintermediatedevices)connectinternal
devicesandthereforearenamedMaintenanceDomainIntermediatePoint(MIP).
ThemanagementfunctionisimplementedthroughthedenedMEPandMIP .
Anetworkisdividedintoacustomerdomain,providerdomain,andoperatordomain.
Alevelbetween0-7isdesignatedforeachdomain.Thedomainleveldeterminesthe
inclusionrelationbetweendomains.Adomainwithahigherlevelcanincludedomains
withlowerlevelsbutnotviceversa.Thedomainswiththesamelevelcannotincludeeach
other.Thismeansthatalldomainscanbetangential(internallyorexternally)andinclusive
butcannotbeintersecting.
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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