Accessing MA Configuration Mode

You access MA configuration from the MD configuration mode specifying a name for the MA. One of three naming conventions can be used to identify a CFM MA:

• String-name – A string of up to 45 printable characters. This format provides descriptive freedom in naming the association.
• Vid-name – An integer value between 0 - 4094. This format restricts the association name to the VLAN range. For management purposes, show command output will label this format as a VLAN type. Use this format when the association is directly related to fault managing a VLAN.
• Id-name – An integer value between 0 - 65535. This format restricts the association name to an integer range. Use this format when a sequential naming scheme is being used to manage the associations.

Use the ma command in MD configuration command mode to enter MA configuration mode for the named MA.

This example shows how to enter configuration command mode for the myMD1 maintenance domain and enter MA configuration mode for the maintenance association named myMA1:

System(rw-config)->cfm md string-name myMD1
System(rw-config-cfm-md.1)->ma string-name myMA1
System(rw-config-cfm-ma.1)->