Configure CFM MA
Use this procedure to configure a CFM Maintenance Association (MA). An MA represents a logical grouping of monitored entities within its Domain. It can therefore represent a set of Maintenance Endpoints (MEPs), each configured with the same Maintenance Association ID (MAID) and MD Level, established to verify the integrity of a single service instance.
Before you begin
- You must configure a CFM MD. 
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, expand .
- Click CFM.
- Click the MD tab.
- Highlight an existing MD, and then click MaintenanceAssociation.
- In the MA tab, click Insert.
- In the fields provided, specify an index value and name for the MA.
- Click Insert.
MA Field Descriptions
Use the data in the following table to use the MA tab.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| DomainIndex | Specifies the maintenance domain entry index. | 
| AssociationIndex | Specifies a maintenance association entry index. | 
| DomainName | Specifies the MD name. | 
| AssociationName | Specifies the MA name. | 
| NumOfMep | Indicates the number of MEPs that belong to this maintenance association. | 




