Configuring Unidirectional Link Fault Management

To configure unidirectional link fault management on a port or ports, use the following command:

To clear the counters on a configured port, use the following command:

To unconfigure unidirectional link fault management, use the following command:

To display the Ethernet OAM settings, use the following command:

When configured, the following behavior on the port is observed:

A log indicates that traffic on the port is blocked.
All received traffic on that port is blocked except for Ethernet OAM PDUs.
To higher layers, a failure is reported as a link down but OAM can use the link to send OAM traffic.

Published March 2020prev | next