After setting up your switches as described in
Initial Switch Configuration, you can now configuring
Maintenance Entity Points (MEPs) on each switch.
Note
In these configuration examples,
we are using ports 1 and 2 on all switches.
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From the web browser, navigate to .
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Click Add New MEP to add a new MEP
on port 1 using the following configuration:
Tip
When configuring MEPs, set the
Instance to be the same as the MEP ID. During
configuration you will be asked for a MEP, and this may be either the MEP
"Instance" or the MEP ID, so setting them to the same value lessens
confusion during configuration.
- Instance
- 1
- Domain
- Port
- Mode
- Mep
- Direction
- Down
- Residence Port
- 1
- Level
- 0
- Tagged VID
- 3001
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Click Add New MEP to add a new MEP
on port 2 using the following configuration:
- Instance
- 2
- Domain
- Port
- Mode
- Mep
- Direction
- Down
- Residence Port
- 2
- Level
- 0
- Tagged VID
- 3001
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Edit the first MEP by clicking the Instance number
and configure the MEP as follows:
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Configure the MEP as follows:
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Set the Mep id to match the MEP instance number
(it defaults to 1).
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Click Add New Peer
MEP and enter the Peer MEP ID according to the
following:
| On MEP Instance... |
Set Peer MEP ID To... |
| 1 |
5 |
| 2 |
3 |
| 3 |
2 |
| 4 |
6 |
| 5 |
1 |
| 6 |
4 |
Note
The Unicast Peer MAC can remain empty
because it will be learned by receiving the CCM from the peer
side.
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Enable Contunuity
Check.
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Select
10
f/sec from the Frame rate drop-down
menu.
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Enable APS Protocol.
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Set the APS Protocol
Type to R-APS (default
is L-RPS).
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Click
.
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Edit the other MEP by returning to the
page and clicking the Instance number.
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Repeat step 5 to configure
MEP 2.
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Click .
