ma-name

Creates a maintenance association (MA) within a specified domain. The command changes the maintenance domain mode to the specified maintenance association mode.

Syntax

ma-name ma-name [ id ma-id ] [ vlan-id vlan-id ] [ bridge-domain bridge-domain ] { priority priority }
no ma-name ma-name

Command Default

There are no MA configured.

Parameters

ma-name
Specifies the maintenance association name. The name attribute is case-sensitive.
ma-id
Specifies the short maid that is transmitted in the CCM PDU. This ID is unique. The range is 1 - 4090.
vlan-id
Specifies a unique VLAN identifier of the maintenance association in the range 1-4090. To create a MA, a vlan id must be set.
bridge-domain
Specifies a unique L2VPN domain of the maintenance association. This option supports only Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) in this release. VLL is not currently supported for CFM.
priority
Specifies the priority of the CCM messages sent by MEPs, in the range 0-7.

Modes

CFM protocol configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

The no form of the command removes the maintenance association.

Examples

This example demonstrates associating the MA "ma1" to VLAN 30.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# protocol cfm
device(config-cfm)# domain name md1 level 4
device(config-cfm-md-md1)# ma-name ma1 id 1 vlan-id 30 priority 4
device(config-cfm-md-ma-ma1)#