Triggers DMM frame transmission.
| segment_name | An alpha numeric string identifying the segment name. |
| mep | Specifies the maintenance association End Point that helps trigger a particular MEP level session on that segment. |
| mep_id | Specifies the MEP-ID. The range is 1-8191. The default is all MEPs on the segment. |
| continuous | Specifies that frames are to be sent continuously until stopped. |
| count | Specifies that a number of frames are to be sent. |
| value | Specifies the number of frames to send. The range is 1 to 4294967295. |
N/A.
Use this command to trigger DMM frames at the specified transmit interval configured using the command configure cfm segment transmit-interval.
Continuous transmission continues until it is stopped with the command disable cfm segment frame-delay measurement or delete cfm segment.
Note
If you try to trigger the DMM frames for a segment that is not completely configured, the frames are not transmitted for that segment, and an error message is displayed on the console.The following example triggers continuous frame transmission on the CFM segment segment-first:
enable cfm frame-delay measurement segment-first continuous
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.3.
The mep keyword was added in ExtremeXOS 15.4.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, and 5720 series switches.