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Example: Configure Ethernet CFM on Physical Interfaces

This example shows the configuration of Ethernet connectivity fault management (CFM) on physical interfaces.

Requirements

This example uses the following hardware and software components:

  • Any supported Junos OS.

Overview

CFM can be used to monitor the physical link between two routers. This functionality is similar to that supported by the IEEE 802.3ah LFM protocol.

Note:

The configurations in this example are only partial examples of complete and functional router configurations. Do not copy these configurations and use them directly on an actual system.

Configuration

In the following example, two routers (Router 1 and Router 2) are connected by a point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet link. The link between these two routers is monitored using CFM. This is shown in Figure 1. The single boundary is a “down mep” in CFM terminology.

Figure 1: Ethernet CFM on Physical Interfaces Network diagram showing two nodes labeled 1 and 2 connected by Physical link 0 GE2/1. Nodes have interfaces ge-1/0/1 and ge-0/2/0. Legend includes blue triangles for Up mep and Down mep.

To configure Ethernet CFM on physical interfaces, perform these tasks:

CLI Quick Configuration

Router 1

Configure the interface and CFM:

The configuration on Router 2 mirrors that on Router 1, with the exception of the mep-id.

Router 2

Configure the interface and CFM:

To verify that the physical interface is configured correctly for CFM, use the show interface command. To verify the CFM configuration, use one or more of the show oam ethernet connectivity-fault-management commands listed in the CLI Explorer.