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Figure 3-1 Formats of different types of Ethernet OAMPDUs

The fields in an OAMPDU are described as follows:

Table 3-1 Description of the fields in an OAMPDU

Field

Description

Dest addr

Destination MAC address of the Ethernet OAMPDU.

It is a slow protocol multicast address 0180c2000002. As slow

protocol packet cannot be forwarded by bridges, Ethernet

OAMPDUs cannot be forwarded.

Source addr

Source MAC address of the Ethernet OAMPDU.

It is the bridge MAC address of the sending side and is a

unicast MAC address.

Type

Type of the encapsulated protocol in the Ethernet OAMPDU.

The value is 0x8809.

Subtype

The specific protocol being encapsulated in the Ethernet

OAMPDU.

The value is 0x03.

Flags

Status information of an Ethernet OAM entity.

Code

Type of the Ethernet OAMPDU

Throughout this document, a port with Ethernet OAM enabled is called an Ethernet OAM entity or an

OAM entity.

Table 3-2

shows the function of the three types of OAMPDUs.

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