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9145E NID Software User’s Manual Service OAM
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11.5 Maintenance Entity Groups
Maintenance Entity Groups (MEGs) are specific to Y.1731 SOAM procedures. A MEG consists of
the maintenance entities that belong to the same service inside a common SOAM domain. Up to
250 MEGs can be configured in a 9145E NID.
11.5.1 Display Maintenance Entity Groups
To display a list of existing Maintenance Entity Groups, on the SOAM Configuration screen
(Figure 11-6), type 4 and press Enter. The Maintenance Entity Group List screen (Figure 11-15)
opens.
Figure 11-17 Maintenance Entity Group List screen
11.5.2 Create a Maintenance Entity Group
1. On the Maintenance Entity Group List screen (Figure 11-15), type A and press Enter. The Create
a New Maintenance Entity Group screen (Figure 11-16) opens. The first field, MEG ID, is
highlighted.
2. Type a MEG ID and press Enter. The Level field is highlighted.
3. In the Level field, type a number between 0 and 7. Higher numbers correspond to higher
Maintenance Domains, that is, those with the greatest physical reach, with the highest values for
customers' CFM packets. Lower numbers correspond to lower Maintenance Domains, those with
more limited physical reach, with the lowest values for CFM PDUs protecting single bridges or
physical links. Press Enter. The Name field is highlighted.
4. Select a Name Format (ICC-based or Character string) and press Enter. (ICC is the Name Format
specific to the Y.1731 standard.) The Name field is highlighted.
5. Type a Name for the Maintenance Entity group and press Enter. The VLAN Tag Type field is
highlighted.
Canoga Perkins Corp. Ethernet Network Interface Device 02-JAN-2009
9145E-101-1-0 V03.10(GA0014) 05:15:27
------------------------MAINTENANCE ENTITY GROUP LIST--------Display 1 - 2 of 2-
MEG ID LEVEL NAME VLAN LIST
100 6 meg100 N/A
101 7 ag-comp-101 900
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