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OAM Segment Endpoint

Contents

Prerequisites for OAM Segment Endpoint

Restrictions for OAM Segment Endpoint

Information About OAM Segment Endpoint

VP/VC Segment Endpoint

How to Configure OAM Segment Endpoint

Configuring OAM Segment Endpoint

Verifying OAM Segment Endpoint

Configuration Examples for OAM Segment Endpoint

OAM Segment Endpoint Configuration: Example

Verification Examples

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Command Reference

oam-ac segment endpoint

Glossary


OAM Segment Endpoint

The OAM Segment Endpoint feature terminates segment Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) cells arriving on the Layer 2 transport virtual circuit (VC). The OAM Segment Endpoint feature helps in checking the segment connectivity. This feature can be used with Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) and Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3).

Feature History for the OAM Segment Endpoint Feature

Release
Modification

12.0(30)S

This feature was introduced.


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Contents

•Prerequisites for OAM Segment Endpoint

•Restrictions for OAM Segment Endpoint

•Information About OAM Segment Endpoint

•How to Configure OAM Segment Endpoint

•Configuration Examples for OAM Segment Endpoint

•Additional References

•Command Reference

•Glossary

Prerequisites for OAM Segment Endpoint

This feature can be enabled under Layer 2 transport permanent virtual circuit (PVC) submode and virtual circuit (VC) class configuration mode.

Restrictions for OAM Segment Endpoint

The following restrictions apply to the OAM Segment Endpoint feature:

•The OAM attachment circuit (AC) segment endpoint configuration is applicable only in the case of Layer 2 transport virtual circuits (VCs)/virtual paths (VPs).

•In Cisco 7200 routers, by default the segment cells for VPs are handled in the provider edge (PE) and are not transported on the pseudowire transparently.

•In Cisco 12000 series Internet routers, the segment OAM cells in VCs with encapsulation ATM adaptation layer 5 (AAL5) are handled in the PE and are not transported on the pseudowire transparently.

•If OAM cell emulation is configured, OAM segment endpoint is redundant.

Information About OAM Segment Endpoint

To configure the OAM Segment Endpoint feature, you should understand the following concept:

•VP/VC Segment Endpoint

VP/VC Segment Endpoint

The Cisco 12000 series Internet router or Cisco 7200 router responds to the incoming segment cells, if

the OAM Segment Endpoint feature is configured; otherwise they are transferred on the pseudowire.

Irrespective of whether is feature is enabled or not, End OAM cells for both VPs and VCs are

transferred on the pseudowire. To terminate End OAM cells, you need to enable oam-emulation.

Figure 1 shows ATM transport over MPLS.

Figure 1 ATM Transport over MPLS

How to Configure OAM Segment Endpoint

See the following sections for tasks that use the oam-ac segment endpoint command to terminate the segment OAM cells on a VC:

•Configuring OAM Segment Endpoint (required)

•Verifying OAM Segment Endpoint (optional)

Configuring OAM Segment Endpoint

This feature coexists with OAM emulation for Layer 2 VCs. If OAM emulation is already enabled, segment endpoint configuration is redundant. On the Cisco 12000 series router, F4/F5 distributed Operations, Administration and Maintenance (dOAM) is enabled by default.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. interface atm slot/port.subinterface-number

4. pvc vpi/vci l2transport

5. oam-ac segment endpoint

6. encapsulation aal5

7. xconnect peer-router-id vcid encapsulation mpls

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3 

interface atm slot/port.subinterface-number

Example:

Router(config)# interface atm1/1

Enters ATM interface mode.

Step 4 

pvc vpi/vci l2transport

Example:

Router(config)-if)# pvc 0/100 l2transport

Creates an ATM PVC and enters Layer 2 transport ATM virtual circuit configuration submode.

Step 5 

oam-ac segment endpoint

Example:

Router(config-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Terminates segment cells arriving on the Layer 2 transport VC.

Step 6 

encapsulation aal5

Example:

Router(config-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# encapsulation aal5

Specifies ATM AAL5 encapsulation for the PVC.

•Make sure you specify the same encapsulation type on the PE and CE routers.

Step 7 

xconnect peer-router-id vcid encapsulation mpls

Example:

Router(config-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# xconnect 13.13.13.13 100 encapsulation mpls

Binds the attachment circuit to a pseudowire VC.

Verifying OAM Segment Endpoint

To verify that the OAM Segment Endpoint feature is working correctly, use the following steps to monitor the segment cells (arriving on the Layer 2 transport VC) that are being terminated on ATM links in a network.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. attach slot-number

3. enable

4. show atm pvc [vpi/vci | name | interface atm interface-number]

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

attach slot-number

Example:

Router# attach 1

Connects to the line card in slot 1.

Step 3 

enable

Example:

Lc-Slot1> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode in the line card.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 4 

show atm pvc [vpi/vci | name | interface atm interface-number]

Example:

Router# show atm pvc 0/100

Displays all ATM PVCs and traffic information.

Configuration Examples for OAM Segment Endpoint

This section contains the following configuration and verification examples:

•OAM Segment Endpoint Configuration: Example

•Verification Examples

OAM Segment Endpoint Configuration: Example

VC Layer 2 Transport 

Router(config)# interface atm1/1

Router(config-if)# pvc 0/100 l2transport

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# end

VP Layer 2 Transport 

Router(config)# interface atm1/1

Router(config-if)# atm pvp 40 l2transport

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvp)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvp)# end

VC-Class Configuration 

Router(config)# vc-class atm test

Router(config-vc-class)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(config-vc-class)# end

The following is sample output for the show running-config interface command: 

Router# show running-config interface atm1/1


Building configuration...


Current configuration : 177 bytes

!

interface ATM1/1

 no ip address

 no ip directed-broadcast

 atm pvp 40 l2transport

  oam-ac segment endpoint

 no atm enable-ilmi-trap

 no atm ilmi-keepalive

 pvc 0/100 l2transport

  oam-ac segment endpoint

end


Router# show running-config

Building configuration...


Current configuration : 4251 bytes

!


vc-class atm test

  oam-ac segment endpoint

  oam-pvc manage

!

Verification Examples

The following is sample output from the show atm pvc command. It provides the segment OAM cell configuration and status information. 

Router# show atm pvc 0/100


AVC 0/100 doesn't exist on interface ATM1/0 - cannot display

ATM1/1: VCD: 47, VPI: 0, VCI: 100

UBR, PeakRate: N/A (UBR VC)

AAL5 L2transport, etype:0xF, Flags: 0x10000C2E, VCmode: 0x0

OAM Cell Emulation: not configured

OAM Segment Endpoint: enabled ! The OAM Segment Endpoint feature is enabled here.

Interworking Method: Not Configured

Remote Circuit Status = No Alarm, Alarm Type = None

InPkts: 0, OutPkts: 0, InBytes: 0, OutBytes: 0

InPRoc: 0, OutPRoc: 0

InFast: 0, OutFast: 0, InAS: 0, OutAS: 0

Out CLP=1 Pkts: 0

OAM cells received: 0

F5 InEndloop: 0, F5 InSegloop: 0,

F5 InEndcc: 0, F5 InSegcc: 0, F5 InAIS: 0, F5 InRDI: 0

OAM cells sent: 0

F5 OutEndloop: 0, F5 OutSegloop: 0,

F5 OutEndcc: 0, F5 OutSegcc: 0, F5 OutAIS: 0, F5 OutRDI: 0

OAM cell drops: 0

Status: UP


Router# show atm pvc 40/3


ATM1/1: VCD: 48, VPI: 40, VCI: 3

UBR, PeakRate: N/A (UBR VC)

AAL5-MUX, etype:0x0, Flags: 0xD2C, VCmode: 0x0

OAM frequency: 0 second(s), OAM retry frequency: 0 second(s) OAM up retry count: 0, OAM 
down retry count: 0 OAM Segment Endpoint: enabled OAM END CC Activate retry count: 0, OAM 
END CC Deactivate retry count: 0 OAM END CC retry frequency: 0 second(s), OAM SEGMENT CC 
Activate retry count: 0, OAM SEGMENT CC Deactivate retry 

count: 0

OAM SEGMENT CC retry frequency: 0 second(s),

OAM Loopback status: OAM Disabled

OAM VC state: Not Managed

ILMI VC state: Not Managed

OAM END CC status: OAM CC Ready

OAM END CC VC state: Not Managed

OAM SEGMENT CC status: OAM CC Ready

OAM SEGMENT CC VC state: Not Managed

InARP DISABLED

InPkts: 0, OutPkts: 0, InBytes: 0, OutBytes: 0

InPRoc: 0, OutPRoc: 0, Broadcasts: 0

InFast: 0, OutFast: 0, InAS: 0, OutAS: 0

Out CLP=1 Pkts: 0

OAM cells received: 0

F4 InEndloop: 0, F4 InSegloop: 0, F4 InAIS: 0, F4 InRDI: 0

OAM cells sent: 0

F4 OutEndloop: 0, F4 OutSegloop: 0, F4 OutAIS: 0, F4 OutRDI: 0 OAM cell drops: 0

Status: UP

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the OAM Segment Endpoint feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Detecting failures when using OAM cells and PVC management

Troubleshooting PVC Failures When Using OAM Cells and PVC Management, ATM Technical Support, Cisco IOS Release 12.1

WAN configuration

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 12.2

Any Transport over MPLS

Any Transport over MPLS, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(28)S

Any Transport over MPLS Overview

Any Transport over MPLS Overview, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(30)S

Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol Version 3

Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol Version 3, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(30)S


Standards

Standards1
Title

IETF Specification

Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames over MPLS

IETF Specification

Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (Version 3)

IETF Specification

Transport of Layer 2 Frames over MPLS

ITU-T Specification I.610 (ITU-T specification for B-ISDN operation and maintenance principles and functions)

I.610 Series I: B-ISDN Operation and Maintenance Principles and Functions

1 Not all supported standards are listed.


MIBs

MIBs
MIBs Link

No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature.

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs


RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 2661

Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP"

RFC 3032

MPLS Label Stack Encoding


Technical Assistance

Description
Link

Technical Assistance Center (TAC) home page, containing 30,000 pages of searchable technical content, including links to products, technologies, solutions, technical tips, and tools. Registered Cisco.com users can log in from this page to access even more content.

http://www.cisco.com/public/support/tac/home.shtml


Command Reference

This section documents a new command.

New Command

•oam-ac segment endpoint

oam-ac segment endpoint

To terminate segment Operation Administration Maintenance (OAM) cells on the virtual circuit (VC), use the oam-ac segment endpoint command in ATM VC configuration mode or VC-class configuration mode. To disable this functionality, use the no form of this command.

oam-ac segment endpoint

no oam-ac segment endpoint

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

All OAM cells are transparently switched on to the pseudowire, if this command is not enabled.

Command Modes

L2 transport VC mode (for ATM VCs)
L2 transport VP mode (for ATM VPs)
VC-class configuration mode (for VC-class configuration)

Command History

Release
Modification

12.0(30)S

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The segment OAM cells arriving on a VC are terminated in the Layer 2 transport circuits. This is done by using the oam-ac segment endpoint command in ATM VC configuration mode.

Examples

The following examples show how segment OAM cells are monitored to detect failures on the provider's edge in the ATM VC mode.

VC Layer 2 Transport 

Router(config)# interface atm1/1

Router(config-if)# pvc 0/100 l2transport

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvc)# end

VP Layer 2 Transport 

Router(config)# interface atm1/1

Router(config-if)# atm pvp 40 l2transport

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvp)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(cfg-if-atm-l2trans-pvp)# end

VC-Class Configuration 

Router(config)# vc-class atm test

Router(config-vc-class)# oam-ac segment endpoint

Router(config-vc-class)# end

Related Commands

Command
Description

atm oam distributed

Distributes the OAM processing to the line cards.

debug atm event

Displays debugging information about OAM events.

debug atm oam

Displays debugging output for ATM OAM distributed processes.

debug atm packet

Displays debugging information about OAM cell contents.

debug atm xdr

Displays debugging information about the transfer of OAM configuration information from the RP to the line card and OAM status change notification from the line card to the RP.

show atm oam

Displays the OAM status information in the line card.

show atm pvc

Displays all ATM PVCs and traffic information.

show atm vc summary

Displays the number of VCs in different OAM VC states on a particular interface.


Glossary

customer edge (CE) router—A router that belongs to a customer network, which connects to a provider edge (PE) router to utilize Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) network services.

provider edge (PE) router—Entry point into the service provider network. The PE router is typically deployed on the edge of the network and is administered by the service provider. The PE router is the redistribution point between Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in PE to CE networking.

pseudowire (PW)—A mechanism that carries the elements of an emulated service from one provider edge (PE) to one or more PEs over a packet-switched network (PSN).

VPN—virtual private network. Allows IP traffic to travel securely over public TCP/IP networks and the Internet by encapsulating and encrypting all IP packets. VPN uses a tunnel to encrypt all information at the IP level.

Note Refer to Internetworking Terms and Acronyms for terms not included in this glossary.

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