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Configuring Operation, Administration, and Maintenance

Configuring Operation, Administration, and Maintenance

This chapter describes the Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) implementation on the LightStream  1010 ATM switch, and includes the following sections:


Note For a complete description of the commands mentioned in this chapter, refer to the LightStream  1010 ATM Switch Command Reference publication.

OAM Overview

OAM performs fault management and performance management functions at the ATM management (M)-plane layer.


Note Current OAM implementation supports only the fault management function, which includes connectivity verification and alarm surveillance.

The LightStream  1010 ATM switch has full support for the following ATM OAM cell flows:

Both F4 and F5 flows can be configured as either end-to-end or segment-loopback and used with alarm indication signal (AIS) and remote  defect  indication (RDI) functions.


Note Cells can be sent either on demand or periodically to verify link and connection integrity.

In addition to the standard OAM functions, the LightStream  1010 ATM switch can also send OAM pings. OAM cells containing the ATM node addresses or IP addresses of intermediate switches allow network administrators to determine the integrity of a chosen connection at any  intermediate point along the connection, allowing for network connection debugging and  troubleshooting.

OAM software implements ATM Layer F4 and F5 OAM fault management functions. OAM performs standard loopback (end-to-end or segment) and fault detection and notification (AIS and RDI) for each connection. It also maintains a group of timers for the OAM functions. When there is an OAM state change such as loopback failure, OAM software notifies the connection management software. The network operator can enable or disable OAM operation for the following switch components:

If OAM operation is disabled, outgoing OAM cells are not generated, and all incoming OAM cells are discarded.

To support various OAM operations, the LightStream  1010 ATM switch hardware provides OAM cell routing functions on a per-connection basis for each direction and for different OAM cell spans (segment and end-to-end). The hardware OAM cell routing determines the destination of an OAM cell received from the link or the network and then determines whether OAM cells are processed by the switch software.

The hardware can perform the following functions on OAM cells:

An ATM connection consists of a group of network points that form the edges of each ATM switch or end system.

Each point can be one of the following:

The following sections describe the OAM tasks:

Configuring OAM Functions

This section describes OAM commands in EXEC, global, and interface configuration mode.

Configure OAM for the Entire Switch

To enable OAM operations for the entire switch, use the global configuration command, as shown in the following table:


Note These configuration commands are not stored in the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM).
Command Task

atm oam [ais] [end-loopback]
[intercept end-to-end] [max-limit number] [rdi] [seg-loopback]

OAM operations are enabled or disabled with respect to entire switch.



Note The number of maximum OAM configured connections allowed ranges from 1 to 3200; the default is 3200.
Examples

The following example shows how to enable AIS and segment loopback for the entire switch:

Switch(config)# atm oam ais seg-loopback
% OAM: Switch level seg loopback is enabled
 
% OAM: Switch level ais is enabled
 

The following example shows how to configure the ATM OAM connection maximum to 1600:

Switch(config)# atm oam max-limit 1600

Configure the Interface-Level OAM

To enable OAM operations an interface, perform the following steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
Step Command Task
1

interface atm card/subcard/port[.vpt #]

Select the interface to be configured.

2

atm oam [vpi [vci] | interface atm card/subcard/port[.vpt #]] [ais] [end-loopback]
[rdi] [seg-loopback]

Configure interface OAM operations.

3

atm oam vpi [vci] loopback-timer tx-timer-value

Configure the OAM loopback transmit timer.

Examples

The following example shows how to enable OAM AIS end loopback on interface 3/0/0:

Switch(config)# interface atm 3/0/0
Switch(config-if)# atm oam ais end-loopback
% OAM: Interface level end to end loopback is enabled
 
% OAM: Interface level ais is enabled
 

The following example shows how to enable interface 3/0/0, VPI = 50, VCI = 100 to allow OAM AIS at the end and loopback:

Switch(config)# interface atm 3/0/0
Switch(config-if)# atm oam 50 100 ais end-loopback
% OAM: Connection level end to end loopback is not enabled
 
% OAM: Connection level ais is not enabled
 

Enable or disable OAM AIS, RDI, and loopback operations respective to a specified connection.


Note You can use only VPI values to turn on OAM operations on VP connections.

In interface configuration command mode, you can enable or disable OAM operations on existing connections on different interfaces by specifying interface atm card/subcard/port. The following example disables OAM AIS flows at interface 3/0/0:

Switch(config)# interface atm 3/0/0
Switch(config-if)# no atm oam ais
% OAM: Interface level ais is disabled

Checking the ATM Connection

To check ATM connection reachability and network connectivity, use the following EXEC command:
Step Command Task
1

configure
[terminal]

At the privileged EXEC prompt, enter configuration mode from the terminal.

2

interface atm card/subcard/port [.vpt #]

Select the interface.

3

ping atm interface atm card/subcard/port vpi vci [atm-prefix prefix] | [end-loopback] | [ip-address address] | [seg-loopback]

Check the connection.

You can use either an IP address or an ATM address prefix as a ping destination. You can also ping a neighbor switch by selecting the segment loopback option. In privileged EXEC mode, you can select various other parameters such as repeat count and timeout values.

Examples

The following example shows the ping command used in normal mode to check a VCC with a segment loopback signal:

Switch# ping atm interface atm 3/0/0 50 100 seg-loopback
 
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending Seg-Loopback 5, 53-byte OAM Echoes to a neighbor, timeout is 5 seconds:
.....
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
 

The following example shows the ping command used in extended mode to check a VCC with a segment loopback signal:

Switch# ping
Protocol [ip]: atm
Interface [card/sub-card/port]: 3/0/0
VPI [0]: 0
VCI [0]: 16
Send OAM-Segment-Loopback ? [no]:
Target IP address:
Target NSAP Prefix:
Repeat count [5]:
Timeout in seconds [5]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending end-Loopback 5, 53-byte OAM Echoes to a connection end point, timeout is
 5 seconds:
.....
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)

Note If you skip both destination IP address and the ATM prefix fields then extended ping considers its neighbor switch as its destination and a segment loopback OAM cell. In IP address or ATM prefix case, ping always uses an end-to-end OAM loopback cell.

Displaying the OAM Configuration

To display the OAM configuration, use the following EXEC command:
Command Task

show running-config

Display the OAM configuration.

Example

The OAM configuration is displayed in the following example:

Switch# show running-config
Building configuration...
 
Current configuration:
!
version XX.X
no service pad
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname Switch
!
boot system flash slot0:rhino/ls1010-wi-m_1.083.bin.Z
!
ip rcmd remote-username doug
atm oam max-limit 1600
atm over-subscription-factor 16
atm service-category-limit cbr 3000
atm qos uni3-default  cbr max-cell-loss-ratio 12
atm lecs-address 47.0091.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00
atm address 47.0091.8100.0000.0060.3e5a.db01.0060.3e5a.db01.00
!
interface ATM0/0/0
 no keepalive
 map-group atm-1
 no atm auto-configuration
 no atm address-registration
 no atm ilmi-enable
 no atm ilmi-lecs-implied
 atm iisp side user
 atm pvp 99
 atm oam 0 5 seg-loopback  end-loopback  rdi
 atm oam 0 16 seg-loopback  end-loopback  rdi
 atm oam 0 18 seg-loopback  end-loopback  rdi
!
interface ATM0/0/0.99 point-to-point
 no atm auto-configuration
 no atm address-registration
 no atm ilmi-enable
 no atm ilmi-lecs-implied
 atm maxvp-number 0
 atm oam 99 5 end-loopback  rdi
 atm oam 99 16 end-loopback  rdi
 atm oam 99 18 end-loopback  rdi
!
interface ATM0/0/1
 no keepalive
 --More--
 
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