- A Maintenance Point ID (MPID) uniquely identifies each endpoint within
- a Maintenance Association. The MPID is used to identify this endpoint
- to other Maintenance Points in the MA. Each end of a link being
- monitored should have a different MPID. Must be configured to enable
- CFM on this <ref table="Interface"/>.
+ <p>
+ A Maintenance Point ID (MPID) uniquely identifies each endpoint
+ within a Maintenance Association. The MPID is used to identify this
+ endpoint to other Maintenance Points in the MA. Each end of a link
+ being monitored should have a different MPID. Must be configured to
+ enable CFM on this <ref table="Interface"/>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ According to the 802.1ag specification, MPIDs can only range between
+ [1, 8191]. However, extended mode (see <ref column="other_config"
+ key="cfm_extended"/>) supports eight byte MPIDs.
+ </p>