</column>
</group>
- <group title="Other Features">
+ <group title="Connectivity Fault Management">
+ <p>
+ 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) allows a group of
+ Maintenance Points (MPs) called a Maintenance Association (MA) to
+ detect connectivity problems with each other. MPs within a MA should
+ have complete and exclusive interconnectivity. This is verified by
+ occasionally broadcasting Continuity Check Messages (CCMs) at a
+ configurable transmission interval.
+ </p>
+
+ <column name="cfm_mpid">
+ 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"/>.
+ </column>
- <column name="monitor">
- Connectivity monitor configuration for this interface.
+ <column name="cfm_remote_mpid">
+ The MPID of the remote endpoint being monitored. If this
+ <ref table="Interface"/> does not have connectivity to an endpoint
+ advertising the configured MPID, a fault is signalled. Must be
+ configured to enable CFM on this <ref table="Interface"/>
</column>
+ <column name="cfm_fault">
+ Indicates a connectivity fault triggered by an inability to receive
+ heartbeats from the remote endpoint.
+ </column>
+ </group>
+
+ <group title="Other Features">
+
<column name="lacp_current">
Boolean value indicating LACP status for this interface. If true, this
interface has current LACP information about its LACP partner. This
<column name="other_config">
Key-value pairs for rarely used interface features.
<dl>
+ <dt><code>cfm_interval</code></dt>
+ <dd> The transmission interval of CFM heartbeats in milliseconds.
+ Three missed heartbeat receptions indicate a connectivity fault.
+ Defaults to 1000ms. </dd>
<dt><code>bond-stable-id</code></dt>
<dd> A positive integer using in <code>stable</code> bond mode to
make slave selection decisions. Allocating
</column>
</table>
- <table name="Monitor" title="Connectivity Monitor configuration">
- <p>
- A <ref table="Monitor"/> attaches to an <ref table="Interface"/> to
- implement 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM). CFM allows a
- group of Maintenance Points (MPs) called a Maintenance Association (MA)
- to detect connectivity problems with each other. MPs within a MA should
- have complete and exclusive interconnectivity. This is verified by
- occasionally broadcasting Continuity Check Messages (CCMs) at a
- configurable transmission interval. A <ref table="Monitor"/> is
- responsible for collecting data about other MPs in its MA and
- broadcasting CCMs.
- </p>
-
- <group title="Monitor Configuration">
- <column name="mpid">
- A Maintenance Point ID (MPID) uniquely identifies each endpoint within
- a Maintenance Association. The MPID is used to identify this
- <ref table="Monitor"/> to other endpoints in the MA.
- </column>
-
- <column name="remote_mps">
- A set of <ref table="Maintenance_Points"/> which this
- <ref table="Monitor"/> should have connectivity to. If this
- <ref table="Monitor"/> does not have connectivity to any MPs in this
- set, or has connectivity to any MPs not in this set, a fault is
- signaled.
- </column>
-
- <column name="interval">
- The transmission interval of CCMs in milliseconds. Three missed CCMs
- indicate a connectivity fault. Defaults to 1000ms.
- </column>
- </group>
-
- <group title="Monitor Status">
- <column name="fault">
- Indicates a Connectivity Fault caused by a configuration error, a down
- remote MP, or unexpected connectivity to a remote MAID or remote MP.
- </column>
- </group>
- </table>
-
- <table name="Maintenance_Point" title="Maintenance Point configuration">
- <p>
- A <ref table="Maintenance_Point"/> represents a MP which a
- <ref table="Monitor"/> has or should have connectivity to.
- </p>
-
- <group title="Maintenance_Point Configuration">
- <column name="mpid">
- A Maintenance Point ID (MPID) uniquely identifies each endpoint within
- a Maintenance Association. All MPs within a MA should have a unique
- MPID.
- </column>
- </group>
-
- <group title="Maintenance_Point Status">
- <column name="fault">
- Indicates a connectivity fault.
- </column>
- </group>
- </table>
-
<table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN).">
<p>A port mirror within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
<p>A port mirror configures a bridge to send selected frames to special
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