Motorola Wireline Access Networks

Ethernet OAM and CFM Feature Overview

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Agenda Overview Ethernet Link Layer OAM Ethernet Service Layer CFM Summary

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What are Ethernet OAM and CFM? Terminology: Ethernet OAM used commonly to refer to both Ethernet Link OAM and Ethernet Service CFM Standards define:
Ethernet Link Layer OAM per IEEE 802.3ah
Physical link OAM Provides for remote fault detection and notification (e.g. loss of link), loopbacks (intrusive), and link

monitoring

Ethernet Service Layer CFM per IEEE 802.1ag

Logical Connectivity Fault Management Includes path discovery (link trace), fault detection and notification (CC), fault verification and

isolation (loopback)

Ethernet Service Layer CFM per ITU-T Y.1731

Compatible with IEEE 802.1ag, Expands CFM with additional AIS, RDI and PM capabilities

(Also E-LMI, but not on feature roadmap)

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Verizons Objectives for Ethernet OAM and CFM Improve Network Monitoring
Automatically detect and notify OLT GigE WAN link faults between the GWR and the OLT (e.g. loss of link, far end critical failure) Pro-actively detect and notify end-to-end connectivity problems for Ethernet based services
Provide the equivalent of ATM F5 OAM Loopbacks, RDI and AIS

Improve Troubleshooting Capabilities

Use loopbacks for turn up testing and invasive troubleshooting on the WAN links Troubleshoot end-to-end connectivity problems using non-service affecting loopbacks and link trace on Ethernet based services

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Link Layer OAM

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Link Layer Ethernet OAM (802.3ah) OLT GigE WAN Links

Uses OAM PDUs Sits below the Link Aggregation MAC sublayer Two Modes: Active and Passive Active: Initiates discovery, Requests far end loopbacks, Detects Loss of Link, Far End CR failure, Sends events for local CR failure, and Dying Gasp Passive: responds to far end discovery requests, Loops back upon request (service affecting), Detects Loss of Link, Far End CR failure, Dying Gasp, Sends events for local CR failure
Dying gasp not supported on OLT

usually collocated

Juniper GWR
802.3ah

OLT

PONs

ONT ONT ONT ONT

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Link Layer Ethernet OAM (802.3ah) Loopbacks and Test

Ethernet OAM Loopbacks per 802.3ah are service affecting
Used by service provider during turnup, and troubleshooting of live network OLT to support Active and Passive modes (including test capability)

Loopback and Test

OAM PDUs set up the link loopback Test pattern is injected at the Active mode side and pattern is verified upon receipt or else test fails
Test pattern usage is outside scope of 802.3ah
Test pattern TBD

Juniper GWR

inject test pattern

OLT
evaluate test results

PONs

ONT ONT ONT ONT

802.3ah
Setting up a loopback on a link that is part of Link Aggregation Group will result in the redistribution of traffic to links in the LAG that are not looped back.

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Link Layer Ethernet OAM (802.3ah) Link PM and TCA

Link PM
Monitor incoming PM Events from FE Generate outgoing PM Events to FE Raise TCA to EMS for PM Events (Needs further discussion with VZ) Events:
Errored Symbol Period Event (threshold default values: one symbol error in one second) Errored Frame Event (threshold default values: one frame error in one second) Errored Frame Period Event (threshold default: one frame error for the number of minsizeframes frames that can be

received in one second)

Errored Frame Seconds Summary Event (threshold default: the number of errored frame seconds in 60 seconds)**

Juniper GWR

TCAs to EMS

OLT

PONs

ONT ONT ONT ONT

802.3ah

Monitor NE and FE PM data. Raise TCA if thresholds crossed.

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Link Layer Ethernet OAM Availability and Evolution Ethernet OAM is already available on the Juniper GWR Feature Evolution: Automatically take link out of LAG if PM Event threshold is crossed

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Service Layer OAM (Ethernet CFM)

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CFM Agenda Basic Concepts Advanced Concepts OLT/ONT Implementation

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Service Layer Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Reactive Maintenance Tools

On-demand non-service affecting loopbacks to validate connectivity (ping-like) On-demand trace route

Proactive Maintenance Alerts

Continuity Check Messages (CCM) are sent at periodic intervals Loss of continuity alarms (when expected CCMs are not received) Provides for additional alerts (e.g. configuration error, cross connect error)

Requires Network-wide implementation of Maintenance Domains for proper functionality

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Domain Organization

Level 7 Customer domain

Provider domain

Operator 1 domain Level 0 Individual Levels

Operator 2 domain

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Service Layer CFM Key Components Maintenance Endpoint (MEP)

Initiate CFM messages and respond to CFM messages Prevent leaking of CFM messages beyond the MD

Maintenance Intermediate Point (MIP)

Passively receive CFM messages and respond to initiating MEP

Maintenance Association (MA)

Logical association between two MEPs

Maintenance Domain (MD)

Consists of one or more MAs at the same level.

8 Levels Supported (0-7)

Levels 7,6,5 intended for customer domain Levels 4,3 intended for service provider domain Levels 2,1,0 intended for operator domain

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Maintenance Domain Example

MEP-1

MIP-a MA

MIP-b

MEP-2 MD level n

MEP: Sends CCM Sends LBM / Responds LBR Sends LTM/ Responds LTR Raises CC alarms. Prohibits leaking CFM messages out of MD level.

MIP: Responds LBR Relays LTM/ Responds LTR

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CFM Loopbacks (Non-Service Affecting)

Purpose: To verify connectivity from a MEP to a particular MP Issued by MEP to a specific MAC address of another MP in the same MA as the transmitting MEP.
Requires that the target MAC address is known
MAC address obtained from records of link trace results performed after initial connection configuration, or

other record keeping method (outside scope of standard)

Layer-2 ping

LBM (DA=MIP c)

MEP-1

MIP-a

MIP-b

MIP-c

MEP-2

MD Level

LBR (DA=MEP1)

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CFM LinkTrace
Purpose: To verify connectivity from a MEP to a target MP, and identify all intermediate MPs Issued by a MEP to another MEP/MIP in its domain level, using special multicast address (dest MAC included in LTM) Each MP in the MA to the destination MEP/MIP responds with a unicast message to the source MEP The source MEP obtains all MAC addresses for MP in the path to the destination MIP/MEP
LTM Multicast Dest MAC = 01-80-C2-00-00-3y, where y corresponds to the MD level LTR uses unicast Dest MAC

LTM (DA=MEP2)

LTM (DA=MEP2) MIP-a

LTM (DA=MEP2) MIP-b

LTM (DA=MEP2) MEP-2

MEP-1

MIP-c

MA

LTR (SA=MIP a) LTR (SA=MIP b) LTR (SA=MIP c) LTR (SA=MEP2)

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CFM Continuity Check

Purpose: To monitor and alarm connectivity faults for an MA Each MEP sends periodic hello message called a CCM (multicast within the MD) Each MEP is configured to expect CCMs from specific MEPs When the MEP receives CCM, it is assured that connectivity through all intermediate MIPs to the far end MEP is good CCMs do not get responded to When a CCM is not received, alarms are raised
Loss of Connectivity to MEP-n (LOCC) Other alarms are possible to be detected (for example) MA ID mismatch (service cross connected improperly)

Duplicate sequence number (forwarding loops) CCM messages use a special destination multicast MAC address (01-80-C2-00-00-3y, where y corresponds to the MD level)

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General AIS/ RDI Concepts Purpose: Isolate the root cause of a failure
Typically provided as a status/event without alarm level Originates from telecom TDM

Alarm Indication Signal

AIS inserted at the node detecting a failure AIS is signaled in the direction of the fault to suppress alarms

Remote Defect Indicator

RDI signaled in the opposite direction of the fault for notification to prior nodes
alarm raised to EMS

RDI

node 1

node 2

node 3
AIS

node 4

node 5

RDI detected

RDI detected

Fault detected

Fault detected AIS detected AIS suppresses alarm

Fault detected AIS detected AIS suppresses alarm

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CFM ETH-AIS Purpose: to suppress alarms in the direction downstream of the failure Upon detection of a failure condition, a MEP sends periodic ETH-AIS frames at the same MD Level until the condition is cleared Upon receipt of ETH-AIS frames, a MEP will suppress LOCC alarms for the peer MEP in the MA When ETH-AIS is received by a MEP at MD Level-n, then the MEP sends AIS frames to all higher level MPs (i.e. level-m, where m>n)

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CFM ETH-AIS

L7 AIS squelched LOCC* 7 7 7 7

L7 AIS L4 AIS squelched LOCC*

L4 AIS

2
LOCC*

* If CCM used

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CFM ETH-RDI Purpose: To communicate to peer MEPs that there is a defect condition detected Opposite direction from AIS Conveyed via CCM

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CFM ETH-RDI (CCM)

L7 AIS squelched LOCC* 7 7 L7 RDI 7 7

L4 AIS squelched LOCC* 4 4 L4 RDI 4 4

2
LOCC* L2 RDI

* CCM must be used for RDI

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MEP Types Three Types of MEPs can be supported on one bridge port Eight levels for each MEP type
UP MEP: closer to frame filtering entity
Per VLAN

DOWN MEP: closer to LAN

Two Types of DOWN MEPs: above queuing entities (per VLAN) below queuing entities (no VLAN)

OLT to support all types of MEPs on GbE and GPON ports ONT to support a subset of MEP types only Up MEPs on CPE facing ports only Down MEP below queuing entity on GPON port primarily due to MAC address limitation NOTE: Cisco deviates from the standard terminology In vs. Out MEPs (In = Up, Out = Down)

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Maintenance Point Placement in a Bridge Port

Up MPs

Down MPs

Down MEPs

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Maintenance Point Placement in a Bridge Port Relative to other standards

Up MEPs and Up MHFs above queueing entities
Down MEPs and Down MHFs above queueing entities

802.3ah Ethernet Link Aggregation Down MEPs below queueing entities 802.3ah Ethernet Link OAM

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Maintenance Domain Example (Based on ITU-T Y.1731)

CPE

Operator A

Operator B

CPE

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OLT/ONT as Provider Edge Bridge Model

OLT ONT

Maintenance C-VLAN used to verify connectivity between the ONT and OLT (i.e. one MA, vs. many MAs, one per C-VID)

Clause 8.6.3

Maintenance C-VLAN used to verify connectivity between the ONT and OLT (i.e. one MA, vs. many MAs, one per C-VID)

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OLT/ONT Network Model for CFM

GWR OLT ONT BHR CPE

out of scope higher layers

L2: Verifies connectivity from GWR to ONT

Ethernet Frames

VID=C-TAG

L1: Verifies GWR-OLT connectivity L0: Verifies OLT to ONT connectivity

VID=S-TAG

0
no VID

802.3ah Link OAM

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MAC Address Models and the OLT/ONT Individual MP address model: one MAC address per bridge port
CFM PDUs on the Bridge port can be distinguished based on VID and MD Level only. OLT to provide one MAC address per port (GigE and GPON)

Shared MP Address model: Same as individual MP address model, except that all Up MPs (but not Down MPs) in the same MA and in the same bridge can share a MAC address
ONT to follow shared MP address model for Up MEPs TBD: MAC addresses for the Down MEPs (one PON port, so may be OK with the one MAC address)

Management Port MEPs: Up MEPs only are configured on a Management Port

Either Individual MP address or Shared MP address model can be used by the bridge that supports Management Port MEPs No Management port MEPs are planned on the OLT

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CFM Managed Objects per 802.1ag

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Issues TBD 802.3ah quantity of PM thresholds made configurable

Current thinking is to only support Errored Frame Seconds Summary, but need to test that with VZ

802.1ag MAC address model on the ONT

Down MEPs require one MAC address per port (TBD if this is problematic for one GPON port per ONT)

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Summary Ethernet OAM and CFM is a powerful troubleshooting tool Link Layer OAM requires that the GWR and OLT both support 802.3ah
Similar to other link OAM capabilities (for example, SONET Line OAM)

Configuration Fault Management requires architecture and planning

Critical part of CFM success will be the network architecture that is chosen (i.e. defining domains, and assigning levels) Requires all key NEs to support CFM Once configuration is successfully completed, operation is expected to be straightforward.

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