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RE: [EFM] OAM functionals




Francois,

How many "exploders" do we have going on here?

There are some basic fundamental questions that will have an effect on all 
architectures that have not been addressed yet.  Some of the questions have 
not even been asked, as example this thread.

Thank you,
Roy Bynum

At 10:59 AM 9/25/01 -0400, Francois Menard wrote:
>I cannot see any other way than to hold this thread on the
>architecture-specific  exploders.  For example, for P2P GigE, it may be
>that my objective can be met, that is to have frame-based in-band
>bridgeable link troubleshooting, even at the expense of wasted bandwidth
>(what's a few bytes per minute on a dedicated GigE link?).
>-=Francois=-
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-stds-802-3-efm@majordomo.ieee.org
>[mailto:owner-stds-802-3-efm@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Roy Bynum
>Sent: September 24, 2001 8:49 PM
>To: ah_smith@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: stds-802-3-efm
>Subject: [EFM] OAM functionals
>
>
>
>Andrew,
>
>Lets start a new thread.
>
>I would like for others, perhaps you, to be able contribute to some of
>the
>access edge OAM functional requirements.
>
>Do you know what "Facilities Alarms" are?  Do you know what they are
>used
>for?  Do you know how they work?  Do you know why they might be needed
>for EFM?
>
>Thank you,
>Roy Bynum