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Re: [EFM] RE: OAM Transport Proposal




Brad,

I agree that a service interface is probably required for fault and
alarm conditions. This is covered under the following EFM objectives: 

Support far-end OAM for subscriber access networks:
o Remote Failure Indication
o Link Monitoring

This objective, and the service interface is applicable to OAM in
general and not specific to the transport (i.e. preamble or frame).

I take it that you're requesting that this be clearly specified in the
OAM Baseline for Edinburgh?

Best Regards,
Rich
              
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"Booth, Bradley" wrote:
> 
> Rich,
> 
> This is the sticking point.  802.3 specifies service interfaces and a PHY
> management interface.  To assume that EFM is going to do any management of
> the link without using either of these interfaces implies that the OAM must
> be handled inside the PHY.  If OAMinP is not handling its OAM messages
> either in the PHY or via a service interface or PHY management interface,
> then I think this is "broken" within the context of Ethernet.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brad
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Taborek [mailto:rtaborek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:29 PM
> Cc: 'stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org'
> Subject: Re: [EFM] RE: OAM Transport Proposal
> 
> Brad,
> 
> The simple Fault and Alarm conditions that are expeditiously transported
> via OAMinP should not utilize the relatively slow MDIO/MDC mechanisms.
> The management entity for OAMinP is not significantly different than
> that which carriers are used to for SONET OAM for handling the same
> conditions. I believe that the specific management interface is out of
> IEEE P802.3ah scope.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Rich
> 
> --
> 
> "Booth, Bradley" wrote:
> >
> > Matt,
> >
> > A management frame I described is that defined in Clause 22 as a MDIO/MDC
> > communication.  If the preamble is filtered by the PHY, then there has to
> be
> > some way to pass this preamble OAM information to the management entity.
> In
> > 802.3, this is done via MDIO/MDC (or management frames).  A management
> frame
> > takes over 25 us to be passed across the MDIO/MDC interface.  Unless the
> > intention is to have the PHY handle all OAM in preamble without management
> > entity intervention, then the response to the OAM in preamble will be
> > hampered by the MDIO/MDC interface.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brad
                        
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