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MPLSOAM BOF meeting draft minutes

  • From: Dave McDysan <dave.mcdysan@wcom.com>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:33:13 -0500
  • Cc: Ben Mack-Crane <Ben.Mack-Crane@tellabs.com>, neil.2.harrison@bt.com, mpls@UU.NET
  • Importance: Normal



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mpls@UU.NET [mailto:owner-mpls@UU.NET]On Behalf Of Punj,
> Arun
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:50 AM
> To: 'Giles Heron'; Don Fedyk
> Cc: Ben Mack-Crane; neil.2.harrison@bt.com; mpls@UU.NET
> Subject: RE: MPLSOAM BOF meeting draft minutes
>
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> OAM is required to ensure that customer is given a level of
> service that he
> has contracted for.
> If all you have offered is best effort delivery than IP ping is
> sufficient.
> But if customer has
> contracted for a pseudo-wire service than you better perform connectivity
> checks on this pseudo
> wire, or you will soon have claims piling on your desk.
>

Since pseudo-wire is a layered service, MPLS OAM alone will not solve this
problem. There are also defects that can occur in the functions at the ends
of the pseudo-wire.

Dave