| Description | The Maintenance Association table. Each row in the table
represents an MA. An MA is a set of MEPs, each configured
with a single service instance.
Creation of a Service Instance establishes a connectionless
association among the selected DSAPs. Configuring a
Maintenance association End Point (MEP) at each of the
DSAPs creates a Maintenance Association (MA) to monitor
that connectionless connectivity. The MA is identified by a
Short MA Name that is unique within the Maintenance Domain
and chosen to facilitate easy identification of the Service
Instance. Together, the Maintenance Domain Name and the
Short MA Name form the Maintenance Association Identifier
(MAID) that is carried in CFM Messages to identify
incorrect connectivity among Service Instances. A small
integer, the Maintenance association End Point Identifier
(MEPID), identifies each MEP among those configured on a
single MA (802.1ag clauses 3.17 and 18.2).
This table uses two indices, first index is the index of the
Maintenance Domain table.
The writable objects in this table need to be persistent
upon reboot or restart of a device. |