RFC 6136 on Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Requirements and Framework

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        RFC 6136

        Title:      Layer 2 Virtual Private Network 
                    (L2VPN) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance 
                    (OAM) Requirements and Framework 
        Author:     A. Sajassi, Ed.,
                    D. Mohan, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       March 2011
        Mailbox:    sajassi@cisco.com, 
                    mohand@nortel.com
        Pages:      42
        Characters: 92170
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-l2vpn-oam-req-frmk-11.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6136.txt

This document provides framework and requirements for Layer 2 Virtual
Private Network (L2VPN) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
(OAM).  The OAM framework is intended to provide OAM layering across
L2VPN services, pseudowires (PWs), and Packet Switched Network (PSN)
tunnels.  This document is intended to identify OAM requirements
for L2VPN services, i.e., Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), Virtual 
Private Wire Service (VPWS), and IP-only LAN Service (IPLS). Furthermore, 
if L2VPN service OAM requirements impose specific requirements on PW
OAM and/or PSN OAM, those specific PW and/or PSN OAM requirements
are also identified.  This document is not an Internet Standards Track 
specification; it is published for informational purposes.

This document is a product of the Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF.

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