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MPC8260 PowerQUICC II UserÕs Manual
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Part IV.  Communications Processor Module
Table 29-9 lists pre-assigned header values at the network-node interface (NNI).
29.6.2  Virtual Path (F4) Flow Mechanism
The F4 ßow is designated by pre-assigned virtual channel identiÞers within the virtual path.
The following two kinds of F4 ßows can exist simultaneously:
¥
End-to-end (identiÞed as VCI 4)ÑThis ßow is used for end-to-end VPC operations 
communications. Cells inserted into this ßow can be removed only by the endpoints 
of the virtual path.
¥
Segment (identiÞed as VCI 3)ÑThis ßow is used for communicating operations 
information within one VPC link or among multiple interconnected VPC links. The 
concatenation of VPC links is called a VPC segment. Cells inserted into this ßow can 
be removed only by the segment endpoints, which must remove these cells to 
prevent confusion in adjacent segments.
29.6.3  Virtual Channel (F5) Flow Mechanism
The F5 ßow is designated by pre-assigned payload type identiÞers. The following two kinds
of F5 ßow can exist simultaneously:
¥
End-to-end (identiÞed by PTI = 5)ÑThis ßow is used for end-to-end VCC 
operations communications. Cells inserted into this ßow can be removed only by VC 
endpoints.
¥
Segment (identiÞed by PTI = 4)ÑThis ßow is used for communicating operations 
information with the bound of one VCC link or multiple interconnected VCC links. 
A concatenation of VCC links is called a VCC segment. Segment endpoints must 
remove these cells to prevent confusion in adjacent segments.
29.6.4  Receiving OAM F4 or F5 Cells
OAM F4/F5 ßow cells are received using the raw cell queue, described in Section 29.4.4,
ÒReceive Raw Cell Queue.
Ó An F4/F5 OAM cell which does not appear in the CAM or
address compression tables is considered a misinserted cell.
Table 29-9. Pre-Assigned Header Values at the NNI
Use
VPI
VCI
PTI
CLP
Segment OAM F4 ßow cell
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
0000_0000_0000_0011
0a0
a
End-to-end OAM F4 ßow cell
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
0000_0000_0000_0100
0a0
a
Segment OAM F5 ßow cell
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
100
a
End-to-end OAM F5 ßow cell
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
aaaa_aaaa_aaaa_aaaa
101
a
a= available for use by the appropriate ATM layer function