Provision Loopback

Perform the following steps to provide a loopback on the selected port. Loopback can be provisioned only on L2 ports:

Go to Configuration > Layer 2 menu and click Ports option. The Manage Ports page is displayed.
Select the desired port from the list. Use the search option provided on the Ports page to search for a specific port on a node.
Click (Create LoopBack). Create LoopBack for selected Port window is displayed.
Select the desired LoopBack Type from the drop down list.
Enter a LoopBack Name, Source MAC Address, and Destination MAC Address in the text box provided.
Click Create. A success message is displayed.

Provision Loopback parameters

Parameter	Description
LoopBack Type	Select the type of loop back from the drop down menu. loopback_none Facility Terminal Ingress Egress L2 Ingress L2 Egress FlowPoint Ingress Flowpoint Egress Tunnel Ingress Tunnel Egress Pseudowire Ingress Pseudowire Egress NOTE: Only loopback_none, Facility, and Terminal options are supported for this release.
LoopBack Name	Enter name of loopback to be created. The acceptable value is alphanumeric.
Source MAC Address	Enter a valid MAC Address.
Destination MAC Address	Enter a valid MAC Address.
Service Name	This parameter is displayed only for 'FlowPoint Ingress' loop back type. Enter the service name on which the flowpoint loopback is created.