This article describes the “Invalid Ping Request: No local maintenance endpoint exists in the maintenance association” error message that is output when an Ethernet ping is issued, and indicates what must be done to resolve the error.

The following error is output when an Ethernet ping command is issued:

lab-1>ping ethernet maintenance-domain TEST maintenance-association diag mep 9 
Invalid Ping Request: No local maintenance endpoint exists in the maintenance association

When multiple maintenance association end points (​MEPs) (CFM Maintenance Endpoint) are configured for a maintenance-domain, users need to specify the MEP that would be the source of the Ethernet ping:

maintenance-domain TEST {
        level 3;
        maintenance-association test {
            continuity-check {
                interval 1s;
            }
            mep 2 {
                interface ge-1/1/4.55;
                direction up;
                priority 6;
                auto-discovery;
            }
            mep 3 {
                interface xe-0/2/0.55;
                direction up;
                priority 6;
                auto-discovery;
            }
            mep 4 {
                interface xe-2/2/0.55;
                direction up;
                priority 6;
                auto-discovery;

When users issue an Ethernet ping, they will need to specify a local-mep when multiple MEPs are configured on the local maintenance-domain:

lab-1>ping ethernet maintenance-domain TEST maintenance-association diag mep 9 local-mep 2                              
PING to 00:1d:b5:41:37:16, Interface lsi.1048585
^C--- ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss