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.

This is the part of the complete MA table that is constant across all Bridges in a Maintenance Domain, and across all components of a single Bridge. That part of the MA table that can vary from Bridge component to Bridge component is contained in the dot1agCfmMaCompTable.

Creation of a Service Instance establishes a connectionless association among the selected DSAPs. Configuring a Maintenance association Endpoint (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 Endpoint Identifier (MEPID), identifies each MEP among those configured on a single MA (3.132, 18.2).

This table uses two indices, first index is the index of the Maintenance Domain table. The second index is the same as the index of the dot1agCfmMaCompEntry for the same MA.

The writable objects in this table need to be persistent upon reboot or restart of a device.