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BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Authors:

L. Andersson
H. van Helvoort
R. Bonica
D. Romascanu
S. Mansfield

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IETF

Source:

opsawg (ops)

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Abstract

At first glance, the acronym "OAM" seems to be well-known andwell-understood. Looking at the acronym a bit more closely reveals aset of recurring problems that are revisited time and again.

This document provides a definition of the acronym "OAM" (Operations,Administration, and Maintenance) for use in all future IETF documentsthat refer to OAM. There are other definitions and acronyms thatwill be discussed while exploring the definition of the constituentparts of the "OAM" term. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.