| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI |
| Created: | Thu Apr 27 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2259 |
| Total number of notes: | 8590 |
Is there any timer which expires if an upsteam neighbor station
does not send a NIF at least every 30 seconds?
Will the downstream station begin claiming if this happens?
Where can more detail on this be obtained?
Phil
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1118.1 | NPSS::WADE | Bill Wade, Network Systems Support | Tue Oct 19 1993 10:30 | 12 | |
> Is there any timer which expires if an upsteam neighbor station
> does not send a NIF at least every 30 seconds?
Using POLYCENTER ELM AM -
MCC> SHOW CONCENTRATOR/BRIDGE name LINE * UNA TIMED OUT
The NIF protocol is described in detail in section 8.2 of the SMT
spec rev 7.2.
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| 1118.2 | KONING::KONING | Paul Koning, B-16504 | Tue Oct 19 1993 15:04 | 8 | |
A NIF timeout will be reflected in the station status you can see via network management. It does NOT cause claim or any other recovery action. (SMT frames are not actually necessary for FDDI to work. If all SMT frames suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, no FDDI user would notice, and most network managers wouldn't either!) paul | |||||