| 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 |
Hi,
I have a customer I am working with that is using DECmcc to access his
DECbridge 600. He says that the bridge is showing a port broken reason
for the Ethernet port as probable external fault. The FDDI ports are
showing a port broken reason also but this one says probable internal
fault.
My questions are:
1. Is this indicating a real failure?
2. What should we look for?
3. Is there a way to reset this so there is not a port broken reason?
The DB600 is runnung V1.3 with a rom version of 2.9.0.
Thanks,
Walt McGaw
CSC/CS
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1353.1 | For Ethernet ports, it's absence of media, FDDI, I'm not sure | 4371::BATTERSBY | Wed Jul 13 1994 14:08 | 10 | |
The port broken reason for the Ethernet port/ports could very simply
be that there is no cable connected to the port. The operational
firmware tests the ports periodically, and if no media is seen
reports this as a possible external fault. This is nothing to
worry about. one can eliminate this by putting an AUI loopback
on unused AUI ports on a DECbridge 600. I'm not as sure about the
FDDi port broken reason you state. I'm not familiar with whether
the port test algorythm is the same as the Ethernet ports.
Bob
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