| 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 there !
I have a customer , who has a problem with FDDI -ring initiali-
zation. The ring consist of a DECBRIDGE 900 a alfa 2100 and 3
Silicon Graphics system's. The Alpha 2100 is running version
3.0 of OSF and is logging these errors on the console. It is hap-
pening 2-5 times a day ( systems are not booting or leaving the ring
voluntary )
Quistion-time :
Is there any way to detect who is causing the ring to initialize on
Alpha or via Hubwatch ?
Best regards and
thanks for any input
Jens Bondo , MCS-comms
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| 1616.1 | NETCAD::B_CRONIN | Thu Mar 09 1995 15:03 | 17 | ||
You can check the ring inits initiated counters on the DEC boxes, and
that will tell you whether any of them are the source of the inits.
You might also put an analyzer into the ring, and see who starts
claiming. But you will have to move the analyzer around so that you
catch the claim initiator, not just the station with the lowest
value of T_Req as seen at your observation point. This is not an
easy job......
Also, make sure that no one is rebooting these systems when you aren't
looking. That has often been the source of similar complaints.
Why are they sensitive to this? Is it cauing them problems, or is it
just that they see the counter ticking, and start to wonder what is
happening? Someone powering off a system before going home would
have a similar effect.
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| 1616.2 | Silicon Graphics machines is the cause | 51847::JENS | Mon Mar 13 1995 02:53 | 8 | |
Hi again ! Thanks for the answers. It turned out that the It was the Silicon- Graphics machines that were the cause. They have to get a patch for this. Regards Jens | |||||
| 1616.3 | NETCAD::B_CRONIN | Tue Mar 14 1995 10:28 | 6 | ||
Glad the problem is found.
If you find out the reason for the patch please post it here. It
helps me and others to know what the bugs are.
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