Conference 7.286::fddi

1717.0. "DEFPA-UA - Gigaswitch -DECNET IV" by GIDDAY::KULHALLI () Wed Jun 14 1995 01:02

    
    Hello,
    
     I have a customer with DEFPA-UA ( FDDI over UTP) port in Sable connected to
     a Gigaswitch. This is S-S connection and the Green led on Gigaswitch
     indicates the link is stable and physical level connectivity is oK.
     This system is running VMS 6.1 and DEFPA has been manually configured.
    
     This system has two controllers ( onboard Ethernet and DEFPA )
     
     netconfig came up with following commands:
    
    
        DEFINE LINE    EWA-0 STATE ON
        DEFINE CIRCUIT EWA-0 STATE ON COST 4
        DEFINE LINE    EWA-1 STATE ON
        DEFINE CIRCUIT EWA-1 STATE ON COST 4
        DEFINE LINE    FWA-0 STATE ON
        DEFINE CIRCUIT FWA-0 STATE ON COST 4
    
     
     Next customer turned the circuit and line state off for EWA0
     and we received following messages:
    
    %%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   7-JUN-1995 19:53:22.18  %%%%%%%%%%%
    Message from user DECNET on MARS
    DECnet event 4.10, circuit up
    From node 10.2 (MARS),  7-JUN-1995 19:53:22.17
    Circuit FWA-0
    
    %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   7-JUN-1995 19:53:22.18  %%%%%%%%%%%
    Message from user DECNET on MARS
    DECnet event 4.7, circuit down, circuit fault
    From node 10.2 (MARS),  7-JUN-1995 19:53:22.18
    Circuit FWA-0, Line synchronization lost
    
     We cannot get the DECNET  to run on the DEFPA.
     
     Any comments on the above is appreciated
    
     Thanks
     
     Mohan 
     Mohan Kulhalli
     CSC Sydney
       

Has the DEFPA been successfully configured?  You can tell by ANA/SYS and
SHOW LAN/ERROR/DEV=FWA to see if there are any errors,
SHOW LAN/COUNT/DEV=FWA to see if there have been any successful xmt/rcv,
SHOW LAN/FDDI to see if the 'ring available' status is indicated.

If the driver isn't getting interrupts, you will see timeout errors.

If the DEFPA isn't on the ring you will not see 'ring available' status.

- Dick

    Have you got a full function DECnet license loaded, things get horribly
    confused if you only have end-node installed, from one who knows...
    
    Steve