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Conference 7.286::fddi

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

1923.0. "DEFPA & fatal error detected on datalink" by HAMSUP::SONNENTAG (Thomas Sonnentag HBF 771-1139) Mon Jan 08 1996 09:34

    After installation of 2 AlphaServer 1000 4/233 with DEFPA running in a
    cluster with VMS 6.2 one of the following 3 error log entries appears
    from time to time over the day.
    We will check the revisions of the firmware and the network device
    during the next days.
    At the moment we have stopped the cluster traffic on the FDDI
    interface (LAVC_STOP_BUS) and there are no more error messages.
    
    Any hints what to look after ?
    
 ******************************* ENTRY    1973. *******************************
 ERROR SEQUENCE 20.                              LOGGED ON:  CPU_TYPE 00000006
 DATE/TIME  4-JAN-1996 20:09:54.59                            SYS_TYPE 00000011
 SYSTEM UPTIME: 0 DAYS 01:16:08
 SCS NODE: NJDB2                                            OpenVMS AXP V6.2

 HW_MODEL: 00000443 Hardware Model = 1091.

 DEVICE ATTENTION AlphaServer 1000 4/233

 NI-SCS SUB-SYSTEM, NJDB2$PEA0:

       FATAL ERROR DETECTED BY DATALINK

       STATUS          0000045C
                       00001201
       DATALINK UNIT       0001
       DATALINK NAME   41574603
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                                       DATALINK NAME = FWA1:
       REMOTE NODE     00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
       REMOTE ADDR     00000000
                           0000
       LOCAL ADDR      000400AA
                           0803
                                       ETHERNET ADDR = 0E-01-01-00-00-00
       ERROR CNT           0001
                                       1. ERROR OCCURRENCES THIS ENTRY
       UCB$L_ERRCNT    00000008
                                       8. ERRORS THIS UNIT
...
...
...
 ******************************* ENTRY    1974. *******************************
 ERROR SEQUENCE 21.                              LOGGED ON:  CPU_TYPE 00000006
 DATE/TIME  4-JAN-1996 20:09:58.59                            SYS_TYPE 00000011
 SYSTEM UPTIME: 0 DAYS 01:16:12
 SCS NODE: NJDB2                                            OpenVMS AXP V6.2

 HW_MODEL: 00000443 Hardware Model = 1091.

 DEVICE ATTENTION AlphaServer 1000 4/233

 NI-SCS SUB-SYSTEM, NJDB2$PEA0:

       FATAL ERROR DETECTED BY DATALINK

       STATUS          00000400
                       00001200
       DATALINK UNIT       0001
       DATALINK NAME   41574603
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                                       DATALINK NAME = FWA1:
       REMOTE NODE     00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
       REMOTE ADDR     00000000
                           0000
       LOCAL ADDR      000400AA
                           0803
                                       ETHERNET ADDR = 0E-01-01-00-00-00
       ERROR CNT           0001
                                       1. ERROR OCCURRENCES THIS ENTRY
       UCB$L_ERRCNT    00000009
                                       9. ERRORS THIS UNIT
...
...
...
 ******************************* ENTRY    1978. *******************************
 ERROR SEQUENCE 0.                               LOGGED ON:  CPU_TYPE 00000006
 DATE/TIME  4-JAN-1996 21:00:19.16                            SYS_TYPE 00000011
 SYSTEM UPTIME: 0 DAYS 00:00:16
 SCS NODE: NJDB2                                            OpenVMS AXP V6.2

 HW_MODEL: 00000443 Hardware Model = 1091.

 DEVICE ATTENTION AlphaServer 1000 4/233

 NI-SCS SUB-SYSTEM, NJDB2$PEA0:

       FATAL ERROR DETECTED BY DATALINK

       STATUS          8BA55200
                       00001201
       DATALINK UNIT       0001
       DATALINK NAME   41574603
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                                       DATALINK NAME = FWA1:
       REMOTE NODE     00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
                       00000000
       REMOTE ADDR     00000000
                           0000
       LOCAL ADDR      000400AA
                           0803
                                       ETHERNET ADDR = 0E-01-01-00-00-00
       ERROR CNT           0001
                                       1. ERROR OCCURRENCES THIS ENTRY
       UCB$L_ERRCNT    00000001
                                       1. ERRORS THIS UNIT
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1923.1STAR::STOCKDALETue Jan 09 1996 10:226
These errorlog messages are logged by PEDRIVER when it is told that
the 'port is no longer usable'.  To find out what actually happened
do an ANA/SYS and SHOW LAN/ERR and there will be some fatal error
information.

- Dick
1923.2Also seen on AS600APACHE::BROWNINGMon Jan 29 1996 15:24286
    Was any resolution to the problem in .0 reached?
    
    I have seen a similar problem on my AS600.  The fwa DEFPA board was
    installed in slot 7, and the fwb board was installed in slot 11.  I
    wondered if the board location had anything to do with the problem,
    except that the identical configuration works fine on another AS600!
    
    Here are the Show Lan/Err results.  Any ideas?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Richard
    
    
SDA> sho lan/error

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                -- FWA Error Information 29-JAN-1996 14:49:44 --

Fatal error count                  9    Last error CSR              00000400
Fatal error code        9-HardwreErr    Last fatal error     29-JAN 14:49:32
Prev  error code        9-HardwreErr    Prev fatal error     29-JAN 14:49:11
Transmit timeouts                  0    Last USB time                   None
Control timeouts                   1    Last UUB time                   None
Restart failures                   0    Last CRC time                   None
Power failures                     0    Last CRC srcadr                 None
Bad PTE transmits                  0    Last length erro                None
Loopback failures                  0    Last exc collisi                None
System ID failures                 0    Last carrier fai                None
ReqCounters failures               0    Last late collis                None



LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                -- FWB Error Information 29-JAN-1996 14:49:44 --

Fatal error count                  0    Last error CSR              00000000
Fatal error code                None    Last fatal error                None
Prev  error code                None    Prev fatal error                None
Transmit timeouts                  0    Last USB time                   None
Control timeouts                   0    Last UUB time                   None
Restart failures                   0    Last CRC time                   None
Power failures                     0    Last CRC srcadr                 None
Bad PTE transmits                  0    Last length erro                None
Loopback failures                  0    Last exc collisi                None
System ID failures                 0    Last carrier fai                None
ReqCounters failures               0    Last late collis                None



LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                -- EWA Error Information 29-JAN-1996 14:49:57 --

Fatal error count                  0    Last error CSR              00000000
Fatal error code                None    Last fatal error                None
Prev  error code                None    Prev fatal error                None
Transmit timeouts                  0    Last USB time                   None
Control timeouts                   0    Last UUB time                   None
Restart failures                   0    Last CRC time                   None
Power failures                     0    Last CRC srcadr                 None
Bad PTE transmits                  0    Last length erro                None
Loopback failures                  0    Last exc collisi                None
System ID failures                 0    Last carrier fai     29-JAN 14:49:57
ReqCounters failures               0    Last late collis                None


SDA> sho dev fw

I/O data structures
-------------------
				DDB list
				--------

  Address     Controller     ACP                Driver                DPT
  --------    ----------    ------    --------------------------    --------

  80E77780    FWA                     SYS$FWDRIVER                  81DAA600
  80E83180    FWB                     SYS$FWDRIVER                  81DAA600


I/O data structures
-------------------
Controller: FWA
---------------

		--- Device Data Block (DDB) 80E77780 ---

                               Alloc. class          4   DDT address    81DAA7A0
                               SB address     81D23A00                          
                               UCB address    80E77880                          

	    ---  Primary Channel Request Block (CRB) 80E775C0 ---

Reference count        3    Wait queue      80E775E0                            
Bus Array       00000000                                                        
IDB address     80E777C0    
ADP address     80E623C0    

		--- Interrupt Data Block (IDB) 80E777C0 ---

CSR address0    8373C000                                ADP address     80E623C0
CSR address1    FFFFFFFF                                                        
Number of units        1                                                        

		--- Driver Dispatch Table (DDT) 81DAA7A0 ---

Errlog buf sz        286    Diag buf sz           56    FDT size             264
Start I/O       81DABEC0    Register dump   81DAB440    FDT address     81DAA810
Alt start I/O   81DABA00    Unit init       81DAB600    Mnt verify      81D38650
Cancel I/O      81DAC800                                Cloned UCB      81DAB670



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWA0                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80E77880

Device status:   00002010 online,template
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count          0   ORB address    80E77BC0
      PID        00000000   Error count              0   DDB address    80E77780
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          0   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size        512   BOFF              00000000   CRB address    80E775C0
DEVDEPEND        00000000   Byte count        00000000   I/O wait queue 80E778EC
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            00000000                          
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000000                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E77800                                                       
Charge PID       00000000                                                       

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWA1                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80E9FB00

Device status:   00010010 online,deleteucb
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count          0   ORB address    80E9DF00
      PID        00000000   Error count              0   DDB address    80E77780
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          1   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size       4468   BOFF              000001FF   CRB address    80E775C0
DEVDEPEND        00010000   Byte count        00000000   I/O wait queue 80E9FB6C
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            00000000                          
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000027                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E77800                                                       
Charge PID       00000000                                                       

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWA2                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80FDCD40

Device status:   00010010 online,deleteucb
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count        180   ORB address    80FDC140
      PID        00010012   Error count              0   DDB address    80E77780
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          2   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size       1498   BOFF              00000080   CRB address    80E775C0
DEVDEPEND        00010000   Byte count        00000054   AMB address    80FE1800
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            80EB40C0   I/O wait queue 80FDCDAC
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000007                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E77800                                                       
Charge PID       00010012                                                       

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***



I/O data structures
-------------------
Controller: FWB
---------------

		--- Device Data Block (DDB) 80E83180 ---

                               Alloc. class          4   DDT address    81DAA7A0
                               SB address     81D23A00                          
                               UCB address    80E83300                          

	    ---  Primary Channel Request Block (CRB) 80E831C0 ---

Reference count        3    Wait queue      80E831E0                            
Bus Array       00000000                                                        
IDB address     80E83240    
ADP address     80E623C0    

		--- Interrupt Data Block (IDB) 80E83240 ---

CSR address0    8374A000                                ADP address     80E623C0
CSR address1    FFFFFFFF                                                        
Number of units        1                                                        

		--- Driver Dispatch Table (DDT) 81DAA7A0 ---

Errlog buf sz        286    Diag buf sz           56    FDT size             264
Start I/O       81DABEC0    Register dump   81DAB440    FDT address     81DAA810
Alt start I/O   81DABA00    Unit init       81DAB600    Mnt verify      81D38650
Cancel I/O      81DAC800                                Cloned UCB      81DAB670



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWB0                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80E83300

Device status:   00002010 online,template
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count          0   ORB address    80E83640
      PID        00000000   Error count              0   DDB address    80E83180
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          0   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size        512   BOFF              00000000   CRB address    80E831C0
DEVDEPEND        00000000   Byte count        00000000   I/O wait queue 80E8336C
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            00000000                          
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000000                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E83280                                                       
Charge PID       00000000                                                       

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWB1                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80EA1C40

Device status:   00010010 online,deleteucb
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count          0   ORB address    80E9FE40
      PID        00000000   Error count              0   DDB address    80E83180
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          1   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size       4468   BOFF              000001FF   CRB address    80E831C0
DEVDEPEND        00000800   Byte count        00000000   I/O wait queue 80EA1CAC
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            00000000                          
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000017                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E83280                                                       
Charge PID       00000000                                                       
%SDA-W-NOREAD, unable to access location 000002BD

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***



I/O data structures
-------------------
FWB2                          FW_DEFPA                    UCB address:  80FE9800

Device status:   00010010 online,deleteucb
Characteristics: 0C442000 net,avl,elg,idv,odv
                 00000000 

Owner UIC [000001,000004]   Operation count        270   ORB address    80F8B200
      PID        00010012   Error count              0   DDB address    80E83180
Class/Type          20/3C   Reference count          2   DDT address    81DAA7A0
Def. buf. size       1498   BOFF              00000080   CRB address    80E831C0
DEVDEPEND        00000800   Byte count        00000054   AMB address    80FE1800
DEVDEPND2        00000000   SVAPTE            80F4F800   I/O wait queue 80FE986C
DEVDEPND3        00000000   DEVSTS            00000017                          
FLCK index             3A                                                       
DLCK address     80E83280                                                       
Charge PID       00010012                                                       
%SDA-W-NOREAD, unable to access location 0000112B

	*** I/O request queue is empty ***
    
1923.3STAR::STOCKDALEWed Jan 31 1996 11:418
>>    Here are the Show Lan/Err results.  Any ideas?
    
The driver timed out a control request and thus declared a fatal
hardware error.  I'd guess that the module is broken.  You could
try swapping the two and see if the error follows the module.  It
should if it is really a broken module.

- Dick
1923.4re DEFPA control timeout problemsTOOPCS::SELLESWed Apr 03 1996 12:49357

Hello Dick , 

is there something new about the sys$fwdriver and "control timeout" problem ?

it happens a customer of mine  has got the same problem than the preceding 
replies ; i did enter it as note 1990 as the symptom perceived by the customer 
was lost of the cluster connection and from lancp , address going to 
00-00-00-00-00-00  ,  and as i've gone a lot further , 
it is more detailed below  : 

================================================================================
Note 1990.0           DEFPA and OpenVMS losing MAC address            No replies
TOOPCS::SELLES                                       21 lines  20-MAR-1996 11:59
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

in the following customer configuration , we have a strange problem of 
the DEFPA losing its mac address ( all going to 00-00-00-00-00-00 ) during 
normal system operation: this is detected by looking at MC LANCP sho conf 

configuration is :
alpha axp openvms 6.2 with latest axp_lan patches and PCI DEFPA SAS RJ45 
latest
firmware ( 2.46 ) 
connected to 
fddi decconcentrator 900 MX with latest firmware 3.2.2 ;  RJ45 connectors ;


this is a axp cluster with server 2100 with EISA card ( no problem ) and 
3 stations PCI card : the problem can occur on any of the 3 stations so we 
dont suspect hardware fault on the card 

as anyone encountered the same problem ? 

thanks for any light or idea 

PJ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More details : 

i did some investigation in the customer configuration  and uncovered the
 same problem as described in this note with errorlog messages as
"fatal error detected on datalink" and also , as it is a cluster , 
"pea0 : port has closed virtual circuit" , as cluster switches from FDDI to 
Ethernet ; 

this problem can occur randomly on any of the 3 alphastations with DEFPA card
 , and never happens on the alphaserver with DEFEA card ;
plus the fddi driver sys$fwdriver can failed either at boot time , or during
 normal system  operation  ( the problem  can happen 1 time per day ) 
the only workaround is to reboot the station ( power off / power on ); 

i dont suspect the DEFPA cards as i discovered the following behaviour : 

- i power on the station :  the DEFPA inits and set up the link with the 
concentrator900mx ( port is up from  900mx , green led on from DEFPA ) ;
- i boot openvms :   if there is a "control timeout" , the card deactivates 
the link ( port down , led off ) and SDA gives the results below ; 
if there is no problem , the link stays up ; 
- if openvms up and running , and there is a "control timeout" problem , 
card deactivates link , errorlog messages and SDA results as below and lancp
shows address all 0's 
- i shutdown OpenVMS ( the link being down ) and keep the station power on 
, and then , the card re-inits itself and the link goes up again !!!

so this is why i suspect rather a problem with the sys$fwdriver 

below , is results of SDA after problem at boot time , but the symptoms are 
the same if it happened during normal operation ( besides the FDDI counters 
being incremented ) 
i have highlighted what is different from a "normal result" with >>>>>>> lines



SDA> SHOW LAN /DEV=FWA

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
               -- FWA Device Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

LSB address                 80AA6B00    Active unit count                  2
ADP address                 80A07900    IDB address                 80A6C4C0
Driver version     00A30001 06010026    Driver code address         80890370
Device1 version    00000000 00000000    Device1 code address        00000000
Device2 version    00000000 00000000    Device2 code address        00000000
LAN version        00000004 06010071    LAN code address            8088FFE0
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Device name                 FW_DEFPA    DLL type                        FDDI
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
MOP ID                           216    MOP name                         FPA
HW version                  322E3436    HW serial               Not supplied

Flags:  00000000 
Char:   00000005 DEVCTR,MULSEG
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Status: 00000000  
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
            -- FWA Device Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

Put rcv ptr/index           84C262B8    Get rcv ptr/index           84C26278
Put xmt ptr/index           84C26CB8    Get xmt ptr/index           84C26CB8
Put cmd ptr/index           84C27288    Get cmd ptr/index           84C27288
Put uns ptr/index           84C27220    Get uns ptr/index           84C27200
Put smt ptr/index           84C27000    Get smt ptr/index           84C27000
Min receive buffers                4    Receive ring size                 16
Max receive buffers               32    RBufs owned by dev                 8
XEnts owned by dev                 0    All multicast state              OFF
XEnts owned by host              255    Promiscuous mode                 OFF
Controller mode               NORMAL    Hardware mode               00000000
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Internal loopback                OFF    Hardware address   		None
CRC generation mode               ON    Physical address   FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
            -- FWA Device Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

DAT stage                   00000000    DAT xmt status     00000021 00210001
DAT number started                 1    DAT xmt complete     18-MAR 10:35:43
DAT number failed                  0    DAT rcv found                   None

Creation time                   None    Create count                       0
Deletion time                   None    Enable count                       0
Enabled time                    None    Fatal error count                  0
Disabled time                   None    Number of ports                    0

Last receive         18-MAR 10:49:20    Last transmit        18-MAR 10:50:26
Last CRC error                  None    Last exc collision              None
Last length error               None    Last loss of carrier            None
Last USB error                  None    Last late collision             None
Last UUB error                  None    Prev fatal error                None
Last fatal error                None                                        

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
            -- FWA Device Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

System buffer quota                0    Min 1st chain segment              0
Additional quota                   1    Min transmit length                0
Maximum quota                     16    Receive alignment                  7
Device dependent longword   00000000    Receive buffer size             4608
# restarts pending                 0    Dev xmt header size                3

NMgmt advised buffer count         0    Events logged                      0
EIB address                 00000000    NMgmt assigned adr              None

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                -- FWA Fork Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

ISR   FKB sched      18-MAR 10:50:34    ISR   FKB in use flag           FREE
ISR   FKB time       18-MAR 10:50:34    ISR   FKB count                 1533
IPL8  FKB sched      18-MAR 10:35:46    IPL8  FKB in use flag           FREE
IPL8  FKB time       18-MAR 10:35:46    IPL8  FKB count                    2
RESET FKB sched                 None    RESET FKB in use flag           FREE
RESET FKB time                  None    RESET FKB count                    0
NM    FKB sched                 None    NM    FKB in use flag           FREE
NM    FKB time                  None    NM    FKB count                    0

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
            -- FWA Device Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

Data link arch version      00000000    Phy state                   INT_LOOP
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Station type                     SAC    Link state                  OFF_INIT
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Max token rotation time            0    Ring purger state         NON_PURGER
Requested TRT                  99840    Ring purger enable                 1
Negotiated TRT                 99840    Ring error reason           No error
Valid transmission time        32512    Reject reason                   None
Restricted token timeou     12500000    DAT results                  SUCCESS
LEM threshold                      8    Upstream neighbor  		None
Link Error Estimate                0    Downstream neighbor             None

FDDI flags:  00000000 

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                -- FWA Queue Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

Control hold queue      80AA6DB0  Status:  Valid, empty
Control request queue   80AA6DB8  Status:  Valid, empty
Control pending queue   80AA6DC0  Status:  Valid, empty
Transmit request queue  80AA6DA8  Status:  Valid, empty
Transmit pending queue  80AA6DD8  Status:  Valid, empty
Receive buffer queue    80AA6DF8  Status:  Valid, 9 elements
Receive pending queue   80AA6DE0  Status:  Valid, 8 elements
Post process queue      80AA6DC8  Status:  Valid, empty
Delay queue             80AA6DD0  Status:  Valid, empty
Auto restart queue      80AA6DE8  Status:  Valid, empty
Netwrk mgmt hold queue  80AA6DF0  Status:  Valid, empty

          -- FWA Multicast Address Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:40 --

AB-00-00-04-00-00
09-00-2B-02-01-04
09-00-2B-02-01-07

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
                  -- FWA Unit Summary 18-MAR-1996 10:50:45 --

UCB      UCB Addr  Fmt   Value           Client     State
---      --------  ---   -----           ------  -----------
FWA0     80AA6780
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
FWA1     80B0D400  Eth   60-07           SCA     0017 Strtn,Len,Uniq,Strtd
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
              -- FWA Counters Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:46 --

Octets received                    0    Octets sent                        0
PDUs received                      0    PDUs sent                          0
Mcast octets received              0    Mcast octets sent                  0
Mcast PDUs received                0    Mcast PDUs sent                    0
Unrec indiv dest PDUs              0    PDUs sent, deferred                0
Unrec mcast dest PDUs              0    PDUs sent, one coll                0
Data overruns                      0    PDUs sent, mul coll                0
Unavail station buffs              0    Excessive collisions               0
Last USB time                   None    Last exc collision              None
Unavail user buffers               0    Carrier check failure              0
Last UUB time                   None    Last carrier failure            None
CRC errors                         0    Short circuit failure              0
Seconds since zeroed             886    Open circuit failure               0
Station failures                   0    Transmits too long                 0

    Press RETURN for more.
SDA> 

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
           -- FWA Counters Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:46 --

Last CRC time                   None    Late collisions                    0
Last CRC srcadr                 None    Last late collision             None
Alignment errors                   0    Coll detect chk fail               0
Frames too long                    0    Send data length err               0
Rcv data length err                0    Frame size errors                  0

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Fatal error count                  1    Last fatal error                None
Restart failures                   0    Prev fatal error                None
Power failures                     0    Last error CSR              00000000
Transmit timeouts                  0    Fatal error code        1-DevTimeout
Control timeouts                   2    Prev fatal error                None
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Invalid length                     0                                        

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           -- FWA Counters Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:46 --

Transmit underrun                  0    Dup tokens detected                0
Transmit failure                   0    Ring purge errors                  0
Frame status error                 0    FCI strip errors                   0
Frame length error                 0    Traces initiated                   0
MAC frame count            	   0    Traces received                    0
MAC error count                    0    Directed beacons rcvd              0
MAC lost count                     0    Elasticity buffer err              0
Ring inits initiated               0    LCT rejects                        0
Ring inits received                0    LEM rejects                        0
Ring beacon initiated              0    Link errors                        0
DAT test failures                  0    Connections completed              0
Link buffer unavail                0                                        

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           -- FWA Counters Information (cont) 18-MAR-1996 10:50:46 --

No work transmits                  0    Loopback sent                      0
Buffer_Adr transmits               0    Loopback failures                  0
SVAPTE/BOFF transmits              0    System ID sent                     2
Global page transmits              0    System ID failures                 0
Bad PTE transmits                  0    ReqCounters sent                   0
Internal counters address   80AA7988    ReqCounters failures               0
Internal counters size            72                                        
+00 Device interrupts           1536    +28 Global page transmits          0
+04 Command errors                 0    +2C Too many segments              0
+08 Transmits failed               0    +30 Too few segments               0
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+0C Receive errors                 0    +34 RESETs issued                  2
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+10 Transmit timeouts              0    +38 Fatal errs (soft tmo)          0
+14 Command timeouts               0    +3C EEPROM update tmo              0
+18 CSR command timeouts           0    +40 Last rcv err status     00000000
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+1C Init timeouts                  1    +44 Last cmd err status     00000000
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+20 Unalign 1seg xcopies           0    +48 Generic (or unused)     80AB2000
+24 Unalign 2seg xcopies           0    +4C Generic (or unused)     80AC0000

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LAN Data Structures
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             -- FWA0 Template Unit Information 18-MAR-1996 10:50:48 --

LSB address                 80AA6B00    Error count                        0
VCIB address                00000000    Controller mode               NORMAL
Starter's PID               00000000    Internal loopback                OFF
Creator's PID               00000000    Access mode                  EXCLUSV
LAN medium                      FDDI    Promiscuous mode                 OFF
Packet format               Ethernet    All multicast mode               OFF
Eth protocol type              00-00    Padding mode                      ON
802E protocol ID      00-00-00-00-00    Automatic restart                OFF
802.2 SAP                   00000000    Allow prom client                 ON
802.2 Group SAPs         00,00,00,00    Can change address               OFF
Maximum header size                0    802.2 service                    OFF
Device buffer size              1500    CRC generation mode               ON
Maximum buffer size             4478    Maintenance state                 ON
Hrdwre buffer quota               16    User transmit FC                  ON
Rcv buffer quota                   0    User receive FC                  OFF
Rcv buffs to queue                 1    Default FC value                  00
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Hardware address   		None    Physical address   FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
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1923.5STAR::STOCKDALETue Apr 09 1996 08:3212
>>is there something new about the sys$fwdriver and "control timeout" problem ?

No, you should open a CLD to get it resolved.  Note that SYS$FWDRIVER is built
from the same source code as SYS$FRDRIVER and is only different in init code
and how interrupts are disabled and reenabled - it may have happened on more
than one system, but I'm not inclined to think there is a driver problem.

>> address going to 00-00-00-00-00-00

This would happen if the driver was unable to start the DEFPA correctly.

- Dick