Conference 7.286::fddi

1983.0. "DEMFA problem ? mfa0: port halted" by ZPOVC::HINSIONG () Sun Mar 17 1996 01:50

Hi,

I've a customer running Digital Unix 3.2C on a DEC 7740.  Recently, the
system network halted suddenly with the following message.  By restarting
the network using "/sbin/rc3.d/S00inet start" command, the system went
back to normal.  The DEMFA network card has been replaced but the problem
still exists.  Unfortunately, each time it happened, the error log file
got corrupted and I couldn't really see what went wrong.  The DEMFA firmware
is V2.0.  Can anyone explain what could have caused the network port to
be halted ?  The system is connected to a DECConcentrator 500.

Any advice is appreciated !

Rgds,
Lim Hin Siong

Mar 15 04:02:16 leonis vmunix: mfa0: Unsolicited Event: Ring Init Received (state is 3)
Mar 15 04:02:16 leonis vmunix: mfa0: Unsolicited Event: Ring Beacon Initiated (state is 3)
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: mfa0: port halted (eintr): xber = 0x8a, xpst = 0xc1805, 
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 	xpd1 = 0x183f8000, xpd2 = 0x0, xpud = 0x8c5d001c
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: mfa0 halted, port logout area follows:
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x4200000
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x0
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x3
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x213
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0xc
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x23ff00
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x0
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x0
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x220
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x220
Mar 15 04:02:58 leonis vmunix: 0x22cc50
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x22cc50
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x1
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x235138
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x23feb8
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x202cfe
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x20040000
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x20835a
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x23fdc8
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x204e18
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x22cc50
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x0
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x23fed4
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x22fdea
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x22c8cc
Mar 15 04:02:59 leonis vmunix: 0x2130000
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0xc2598
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0x22c8cc
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0x7
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0x10023
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0xfe78020c
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 0x522cb095
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: mfa0: port reset failed (eintr): xber = 0x8a, xpst = 0xc1805, 
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 	xpd1 = 0x183f8000, xpd2 = 0x0, xpud = 0x8c5d001c
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: mfa0: port init failed (reset): xber = 0x8a, xpst = 0xc1805, 
Mar 15 04:03:00 leonis vmunix: 	xpd1 = 0x183f8000, xpd2 = 0x0, xpud = 0x8c5d001c