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| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation |
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| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI |
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| 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 |
1996.0. "DEMFA Errors Revisited" by CSC32::MARZULLA () Tue Mar 26 1996 10:49
One of my customers (Bank of Bermuda) has been seeing intermittent
DEMFA failures. The DEMFAs they have are Rev. E08, ucode 2.0. They are
on 6 76XX and 5 64XX type systems and interfaced to
DEChub/DECconcentrator 900 equipment.
The errorlog entrties for these errors will be included below. It has
been recommended by us to downgrade the DEMFA firmware to ver 1.4
because it has resolved similar DEMFA errors we have seen but not
exactly the ones documented below. This has brought up several
questions from the customer and Field personel that I can't find
answers for.
Questions:
1. Is the recommendation correct for these errors? Again the
recommendation being to downgrade the DEMFAs to 1.4.
2. Are there any performance differences between the two versions?
3. What are the definitive known problems with V1.4 and V2.0?
4. What is the definition and impact of SMT 7.2 compliance? What does
"PMF GETs and SRFs" mean to them?
Is there a location in the net I can find releaase notes and such for
these version of firmware?
Thanks,
Steve Marzulla
******************************* ENTRY 918.*******************************
ERROR SEQUENCE 1964. LOGGED ON: SID 0B000006
DATE/TIME 20-FEB-1996 02:29:54.67 SYS_TYPE 02400101
SYSTEM UPTIME: 1 DAYS 14:34:38
SCS NODE: BMDA VAX/VMS V6.1
DEVICE ATTENTION KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0
XMI NODE # 1.
DEMFA SUB-SYSTEM, BMDA$FXA0:
ERROR TYPE CODE #8., ERROR SUBTYPE CODE #35.
XDEV REG 00200823
DEVICE TYPE = 0823(X)
FIRMWARE REV = 20(X)
HARDWARE REV = 00(X)
PORT STATUS REG 00000005
HALTED STATE
LED STATE = 00(X)
NO ERROR
XPUD REG 80000018
RESET COUNT 0000
FIRMWARE REV 20
ERROR REASON 04
TIME STAMP 000000000000
0. HRS, 0. MINS, 0. SECS
WRITE COUNT 0008
MSGID 0000023D
USRDEF0 0000000E
REG D2 010C4A01
REG D3 010C003C
REG D4 00000001
REG D5 0000003C
REG D6 00000220
REG D7 0022CC50
REG A2 00202C8A
REG A3 0021BDC2
REG A4 00235138
REG A5 0023FE68
REG A6 00202CFE
REG PC 20040000
REG SR 00000000
REG A7 0023FE2A
STACK R0 0023FEC2
STACK R1 0020A56C
STACK R2 00000304
STACK R3 00000303
STACK R4 0022F8F7
STACK R5 00000010
STACK R6 0022F876
STACK R7 00000032
STACK R8 0023FF56
STACK R9 21080000
STACK R10 0044B00C
STACK R11 CEEC2005
UCB$B_ERTCNT 20
32. RETRIES REMAINING
UCB$B_ERTMAX 00
0. RETRIES ALLOWABLE
UCB$L_CHAR 0C442000
NETWORK
AVAILABLE
ERROR LOGGING
CAPABLE OF INPUT
CAPABLE OF OUTPUT
UCB$W_STS 2010
ONLINE
UCB$W_ERRCNT 0009
9. ERRORS THIS UNIT
******************************* ENTRY 924.*******************************
ERROR SEQUENCE 1979. LOGGED ON: SID 0B000006
DATE/TIME 20-FEB-1996 04:11:42.44 SYS_TYPE 02400101
SYSTEM UPTIME: 1 DAYS 16:16:25
SCS NODE: BMDA VAX/VMS V6.1
DEVICE ATTENTION KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0
XMI NODE # 1.
DEMFA SUB-SYSTEM, BMDA$FXA0:
ERROR TYPE CODE #8., ERROR SUBTYPE CODE #35.
XDEV REG 00200823
DEVICE TYPE = 0823(X)
FIRMWARE REV = 20(X)
HARDWARE REV = 00(X)
PORT STATUS REG 00000005
HALTED STATE
LED STATE = 00(X)
NO ERROR
XPUD REG 80000018
RESET COUNT 0000
FIRMWARE REV 20
ERROR REASON 04
TIME STAMP 000000000000
0. HRS, 0. MINS, 0. SECS
WRITE COUNT 0008
MSGID 0000023D
USRDEF0 0000000E
REG D2 010C4A01
REG D3 010C003C
REG D4 00000001
REG D5 0000003C
REG D6 00000220
REG D7 0022CC50
REG A2 00202C8A
REG A3 0021BDC2
REG A4 00235138
REG A5 0023FE68
REG A6 00202CFE
REG PC 20040000
REG SR 00000000
REG A7 0023FDD1
STACK R0 0023FE75
STACK R1 00209A48
STACK R2 00000305
STACK R3 00000306
STACK R4 010FD400
STACK R5 FFFFFFFF
STACK R6 0023FF25
STACK R7 22BEDE00
STACK R8 DB010039
STACK R9 010FD400
STACK R10 FFFF0008
STACK R11 0023FED9
UCB$B_ERTCNT 20
32. RETRIES REMAINING
UCB$B_ERTMAX 00
0. RETRIES ALLOWABLE
UCB$L_CHAR 0C442000
NETWORK
AVAILABLE
ERROR LOGGING
CAPABLE OF INPUT
CAPABLE OF OUTPUT
UCB$W_STS 2010
ONLINE
UCB$W_ERRCNT 000A
10. ERRORS THIS UNIT
******************************* ENTRY 948.*******************************
ERROR SEQUENCE 2083. LOGGED ON: SID 0B000006
DATE/TIME 20-FEB-1996 18:21:10.84 SYS_TYPE 02400101
SYSTEM UPTIME: 2 DAYS 06:25:54
SCS NODE: BMDA VAX/VMS V6.1
DEVICE ATTENTION KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0
XMI NODE # 1.
DEMFA SUB-SYSTEM, BMDA$FXA0:
ERROR TYPE CODE #8., ERROR SUBTYPE CODE #35.
XDEV REG 00200823
DEVICE TYPE = 0823(X)
FIRMWARE REV = 20(X)
HARDWARE REV = 00(X)
PORT STATUS REG 000E200D
HALTED STATE
LED STATE = 04(X)
FATAL FIRMWARE INTERNAL ERROR
FDDI RING AVAILABLE
XPUD REG 80000018
RESET COUNT 0000
FIRMWARE REV 20
ERROR REASON 04
TIME STAMP 000000000000
0. HRS, 0. MINS, 0. SECS
WRITE COUNT 0009
MSGID 0000023D
USRDEF0 0000000E
REG D2 010F1A01
REG D3 010F1A24
REG D4 00000001
REG D5 00000220
REG D6 00000220
REG D7 0022CC50
REG A2 00202C8A
REG A3 0021BDC2
REG A4 00235138
REG A5 0023FF15
REG A6 00202CFE
REG PC 20040000
REG SR 002025A4
REG A7 0023FE25
STACK R0 00208826
STACK R1 0022CC50
STACK R2 00000000
STACK R3 0023FF45
STACK R4 00000050
STACK R5 010F1A01
STACK R6 010F1A24
STACK R7 0022EBF0
STACK R8 00227CEC
STACK R9 0021BDC2
STACK R10 00235138
STACK R11 023D0000
UCB$B_ERTCNT 20
32. RETRIES REMAINING
UCB$B_ERTMAX 00
0. RETRIES ALLOWABLE
UCB$L_CHAR 0C442000
NETWORK
AVAILABLE
ERROR LOGGING
CAPABLE OF INPUT
CAPABLE OF OUTPUT
UCB$W_STS 2010
ONLINE
UCB$W_ERRCNT 000B
11. ERRORS THIS UNIT
******************************* ENTRY 954.*******************************
ERROR SEQUENCE 2095. LOGGED ON: SID 0B000006
DATE/TIME 20-FEB-1996 19:28:35.36 SYS_TYPE 02400101
SYSTEM UPTIME: 2 DAYS 07:33:18
SCS NODE: BMDA VAX/VMS V6.1
DEVICE ATTENTION KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0
XMI NODE # 1.
DEMFA SUB-SYSTEM, BMDA$FXA0:
ERROR TYPE CODE #8., ERROR SUBTYPE CODE #35.
XDEV REG 00200823
DEVICE TYPE = 0823(X)
FIRMWARE REV = 20(X)
HARDWARE REV = 00(X)
PORT STATUS REG 000E200D
HALTED STATE
LED STATE = 04(X)
FATAL FIRMWARE INTERNAL ERROR
FDDI RING AVAILABLE
XPUD REG 80000018
RESET COUNT 0000
FIRMWARE REV 20
ERROR REASON 04
TIME STAMP 000000000000
0. HRS, 0. MINS, 0. SECS
WRITE COUNT 000A
MSGID 0000023D
USRDEF0 0000000E
REG D2 01004001
REG D3 200B0008
REG D4 010FC04C
REG D5 010FC040
REG D6 00000220
REG D7 0022CC50
REG A2 00202C8A
REG A3 0021BDC2
REG A4 00235138
REG A5 0023FEB4
REG A6 00202CFE
REG PC 20040000
REG SR 010FC024
REG A7 0023FDC4
STACK R0 00208826
STACK R1 0022CC50
STACK R2 00000000
STACK R3 0023FEE4
STACK R4 0022004C
STACK R5 01004001
STACK R6 200B0008
STACK R7 010FC04C
STACK R8 0021BDC2
STACK R9 0021BDC2
STACK R10 00235138
STACK R11 023D0000
UCB$B_ERTCNT 20
32. RETRIES REMAINING
UCB$B_ERTMAX 00
0. RETRIES ALLOWABLE
UCB$L_CHAR 0C442000
NETWORK
AVAILABLE
ERROR LOGGING
CAPABLE OF INPUT
CAPABLE OF OUTPUT
UCB$W_STS 2010
ONLINE
UCB$W_ERRCNT 000C
12. ERRORS THIS UNIT
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1996.1 | | STAR::STOCKDALE | | Wed Mar 27 1996 06:36 | 7 |
| >> 2. Are there any performance differences between the two versions?
Normal transmit and receive don't use firmware (except for MOP) so there
would be no performance difference.
- Dick
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