| 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 |
Also posted in MIKASA notes conference and HUB_MGNT notes conference: ------------------------------------------------------------------- A remote site engineer reports the following FDDI problem on a new ASRV1000A install. As soon as he connects this node (using DEFEA SAS) to an FDDI ring he gets a lot of "RING INITS RECEIVED" counts (under NCP) logged against other systems (4 x ASRV1000 Mikasa systems). This happens even when the ASRV1000A is sitting at the >>> console mode prompt or if the ASRV1000A has OpenVMS booted with DECnet Phase IV running. If he has the system running DECnet then this system also logs RING INIT RECEIVED counts just like other systems. The network runs very very very slow until the ASRV1000A is disconnected from the ring. Engineer has used another DEFEA, another cable and another port on the DECconcentrator 900 and also tried a DECconcentrator 500 which happens to be on the same FDDI ring as the DC900. We both discussed and we have decided to change the ASRV1000A's mother board. There is no other EISA board on the system. There are two other PCI boards on this system, but the fault happens even if both these PCI boards are removed from the system. Alphonse
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2096.1 | SNOFS2::TAYLORGRAEME | speedie | Wed Jul 31 1996 04:25 | 10 | |
I am the remote engineer on this call. Have found it is not the
AS1000A, but any additional node added to the FDDI causes this problem.
I tried a spare decbidge 620, and a new alphaserver 4100 also cause the
same symptom. Have checked all interfaces on the FDDI and all are
showing the "ring inits received", but none appear to be initiating
them according to the counters.
regards
Graeme
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