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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

593.0. "Can't Register Bridges under V1.1 EFT?" by DUCAT2::64544::LICAUSE (Al Licause (338-5661)) Mon Jan 07 1991 12:03

Ever since installing the V1.1 EFT kit, I am unable to register bridges.

To the command 

	REGISTER BRIDGE BET193 ADDRESS = 08-00-2B-12-3F-9E

  I get the following error:

BRIDGE FOUR62_NS:.bet193
AT  7-JAN-1991 11:59:35

The requested operation cannot be completed
            MCC Unhandled Service Reply = The requested operation cannot be
                                          completed
                      MCC Routine Error = %MCC-F-STOPDEVERROR,  stop Ethernet
                                          device failed.
                      VMS Routine Error = %SYSTEM-F-BADPARAM, bad parameter
                                          value


I must be missing something very basic......does anyone see my error?

I had no problem registering these same bridges in IFT.

Thanks,
Al
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593.1More to addDUCAT2::64544::LICAUSEAl Licause (338-5661)Mon Jan 07 1991 12:074
I should add that since installing IFT and upgrading to EFT, I also went from
V5.3-2 to V5.4......not yet up to V5.4-1.

Al
593.2Need more information.CHRISB::BRIENENDECmcc Bridge|Station Management.Mon Jan 07 1991 16:0420
Hmmm. Haven't seen this one before...

Could you provide the following information to assist us in identifying
the problem?

1. What type of system are you running MCC on, and what type of port
   device (e.g. MicroVAX II with DELQA) ?  Do yu have multiple ethernet
   ports on this system?  The output from the MCC command
   SHOW MCC 0 BRIDGE_AM ALL STATUS would be fine for port type/count

2. Can you do any other SHOW commands to this (or any other) bridge?
   Example: SHOW BRIDGE 08-00-2B-12-3F-9E ALL STATUS

3. Can you REGISTER STATIONs successfully? Can you SHOW Stations?

4. What other software is running on the "problem port" ?
   Is DECelms sharing it?  Is LAT?  Is it running DECnet?

						Thanks,
						Chris Brienen
593.3More info.....DUCAT2::64544::LICAUSEAl Licause (338-5661)Thu Jan 10 1991 09:5261

> What type of system are you running MCC on, and what type of port
> device (e.g. MicroVAX II with DELQA) ?  Do yu have multiple ethernet
> ports on this system?  The output from the MCC command
> SHOW MCC 0 BRIDGE_AM ALL STATUS would be fine for port type/count

        MY WORKSTATION IS A VAXSTATION 3100 W/16MB MEMORY. NETWORK DEVICE
        IS SVA-0.  I AM RUNNING A SINGLE ETHERNET PORT.

        MCC SHOW MCC 0 BRIDGE_AM ALL STATUS
        DECmcc (T1.1.0)

        MCC 0 BRIDGE_AM
        AT  8-JAN-1991 08:42:12 Status

        Examination of attributes shows:
                                Available Ports = { "ESA0:" }



> Can you do any other SHOW commands to this (or any other) bridge?

> Example: SHOW BRIDGE 08-00-2B-12-3F-9E ALL STATUS

        mcc show bridge 08-00-2b-0c-84-5c all status
        DECmcc (T1.1.0)


        BRIDGE {08-00-2B-0C-84-5C}
        AT  8-JAN-1991 08:59:03 Status

        The requested operation cannot be completed
                      MCC Routine Error = %MCC-F-STOPDEVERROR,  stop Ethernet
                                          device failed.  ,
                      VMS Routine Error = %SYSTEM-F-BADPARAM, bad parameter
                                          value

> Can you REGISTER STATIONs successfully? Can you SHOW Stations?

        This fails too!


> What other software is running on the "problem port" ?
> Is DECelms sharing it?  Is LAT?  Is it running DECnet?



        As per our conversation, I am running ELMS, but have shut
        it down via reboot.  This doesn't seem to be the problem.

        Since I'm running early release of Phase V software
        with new Ethernet driver, this appears to be the problem
        as you thought, though I can't confirm.   I did try to
	substitute the Phase IV driver, with bad results......
	kept crashing during reboot!

	I'd be interested to hear if anyone else is trying MCC against
	Phase V!

Al
593.4Problem was Phase V (Wave1) Driver problem...CHRISB::BRIENENDECmcc Bridge|Station|SNMP Management.Wed Apr 03 1991 14:1512
To close the loop on this problem (since someone has contacted me again
about this)...

The problem turned out to be a driver bug in the Phase V (Wave1) field
test software.

A new driver (with the fix) was developed by the Phase V engineering people
and allowed DECmcc to successfully REGISTER Bridges and Ethernet Stations.

Please contact them if you experience this problem.

					Chris Brienen