| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3272.1 | | TOOK::MCPHERSON | Life is hard. Play short. | Tue Jun 30 1992 13:51 | 31 |
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> 1. The customer was interested in looking for CRC errors on the
> Vitalink. From the console terminal on the Translan 350 we could see a
> counter for CRC errors. However, from the VBAM AM there was no such
> counter. Is there a VBAM counter that corresponds to the CRC error
> count he sees on the console? (I was expecting counters to be a one to
> one correlation)
CRC errors are in the COUNTER attribute partition for the LINE subentity.
e.g. MCC> SHOW TRANSLAN .FOO LINE * ALL COUNT
>
> 2. What are FCS errors?
>
FCS :== Frame Check Sequence
>
> 3. Is it possible to reset the counters from the VBAM AM?
>
Only by rebooting the bridge. (same behavior as DEC BRIDGE)
>
> 4. Does the Reset command do this or does it reboot the Translan?
>
MCC> RESET TRANSLAN .FOO DEFAULTS = TRUE
will reboot the Translan (and consequently reset the counters...)
/doug
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| 3272.3 | Strange. | MCDOUG::MCPHERSON | Life is hard. Play short. | Tue Jun 30 1992 18:04 | 24 |
| > I am curious as to why CRC errors still do not show up from the Iconic
> Interface. We did a show counters of all of his Vitilinks and on each
> line that was configured to operate and it nevered showed a CRC counter
> anywhere.
Well, I'm curious too, Rick. You say it shows up in FCL but NOT the Iconic
Map????
- What version of software are you running on the TransLANs?
- What variant of TransLANs are you using? III, 350, 320, 335?
- Can you post a snapshot of the SHOW Commands you used?
- Can you post the output of a SHOW LINE * ALL CHAR, too?
The only thing I can think of offhand is if we may be seeing some weird
behavior about handling of the LINE variants...
CRC Errors is a Counter Attribute for the LINE subentity, but ONLY for
LINEs that return "Link Type = Vitalink Serial". (i.e. there's a DEPENDS
ON clause in the MSL).
If the "Link Type" attribute of the lines you're looking at are NOT
"Vitalink Serial" (i.e. you're looking at Ethernet Ports) then you will NOT
see the CRC Errors Counter returned.
/doug
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| 3272.4 | More on Counters - I'm confused! | ODIXIE::PEACOCKR | | Tue Jun 30 1992 18:15 | 73 |
| I just dialed in to a customer site to try it from the command line.
This is a Vitalink Translan 350. I tried the command on both line 1
and line 2 (which, as far as I know are being used). Here's what I
got:
MCC> show translan atlanta_dome line 1 all counters
TRANSLAN DSP_NS:.atlanta_dome LINE 1
AT 30-JUN-1992 17:06:40 Counters
Examination of attributes shows:
Counter Creation Time = 28-JUN-1992 13:59:42.24
Tx Buffer Errors = 0
Enet Tx Underrun Errors = 0
Late Collisions = 0
Carrier Loss Error = 0
Retry Errors = 0
Rx Buffer Errors = 0
Rx Overrun Errors = 0
Receive Overruns = 0 Frames
FCS Errors = 1
Controller Resets = 0
Frames Transmitted = 6436461 Frames
Transmit Frames Discard = 0 Frames
Discards Protected Network = 0 Frames
Bytes Transmitted = 431706512 Bytes
One Retry To Tx Frame = 18529
More Retry Tx Frame = 29817
Early Discards on Rx = 24114450 Frames
Frames Received = 8435350 Frames
Known Single Destination Rx = 7746394 Frames
Unknown Destination Frames Rx = 742 Frames
Multicast Frames Rx = 688202 Frames
Late Discard On TX = 371384 Frames
Bytes Received = 898211928 Bytes
Forwarding Change Count = 0
Bad Hellos Exceeded Count = 0
TRANSLAN DSP_NS:.atlanta_dome LINE 2
AT 30-JUN-1992 17:17:16 Counters
Examination of attributes shows:
Counter Creation Time = 28-JUN-1992 13:59:42.50
CTS Errors = 0
DCD Errors = 0
Abort Errors = 0
CRC Errors = 116 Frames
SIO Tx Underrun Errors = 0
Receive Overruns = 0 Frames
Frames Transmitted = 5427860 Frames
Transmit Frames Discarded = 542670 Frames
Discards Protected Network = 0 Frames
Frame Congestion = 0
Byte Congestion = 0
Bytes Transmitted = 549820031 Bytes
Frames Received = 3293681 Frames
Known Single Destination Rx = 3112800 Frames
Unknown Destination Frames Rx = 0 Frames
Multicast Frames Rx = 180876 Frames
Late Discard On TX = 175881 Frames
Bytes Received = 204064997 Bytes
Forwarding Change Count = 0
Bad Hellos Exceeded Count = 0
Why are the counters so different? I have several on Line 2, including
the CRC errors, which didn't show up on line 1. Is there something
different in the configuraton of the lines that would make them so
different?
Thanks,
Rick
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| 3272.5 | Better Learning through Notes! | ODIXIE::PEACOCKR | | Tue Jun 30 1992 18:24 | 21 |
| I think I may have figured out my mistake.
In looking at the characteristics of the lines, line 1 shows
Link Type = IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD
Line 2 shows:
Examination of attributes shows:
Link Type = Vitalink Serial
Link Activation = True
From looking at the rest of the lines, it would appear that only active
lines that have been configured for Vitalink Serial show the CRC
counters.
Is this correct?
Rick,
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| 3272.6 | case closed! | TOOK::MCPHERSON | Life is hard. Play short. | Tue Jun 30 1992 22:54 | 16 |
| >
> From looking at the rest of the lines, it would appear that only active
> lines that have been configured for Vitalink Serial show the CRC
> counters.
>
> Is this correct?
>
Yep. Give that man a raise.
If you skip to the bottom of my (probably overly long) reply in .3 you'll see
that only the Vitalink *SERIAL* lines return the CRC Errors counter; the
Ethernet ports don't.
.doug
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