Conference azur::mcc

6084.0. "Frame Check errors with MCC sink" by EDUOZ::BOERS (Jack - singed by the candlestick!) Sat Aug 13 1994 02:55

Cross ported n DECNET-OSI_for_VMS
    
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Note 1721.0         Frame Check Errors with remote event sink         No replies
EDUOZ::BOERS "Jack - singed by the candlestick!"     20 lines  13-AUG-1994 01:53
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    I have two workstations side by side.  A VAXStation 4000/90 running
    OpenVMS 5.5-2 and DECnet-OSI, as well as DecMCC.  Beside it is a
    DEC 3000 model 300 running OpenVMS AXP V1.5.  I use the AXP as a display
    for MCC, so usually have 8-10 connections from the 4000 to the 3000.
    There are never any errors reported between them.
    
    I set up an event dispatcher outbound stream to the 4000, user Name =
    MCC_ECL_SINK - as per the documentation.  I also did this on the local
    4000, to sink to itself.  As soon as I did that on either node, that
    node started reporting frame check errors randomly, but only about 2-3
    every 5 minutes.
    
    I believe frame check errors are a hardware problem, but the network is
    fairly quiet, and these have only come up since I set up a remote sink.
    Also, these systems are only a few months old.  
    
    Any suggestions as to where to start looking?
    
    Regards
    Jack Boers

    re .0
    
    I should have said that the errors are being reported on the 4000 MCC
    station node, the target of the sink.  The sink is connected.
    
    JB (~;

    Just in case anyone else gets this, I finally solved it.  Even though
    both stations were running DECnet/OSI, the management VAXstation only
    had a Phase 4 address.  Both systems are now at Phase V addressing only
    and the problem has dissappeared.
    
    Regards
    Jack