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Conference irocz::terminal_servers

Title:Terminal Servers
Notice:See Note 2 for Directory of important notes. Please use keywords.
Moderator:LAVC::CAHILLON
Created:Tue May 14 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3547
Total number of notes:12300

3498.0. "90TL reloads after port parity errors" by STKAI1::KACK (H�kan K�ck @GOO) Wed Apr 09 1997 06:18

Hi,

A customer has a 90TL (BL45-11) which reloads about once a week. Show server
status shows a high number of port parity errors (> 10000).
The customer would like to know if it is an expected behaviour to reload if the 
the error counters exceed some max limit? 
The parity errors stem from a VERY bad modem line.

thanks /hakan
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3498.1LAVC::CAHILLJim CahillWed Apr 09 1997 13:1510
>The customer would like to know if it is an expected behaviour to reload if the 
>the error counters exceed some max limit? 

No, the server shouldn't reload due to port parity errors.  However, we have
found problems in the past where bad input into a serial port would cause
crashes due to various bugs.  As far as I know, all known problems of this
type have been fixed.

Jim
3498.2try this!CSC32::D_SHAVEYWed Apr 09 1997 13:1613
    Power the DECserver off and on to clear any crash codes, and next time
    it reboots, do an:
    
    local>show server status
    
    see if there is any crash code at the bottom.
    
    IE:. see if software or selftest are normal
    
    Selftest Status: Normal
    Software Status: Normal
    
    Darrell
3498.3STKAI1::KACKH�kan K�ck @GOOThu Apr 10 1997 03:3110
    Server status shows:
    
    PC: 07872F4 (must have missed one digit there)
    SP: 078c6a6c
    SR: 2000
    ME: 00000000
    CO: 200
    
    I'll ask the customer to try it again.
    /h�kan