Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX4000 User Manual - Displaying Sdlc Pu Status
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FRX4000/FRX6000 4.0 User Guide, Rev 01
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ACK Wait/Discard
– The ACK (see
ACK Wait/Hold
) has not been received within
a pre-determined number of transmissions of the switchover/switchback
command. Any received or held traffic will be discarded.
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Backup Pend/Hold
– (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to be
located. Received data will be queued on the primary DLCI's queue.
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Backup Pend/Discard
– (Primary DLCI only) A backup DLCI is attempting to
be located. Received data will be discarded.
Displaying SDLC PU Status
To display the status of all PUs on an SNA port, press
[C]
at the Protocol Status Dis-
plays Menu. When prompted, enter the RLP (FRX6000 only) and port numbers.
Figure 19-10 SDLC PU Status Display
[C],[F],[C]
from Main Menu
Information in this Display:
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Station Address
– (specified when configuring the SNA port, described in
Chapter 9
) identifies the PU, and must match the
ADDR
parameter set in the
macro PU in the VTAM configuration. (The station address is usually set to
C1
for point-to-point SDLC lines, and in series
C1, C2, C3
, etc. for multidrop lines.)
●
Name
– PU name configured in the PU parameters in the SNA Port record.
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State
– will be one of these:
◆
Active
◆
Inactive
◆
Never_Activated
◆
Pending_Contact
– waiting for Normal Response Mode
◆
Pending_Discontact
– waiting for Normal Disconnect Mode
◆
Inoperational
– due to failure of a higher resource (e.g., port)
Node Name=node_xyz
SDLC PU Status Display for RLP: 0
Port: 2
Station Address
Name
State
D1
Pud1
Never_Activated
D2
Pud2
Active