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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:FDDI - The Next Generation
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2259
Total number of notes:8590

1244.0. "FDDI's message STATE" by ZPOVC::ENGSOON () Tue Feb 22 1994 05:52

    	Hi,
    
    	We need assistance to get the documentations to check on FDDI's
    	message STATE(eg 2, 3). 
    
    	We have the following messages from a DEMFA running on a DEC7000
    	systems,
    
       	Feb 14 09:54:12 leonis vmunix: mfa0: Unsolicited Event: Ring Init
    	Received (state is 2)
        Feb 14 09:54:12 leonis vmunix: mfa0: Unsolicited Event: Ring Init
    	Received (state is 3)
       
    	We need the pointers to get the documents to help us to decode
    	the FDDI messages.
    
    	Thanks for all the assistances.
    
    	Regards,
    	Eng Soon
    
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1244.1NETRIX::thomasThe Code WarriorTue Feb 22 1994 11:321
They are normal.  Don't worry about them.
1244.2KONING::KONINGPaul Koning, B-16504Tue Feb 22 1994 14:567
Huh?  that may be so, but the message is bogus, since it can't be understood
without documentation of what the numbers mean.  (Actually, there shouldn't
be numbers, there should be meaningful strings -- but until that is fixed, the
least you could do is tell people where to find documentation on what each
number means.)

	paul
1244.3FDDI State MessagesZPOVC::ENGSOONFri Feb 25 1994 09:245
    We urgently need the meaning of the messages, as our customer and their
    router's suppliers need us to explain the messages to them.
    Hope we can have a pointer to get the documentations on the messages.
    
    	eng soon
1244.4NETRIX::thomasThe Code WarriorFri Feb 25 1994 11:163
The message means the ring reinitialized.  This is normally due
to someone entering or leaving the ring.  The state is the internal
state of the adapter (3 means running, 2 means initialized).
1244.5DEMFA's FDDI state messageZPOVC::ENGSOONMon Feb 28 1994 11:069
    The messages were logged on a DEMFA in a DEC7000 system.  Does the
    message means that the adapter(DEMFA) has been initialized.
    After we upgraded the DEMFA's firmware from v1.4 to V2.0, the messages
    do not appear for the past 2 weeks.  Any idea whether the DEMFA V2.0
    can solve the messages.
    
    eng soon
     
    
1244.6NETRIX::thomasThe Code WarriorMon Feb 28 1994 11:433
The messages are not errors.  They are normal events.
I don't think OSF/1 support V2.0 of the DEMFA firmware (due to changes in
the port interface).