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Conference noted::decnis

Title: DEC Network Integration Server (DECNIS)
Notice:Please read note 1 to use this conference effectively
Moderator:MARVIN::WELCH
Created:Wed Sep 18 1991
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3660
Total number of notes:15082

3566.0. "Remote X25 relay PVC problem ?" by ATHINA::TSAKALOS () Wed Mar 05 1997 16:11

   Our largest customer in Greece MTB bank is installing an ATM
 (teller machines) network using X25 relay pvcs.
   The configuration is as following:
  
       ____________________________________________
         | PVC-1 <----------------------> PVC-1 |
         |LLC2 DTE-0                  LLC2 DTE-0|
   ______|_______                      _________|_________
  |              |                    |                   |
  | MV3100-85    |                    |  DECNIS 500 3.1-8 |
  | VMS 6.2      |                    |  NIS1             |
  | OSI 6.3-5    |                    |                   |
  | CYGNUS       |                     -------------------
   --------------          BANK          |
                           DECNET        |
                          NETWORK ---->  |HDLC LINK                       ----
                        SIMULATION       |            PVC-1 <--------->  | A  |
                                         |            ___________________| T  |
                                         |      LAPB | DTE-4-3           | M  |
                                       --------------------               ----
                                      |W614-4-0   W614-4-3 |
                                      | DECNIS 500 3.1-8   |
                                      | NIS2               |
                                      |                    |
                                       --------------------

   We have setup "X25 RELAY PVC llc2-1-lapb" between LLC2 dte-0 on NIS1
  and remote LAPB DTE-4-3 on NIS2. Everything works fine under "normal
  conditions".
   Our problems start if the ATM is swiched off and on again then the system
  can not send data to the ATM. The data are sent to the NIS1 dte-0 but never
  reach the NIS2 DTE-4-3. On the other hand data sent from the ATM to the host
  arrive at CYGNUS dte-0. All Decnet entities status look O.K. To reestablish
  normal communication we have to DISABLE and REENABLE the "X25 RELAY PVC 
  llc2-1-lapb". Does this sound right? How can the application reestablish
  the PVC link? Is the X25 RELAY PVC doing what is supposed to do?
   The case is quite critical because we have to prove to the bank that the
  Decnis is doing what it should do and the application should take care for
  the recovery.If this is the case how the application can do that? 
   Any help will be greatelly appreciated.
   I am attaching the trace files I collected with some comments.The original
  trace files are available on ATHINA:: as MTB_HOST.DAT and MTB_NIS2.DAT
  Thanks in advance.
   Regards,
   Argyris.

      **************TRACE ON HOST X25L3 DTE DTE-0 **********************

CTF V1.0-00                                                       Page 1        
Trace started on  3-MAR-1997 18:32:19.39  Analyzed on  5-MAR-1997 00:41:13.32   
Trace File [SYSMGR.TEMP]HOST.DAT;1      Output File [SYSMGR.TEMP]HOST2.LIS;3    
-----------+----+-----+<--------Packet-------->+--------------------------------
    Time   |Evnt|Data |Chn Q Type     P    P   |Data                            
hh mm ss cc|    |Size |    M         R/S  R/S  |                                
-----------+----+-----+<---------------------->+--------------------------------
18:32:19.39|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    0/5       |11 ^\000123456 ^\ ^\|
18:32:19.40|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    0/6       |0000000 ^\1737FEEC  |  ATM
18:32:19.55|  Tx|    3|001   RR           6/   |                   |TRANSACTION
18:32:19.55|  Tx|    3|001   RR           7/   |                    |
18:32:31.18|  Tx|  131|001M  DATA         7/0  |4 ^\000000000 ^\031 | AND
18:32:31.18|  Tx|   39|001   DATA         7/1  | KENTPIKO ^JKw ^[(1 | HOST
18:32:31.20|Rx  |    3|001   RR      1/        |                    | RESPONSE
18:32:31.21|Rx  |    3|001   RR      2/        |                    |
18:32:32.35|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    2/7       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\B     |
18:32:32.53|  Tx|    3|001   RR           0/   |                    |
      *************************************************************          
          ATM POWERED OFF AND ON
      *************************************************************
18:37:01.73|Rx  |    5|001   RST   C=00 D=00   |                     | ATM
18:37:01.94|  Tx|    3|001   RSTC              |                     |RESTART  
18:37:02.46|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/0       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|SEQUENCE
18:37:02.99|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                     |
18:37:07.34|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/1       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
18:37:07.53|  Tx|    3|001   RR           2/   |
      **************************************************************
                      |
18:37:55.50|  Tx|    5|001   RST   C=00 D=41   |      APPLICATION
18:37:55.60|Rx  |    3|001   RSTC              |      TRYING
18:38:11.42|Rx  |    5|001   RST   C=00 D=00   |      TO REESTABLISH
18:38:11.61|  Tx|    3|001   RSTC              |      CONNECTION
18:38:33.10|  Tx|    5|001   RST   C=00 D=41   |
18:38:33.19|Rx  |    3|001   RSTC              |
      **************************************************************
18:38:47.14|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         0/0  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\2 | HOST 
                                                SENDING DATA NO RR FROM NIS1
      **************************************************************
18:40:13.69|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    0/0       |11 ^\000123456 ^\ ^\039| ATM
18:40:13.70|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    0/1       |0000000 ^\8A3BAEA7     | TRANS.
18:40:13.88|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                       |
18:40:13.88|  Tx|    3|001   RR           2/   |                       |
                                                             NO REPLY FROM HOST
      **************************************************************
18:40:15.98|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         2/1  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\2  | HOST
                                                SENDING DATA NO RR FROM NIS1
      **************************************************************
            DISABLE/ENABLE X25 RELAY PVC 
      **************************************************************
18:42:32.66|Rx  |    3|001   RR      1/        |                        |
18:42:32.66|  Tx|  131|001M  DATA         2/2  |4 ^\000000000 ^\03917221| REPLY
18:42:32.66|Rx  |    3|001   RR      2/        |                        | FROM
18:42:32.66|  Tx|   39|001   DATA         2/3  | KENTPIKO ^JKw ^[(1e ^[(|SYSTEM
18:42:32.71|Rx  |    3|001   RR      3/        |                        |FOR
18:42:32.71|Rx  |    3|001   RR      4/        |         PENDING ATM TRANSACTION
                                                         PLUS PENDING RRs
       ***************************************************************   
18:44:55.65|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    4/2       |11 ^\000123456 ^\ ^| ATM
18:44:55.67|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    4/3       |0000000 ^\18ED137E |COMPLETE
18:44:55.82|  Tx|    3|001   RR           3/   |                   |TRANSACTION
18:44:55.82|  Tx|    3|001   RR           4/   |                   | NOW
18:45:00.11|  Tx|  131|001M  DATA         4/4  |4 ^\000000000 ^\0439|POSSIBLE
18:45:00.11|  Tx|   39|001   DATA         4/5  | KENTPIKO ^JKw ^[(1e|
18:45:00.13|Rx  |    3|001   RR      5/        |                    |
18:45:00.13|Rx  |    3|001   RR      6/        |                    |
18:45:01.25|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    6/4       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\B     |
18:45:01.42|  Tx|    3|001   RR           5/   |                    |
       ****************************************************************

18:45:52.88|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         5/6  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\2   | SYSTEM
18:45:52.90|Rx  |    3|001   RR      7/        |                     | NOW 
18:45:53.26|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    7/5       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\9      | CAN
18:45:53.43|  Tx|    3|001   RR           6/   |                     | SEND 
18:45:54.91|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         6/7  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\7   | DATA
18:45:54.93|Rx  |    3|001   RR      0/        |                     | TO ATM
18:45:55.33|Rx  |  116|001   DATA    0/6       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\F ^\10001 
18:45:55.50|  Tx|    3|001   RR           7/   |                     | AND
18:45:56.96|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         7/0  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\1   | RECEIVE
18:45:56.97|Rx  |    3|001   RR      1/        |                     | ATM
18:45:57.28|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    1/7       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\9      | REPLY
18:45:57.44|  Tx|    3|001   RR           0/   |                     |
18:45:58.54|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    1/0       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
18:45:58.78|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                     |
 
TRACE ANAL HOST.DAT/DATA=ASCII/TRUNC/OUT=HOST2.LIS/WIDTH=80
*******************************************************************************

                *****NIS2 X25L3 DTE DTE-4-3 TRACE*****

CTF V1.0-00                                                       Page 1        
Trace started on  3-MAR-1997 16:30:47.85  Analyzed on  5-MAR-1997 01:19:26.66   
Trace File [SYSMGR.TEMP]NIS2.DAT;1      Output File [SYSMGR.TEMP]NIS2_2.LIS;1   
-----------+----+-----+<--------Packet-------->+--------------------------------
    Time   |Evnt|Data |Chn Q Type     P    P   |Data                            
hh mm ss cc|    |Size |    M         R/S  R/S  |                                
-----------+----+-----+<---------------------->+--------------------------------
16:30:47.85|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    5/5       |11 ^\000123456 ^\ ^\ |  ATM
16:30:47.86|  Tx|    3|001   RR           6/   |                     |
16:30:47.87|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    5/6       |0000000 ^\1737FEEC   |TRANSACT.
16:30:47.88|  Tx|    3|001   RR           7/   |                     |
16:30:59.67|  Tx|  131|001M  DATA         7/5  |4 ^\000000000 ^\0312 | AND
16:30:59.67|  Tx|   39|001   DATA         7/6  | KENTPIKO ^JKw ^[(1e |RESPONSE
16:30:59.91|Rx  |    3|001   RR      7/        |                     | FROM
16:31:00.82|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    7/7       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\B      | HOST
16:31:00.83|  Tx|    3|001   RR           0/   |                     |
      ***********************************************************
        ATM POWERED OFF AND ON
      ***********************************************************
16:33:32.98|  Tx|    5|000   RSTRT C=07 D=00   |                     | ATM
16:33:33.05|Rx  |    5|000   RSTRT C=00 D=00   |                     | RESTART
16:35:30.19|Rx  |    5|001   RST   C=00 D=00   |                     |
16:35:30.42|  Tx|    3|001   RSTC              |                     |
16:35:30.92|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/0       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
16:35:30.93|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                     |
16:35:35.80|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/1       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
16:35:35.81|  Tx|    3|001   RR           2/   |                     |
      ***********************************************************    
16:36:23.99|  Tx|    5|001   RST   C=00 D=41   |         APPLICATION
16:36:24.06|Rx  |    3|001   RSTC              |         TRYING 
16:36:24.56|Rx  |    5|002   RST   C=00 D=00   |         TO 
16:36:24.56|  Tx|    5|002   CLR   C=13 D=14   |         REESTABLISH
16:36:24.64|Rx  |    5|002   RST   C=00 D=00   |         CONNECTION
16:36:39.89|Rx  |    5|001   RST   C=00 D=00   | (CHANNEL 2 NOT CONFIGURED
16:36:40.10|  Tx|    3|001   RSTC              |      ON NIS2)
16:37:01.58|  Tx|    5|001   RST   C=00 D=41   |
16:37:01.65|Rx  |    3|001   RSTC              |
      ************************************************************   | ATM
16:38:42.16|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    0/0       |11 ^\000123456 ^\ ^\ |TRANS.
16:38:42.17|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                     |NO
16:38:42.18|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    0/1       |0000000 ^\8A3BAEA7   |RESPONSE
16:38:42.19|  Tx|    3|001   RR           2/   |                     |FROM
16:39:24.56|0021|    4|002 Clear Timer Expired |                     |HOST
      **************************************************************
        DISABLE / ENABLE NIS1 X25 RELAY PVC
      **************************************************************
16:43:24.13|Rx  |  131|001M  DATA    0/2       |11 ^\000123456 ^\    | ATM
16:43:24.14|  Tx|    3|001   RR           3/   |                     |TRANS.
16:43:24.15|Rx  |   19|001   DATA    0/3       |0000000 ^\18ED137E   | AND
16:43:24.16|  Tx|    3|001   RR           4/   |                     |RESPONSE
16:43:28.60|  Tx|  131|001M  DATA         4/0  |4 ^\000000000 ^\04399|FROM
16:43:28.60|  Tx|   39|001   DATA         4/1  | KENTPIKO ^JKw ^[(1e |HOST
16:43:28.84|Rx  |    3|001   RR      2/        |                     |
16:43:29.72|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    2/4       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\B      |
16:43:29.73|  Tx|    3|001   RR           5/   |                     |
      **************************************************************
16:44:21.37|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         5/2  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\2 |  HOST
16:44:21.47|Rx  |    3|001   RR      3/        |                   |  SENDING
16:44:21.74|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    3/5       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\9    |  DATA
16:44:21.75|  Tx|    3|001   RR           6/   |                   |  TO ATM
16:44:23.40|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         6/3  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\7 |  AND
16:44:23.50|Rx  |    3|001   RR      4/        |                   |  ATM
16:44:23.80|Rx  |  116|001   DATA    4/6       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\F ^\10001|
16:44:23.82|  Tx|    3|001   RR           7/   |                   |RESPONDING
16:44:25.45|  Tx|   15|001   DATA         7/4  |1  ^\    ^\    ^\1 |
16:44:25.55|Rx  |    3|001   RR      5/        |                   |
16:44:25.75|Rx  |   12|001   DATA    5/7       |22 ^\000 ^\ ^\9    |
16:44:25.77|  Tx|    3|001   RR           0/   |                   |
16:44:27.01|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    5/0       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
16:44:27.02|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                   |
 
TRACE ANAL NIS2.DAT/DATA=ASCII/TRUNC/OUT=NIS2_2.LIS/WIDTH=80
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3566.1MARVIN::CARLINIThu Mar 06 1997 04:0521
The trace taken on the VAX host shows some data gets through:

>      *************************************************************          
>          ATM POWERED OFF AND ON
>      *************************************************************
>18:37:01.73|Rx  |    5|001   RST   C=00 D=00   |                     | ATM
>18:37:01.94|  Tx|    3|001   RSTC              |                     |RESTART  
>18:37:02.46|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/0       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|SEQUENCE
>18:37:02.99|  Tx|    3|001   RR           1/   |                     |
>18:37:07.34|Rx  |   18|001   DATA    0/1       |12 ^\000 ^\ ^\P300000|
>18:37:07.53|  Tx|    3|001   RR           2/   |
>      **************************************************************

But then data stops, after a sequence of restarts (which all get confirmed
properly).

In the "failed" state, what do the NIS1 and NIS2 DTE statuses and PVC statuses
look like from NCL?


Antonio
3566.2Different response in each direction?ATHINA::TSAKALOSThu Mar 06 1997 05:5340
  Antonio thanks for your quick reply.

>>> The trace taken on the VAX host shows some data gets through:

>>> But then data stops, after a sequence of restarts (which all
>>> get confirmed properly).

 Yes the data sent by ATM arrive at the host llc2 dte and all get
confirmed but application is not responding. So the next step is
to try to reestablish connection from host thats why you see the
sequence of resets initiated manually from the host. After the
restarts the host is trying to send data to the atm, the data
arrive at NIS1 llc2 dte but is not confirmed.(Relay function seems
to be hanging in this direction) On the next step the ATM initiates
a transaction and data reaches the host dte (Relay seems to be working
in this direction).

>>> In the "failed" state, what do the NIS1 and NIS2 DTE statuses
>>> and PVC statuses look like from NCL?
 
 The NIS1 llc2 dte dte-0 is always in state RUNNING.
 The NIS2 Lapb dte dte-4-3 is synchronising after LAPB link timeout 
 then as soon as the LAPB link is reestablished the NIS2 dte comes up
 and it sends the RSTRT C=07 D=00 and the ATM dte is responding
 with a RSTRT C=00 D=00 (This is shown in NIS2 trace "ATM restart sect.")
 As profiles we are using in the LLC2 DTE ISO8881 with all default
 values and in the LAPB link ISO8208 again with all default values.
 Do we have to change any timer values?
 All PVC statuses are Allocated = True.                  
 I tried deleting and recreating the host llc2 dte pvc then reallocating
 the PVC from the application but nothing changed.
 The only way to get out of this situation is to disable the "X25 relay
 PVC" wich in turns deletes the 2 X25 Access Ports no NIS1 and the
 the 1 X25 Access port on NIS2 then by reenabling the relay all X25
 Access ports are recreated and everything works fine.
 
  Why do you think the X25 relay is behaving differently in one direction
 than the other?
  Any help will be greatelly appreciated.
  Argyris.