Administering FDDI Paths

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3Enter the path ( p = primary, s = secondary). See the following example of path information:

stn

path

ringLatency

traceStatus

 

 

1

primary

 

16

 

0x0

 

 

1

secondary

 

16

 

0x0

 

 

1

local

 

0

 

0x0

 

 

stn

path

tvxLowBound

tMaxLowBound

maxTReq

1

primary

2500

us

165000

us

165000

us

1

secondary

2500

us

165000

us

165000

us

1

local

2500

us

165000

us

165000

us

Table 8-3 describes these statistics.

Table 8-3 Description of Fields for FDDI Path Attributes

Field

Description

 

 

maxTReq

Maximum time value of fddiMACT-Req that will be used by any

 

MAC that is configured in this path. This value can be user-defined.

ringLatency

Total accumulated latency of the ring associated with this path

tmaxLowBound

Minimum time value of fddiMACT-Max that will be used by any

 

MAC that is configured in this path. This value can be user-defined.

traceStatus

Current Trace status of the path

tvxLowBound

Minimum time value of fddiMACTvxValue that will be used by any

 

MAC that is configured in this path. This value can be user-defined.

 

 

Setting The tvxLowerBound attribute specifies the minimum time value of fddiMAC tvxLowerBound TvxValue that will be used by any MAC that is configured onto this path. A

MAC uses its valid transmission timer (TVX) to detect and recover from certain ring errors. If a valid frame has not passed through a MAC during the time indicated by fddiMACTvxValue, the MAC reinitializes the ring.

By adjusting the tvxLowerBound value, you specify how quickly the ring recovers from an error. The lower you set this value, the faster the network reacts to problems, but the ring might be reinitialized when there is no problem. The higher you set this value, the less chance of frequent reinitializations, but the network will take longer to recover from errors.

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3Com 2200 manual Description of Fields for Fddi Path Attributes MaxTReq, RingLatency, TmaxLowBound