Configuring SNA 9-23
T1 is the Reply Timer, which is used by the local node to detect a failure by the remote
station to send a required acknowledgment or response. The local node will start the
timer when it transmits one of these:
●an Infor mation L PDU (LL C protoc ol data u nit).
●a Command LPDU with the P bit set to B'1.' (If this LPD U is sent while the timer
is already running, the local node will reset and restart it.)
The node will reset T1 when it receives one of these:
●A REJ (Reject) LPDU, provided a Command LPDU with the P bit set to B'1' is
not outstanding.
●A Response LPDU with the F bit set to B '1.'
●An Information or Supervisory LPDU with an NR greater than the last NR
received and less than or equal to the line station's VS, provided a Command
LPDU with the P bit set to B'1' is not outstanding.
If additional LPDUs are set from the remote station after the local node has reset T1,
the timer will be restarted if acknowled gments of or responses to those LPDUs are out-
standing. If no acknowledgments/responses are outstanding, the local node will start
the inactivity timer. (See "Ti" later.)
If T1 expires and acknowledgments/responses are still outstanding, the local node will
send one of the following, then restart T1:
●A Supervisory LPDU with the P bit set to B'1,' to solicit remote link station
status.
●Any Unnumbered LPDUs that were not responded to the first time they were
sent.
If acknowledgments/responses are still outstanding after N2 tries (see that entry), the
local node will declare the link inoperative.
The value specified for T1 should allow for any delays introduced by the MAC sub-
layer (e . g., qu e uing).
T2 is the Receive Acknowledgment Timer, used by the local node to delay sending an
acknowledgment of a receive d Informatio n LPDU . Delayin g acknowl ed gments for as
long as possible minimizes the number of acknowledgments that must be sent (since
more than one received frame c an b e acknow ledged with on e transmi ssion). The tim er
will be started when the LPDU is received and reset w hen the acknowledgment is sent.
If the timer expires before the acknowledgment is sent, it should be sent as soon as
possible.
Ti is the Inactivity Timer, used by the local node to detect an inoperative condition in
either the remote link station or the transmission medium. The timer will be started if
T1 has been re set (for on e of the reasons listed un der "T1" earlier), and additional
LPDUs have been sent by the remote link station, and there are no outstanding
acknowledgments or responses from the local node.