Cabletron Systems 9A128-01 manual MAC State

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FDDI Management

MAC State

This field indicates the current state of the selected module’s MAC component. (The RMT component of SMT monitors MAC operation and takes actions necessary to aid in achieving an operational ring.) Possible states are:

Not Available

There is no MAC on the FDDI ring associated with the

 

SMT entity, or the selected SMT entity is not attached to

 

the main ring through the backplane FNB A and B ports.

Ring-Op

The ring is functioning normally. While in this state, the

 

MAC being managed is part of an operational FDDI ring.

Isolated

SMT has just initialized RMT or RMT has entered this

 

state during a path test (trace) after ring beaconing; RMT

 

is not aware of the ring path or state.

Non-Op

The MAC being managed by the selected SMT is

 

participating in ring recovery; the ring is not operational.

Detect

The claim (beacon) process of the FDDI ring protocol has

 

exceeded one second. There may be a problem on the

 

ring; any duplicate address conditions are being

 

detected. In this state, the ring is still alive, but no data is

 

being transmitted.

Non-Op-Dup

The ring is not operational; the address of the MAC

 

under control of the SMT entity has been found to

 

duplicate that of another MAC on the ring. The duplicate

 

address condition prevented ring recovery and

 

initialization after a claim and beacon process. This state

 

will not occur unless you are using locally-administered

 

addresses, as factory-set MAC addresses are guaranteed

 

to be unique.

Ring-Op-Dup

The ring is operational; however, the address of the MAC

 

under control of the SMT entity has been found to

 

duplicate that of another MAC on the ring. Corrective

 

actions will be attempted before the duplicate address

 

condition causes ring initialization to fail after the claim

 

and beacon recovery process. Like Non-Op-Dup, this

 

state will not occur unless you are using

 

locally-administered addresses.

Directed

The beacon process did not complete within 7 seconds.

 

The selected SMT has directed the controlled MAC to

 

send beacon frames to notify the other stations that a

 

serious problem exists on the ring, and a Trace state is

 

soon to follow.

Trace

A problem exists on the ring which could not be

 

corrected during the beaconing process, and a Trace has

 

been initiated. During a Trace (or Path Test), the SMT

 

sends a signal that forces its nearest upstream neighbor

Configuration

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Cabletron Systems 9A128-01 manual MAC State