114Appendix B: EIU troubleshooting

Tools

Table 29 summarizes the tools available for troubleshooting the EIU.

Table 29 Tools for EIU troubleshooting

Tool name

Resident

Description

 

 

 

IPOMSCI

Y

monitors internal operational measurements (OM)

 

 

generated by the different layers of Internet

 

 

Protocol stack (for example

 

 

• transmission control protocol (TCP)

 

 

• Internet Protocol (IP)

 

 

• Internet control message protocol (ICMP)

 

 

• address resolution protocol (ARP)

 

 

• SuperNode access protocol (SNAP)

 

 

 

IPRTRACE

Y

monitors and displays the intermediate paths taken

 

 

by the IP packets (generated by SuperNode) to

 

 

their destinations.

 

 

 

NETMAN

Y

displays information on TCP and user datagram

 

 

protocol (UDP) connections

 

 

 

SNPINGCI

Y

use to ping remote IP nodes for checking

 

 

serviceability of these remote nodes

 

 

 

For more information on these tools, refer to Commands Reference Manual, 297-1001-822.

Troubleshooting checklist

Much of the troubleshooting required for the EIU is handled at the frame, shelf, and software load levels. There are, however, some problems that operating company personnel can troubleshoot at the EIU level.

Table 30 lists the problems that the operating company and customers can encounter. The table also lists probable causes, referenced to the list at the end of the table.

Table 30 EIU troubleshooting checklist

Problem

Probable cause

 

 

Cannot ping any SuperNode-based node from an external

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

node or vice versa

 

 

 

Can ping to a SuperNode-based node, but cannot set up a

4

TCP connection

 

 

 

(Sheet 1 of 2)

 

 

 

297-8991-910 Standard 03.01 August 1999

Page 114
Image 114
Cabletron Systems DMS-100 manual Tools, Troubleshooting checklist, EIU troubleshooting checklist Problem Probable cause