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802.5 State Information Screen
To open this screen, do the following:
1. | Starting from the main menu, select Statistics → Port Statistics. |
2. | Enter a port number. |
Select 802.5 State Information...
Ring Status
The current port status on the ring. This could be used to diagnose fluctuating problems that can occur on token rings, after a station has successfully been added to the ring. This field has the general format “0x##### - text string” where #####
is a hexadecimal error code value, and ‘textstring’ can be No Status, OK, or a short text string indicating an error. Before an open is completed, the field has the value 0x20000 - No Status. If no problems are detected, this field will display 0x00000 - OK.
Error conditions are indicated by 0x##### and a text string identifying the error. The text ‘see below’ may also be displayed. In this case the error text is displayed further down on the screen.
Ring State
The current port state with respect to entering or leaving the ring. Possible values are: Opened, Closed, Opening, Closing.
Ring Open Status
This field indicates the success, or the reason for failure, of the station’s most recent
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