bit:

7

6

 

5

 

4

3

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

LC

 

R

 

B

M

L

LE

CR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left Hex Digit

 

Right Hex Digit

 

 

 

where:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D = 1

Packet was deferred from transmission for a period that

 

 

 

exceeded firmware timeout (about 1 second). (Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LC = 1

Lost carrier sense on transmit packet. (Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R = 1

Packet collision retry limit was exceeded. (Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B = 1

Babble error. The Link Controller chip detected the

 

 

 

transmit packet exceeded the maximum allowed packet length

 

 

 

(1518 bytes, excluding the Preamble and Start of F rame

 

 

 

Delimiter fields). (Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M = 1

Card memory subsystem error. (Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L = 1

On packet transmit, a late collision occurred.

 

 

 

(Trace packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE = 1

Received packet contained a length field error.

 

 

 

(Bad packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CR = 1

Received packet contained a CRC error. (Bad packet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All bits = 0

 

 

 

No destination program for receive packet. (Orphan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5%1. Deciphering the Packet Error Byte, ERR#

In accordance with the IEEE 802.2 Standard, common CTRL parameter values are shown in Table 5"10 (see Chapter 2 for a review of a packet's Control field).

Table 5%10. IEEE 802.2 Control Field Designations

CTRL Parameter*

Information Field Description

 

 

03 or 13 hex

Unnumbered Information

 

 

AF or BF hex

XID Loopback Packet Data

 

 

E3 or F3 hex

TEST Loopback Packet Data

 

 

*Note: Two values, depending on the P/F bit of the control Field (see Chapter 2).

List Facility

The returned information from an RE command may exceed a single terminal screen display. If the event log file is large, it may be viewed using a •list facility" very similar to the standard RTE"A list facility. Pressing any key other than <A> or <RETURN> will display another full screen. Pressing <A> will abort.

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