Displaying Information About the Access Server

Field

Description

 

 

Load Address

Ethernet address of the node or the gateway from

 

which the access server was last loaded. Some

 

access servers display all zeroes if a downline load

 

occurs using BOOTP and TFTP.

Dump Address

Ethernet address of the node or gateway that

 

received the last up-line dump. Some access servers

 

display all zeroes if a dump is to an Internet host.

Console User

Address of the node at which the Remote Console

 

Facility (RCF) is being used to access the access

 

server. The access server indicates “none available”

 

if the RCF is not in use.

Boot Protocol

This is the protocol used to downline load the

 

software.

Selftest Status

Shows internal information if the result of self-test

 

at the most recent access server initialization is other

 

than:

 

Normal: Server: 00-00-00 Service: 00000 Port:

 

0000000000000000

 

If a nonfatal error occurs during self-test, the access

 

server displays information about the error. The

 

following describes the information that appears in

 

the display: Selftest Status: 00-00-00: The leftmost

 

two numbers are always 00. The third number is a

 

hexadecimal representation of a bit map in which a

 

bit set indicates status as follows:

 

Bit

 

1

 

2

 

4

 

8

 

20

 

40

 

80

 

 

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