vHardware status. This is the current status of the NIC. The status is represented by the following values that correspond to the NDIS_HARDWARE_STATUS-type values:

Status

NDIS_HARDWARE_STATUS-type

Explanation

 

value

 

 

 

 

Ready

NdisHardwareStatusReady

The NIC is available and capable

 

 

of sending and receiving data over

 

 

the wire.

 

 

 

Initializing

NdisHardwareStatusInitializing

The NIC is initializing.

 

 

 

Resetting

NdisHardwareStatusReset

The NIC is resetting.

 

 

 

Closing

NdisHardwareStatusClosing

The NIC is closing.

 

 

 

Not Ready

NdisHardwareStatusNotReady

The NIC is closed, shut down, or

 

 

broken.

 

 

 

vRing state. This is the state of the NIC with respect to entering the ring. The ring state is represented by the following values that correspond to the NDIS_802_5_RING_STATE values:

Status

NDIS_802_5_RING_STATE value

Explanation

 

 

 

Open

NdisRingStateOpened

This specifies an open ring.

 

 

 

Closed

NdisRingStateClosed

This specifies a closed ring.

 

 

 

Opening

NdisRingStateOpening

This specifies a ring that is

 

 

opening.

 

 

 

Closing

NdisRingStateClosing

This specifies a failure of a ring

 

 

open operation.

 

 

 

Open Failure

NdisRingStateOpenFailure

The NIC is closed, shut down, or

 

 

broken

 

 

 

Ring Failure

NdisRingStateRingFailure

This specifies a failure of a ring.

 

 

 

vRing status. This indicates the last ring status, which corresponds to the NDIS token-ring ring status codes (OID_802_5_CURRENT_RING_STATUS) as listed in the following table:

Status

OID_802_5_CURRENT_RING_STATUS

 

 

Signal Loss

NDIS_RING_SIGNAL_LOSS

 

 

Hard Error

NDIS_RING_HARD_ERROR

 

 

Soft Error

NDIS_RING_SOFT_ERROR

 

 

Transmit Beacon

NDIS_RING_TRANSMIT_BEACON

 

 

Wire Fault

NDIS_RING_LOBE_WIRE_FAULT

 

 

Auto Removal Error

NDIS_RING_AUTO_REMOVAL_ERROR

 

 

Remove Received

NDIS_RING_REMOVE_RECEIVED

 

 

Counter Overflow

NDIS_RING_COUNTER_OVERFLOW

 

 

Single Station

NDIS_RING_SINGLE_STATION

 

 

Ring Recovery

NDIS_RING_RING_RECOVERY

 

 

vAnalysis. A summary of the operational status and suggestions for correcting problems are displayed in this section of the NIC Status tab.

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