IBM 16/4 Token-Ring manual Status NDISHARDWARESTATUS-type Explanation Value

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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