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∙

∙

Recovery mode set

Streaming signal (not Claim Token MAC frame) Streaming signal, Claim Token MAC frame or intermediate detection of hard error

Beacon Time

Keeps track of the amount of time that the ring has

 

been in the beaconing state.

Beacon Packet

Refers to the total number of Beacon MAC frames

 

detected by the probe.

Claim Token Event

This counter keeps track of the total number of claim

 

token events detected by the probe. A claim token

 

event occurs when the ring enters the claim token

 

state from normal ring state or ring purge state. The

 

claim token state that comes in response to a beacon

 

state is not included. The claim token event occurs

 

when:

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∙

∙

The active monitor detects a loss of signal, detects expiration of its receive_notification timer, or cannot receive enough of its own Ring Purge MAC frames.

The standby monitor detects a loss of signal, or detects expiration of its good_token or receive_notification timers.

A ring station attaches to the ring and does not detect an active monitor.

Claim Token Packet

Refers to the total number of Claim Token MAC

 

frames detected by the probe.

NAUN Change

Any ring station upon detecting a change in the

 

address of its nearest active upstream neighbor

 

(NAUN) during the neighbor notification process will

 

send a NAUN Change MAC frame to the configuration

 

report server. This address change indicates that

 

either a ring station has attached to the ring, or a

 

station has removed itself from the ring.

Line Error

This error counter is incremented when the ring

 

station detects:

∙

∙

A code violation between the starting and ending delimiters of the frame or token

A Frame Check Sequence error

 

Line errors will increment the error counters for the

 

station reporting the problem and its nearest upstream

 

neighbor. This error is reported in the Soft Error

 

Report MAC frame.

Internal Error

This error is flagged when a ring station is detected to

 

be in a marginal operating condition. This statistic is

 

found in the total number of internal errors reported in

 

the Soft Error Report MAC frame.

Burst Error

This error occurs when a new station is inserted into

 

the ring. It is normally reported by downstream

 

stations and occurs more frequently on a 16 Mbps

 

LAN than a 4 Mbps LAN. This statistic is found in the

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8260 specifications

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