frames on the ring. The interface may be transmitting the claim
Tokenframes. This status remains until the interface transmits a
ring purge frame.
Interface Restarts
Specifies the number of times the TokenRing chip timed out, or the Token
Ring driver received a bad command from the handler. For information
about why a restart occurred, see messages TKR.37, TKR.38, TKR.39,
TKR.40, and TKR.41. in
Event Logging System Messages Guide
# of times signal lost
Specifies the total number of times that the router was unable to transmit a
packet due to loss of signal.
Hard errors
Displays the number of times the interface transmits or receives beacon
frames from the network.
Auto-removal errors
Displays the number of times the interface, due to the beacon auto-removal
process, fails the lobe wrap test and removes itself from the network.
Ring recovery actions
Displays the number of times the interface detects claim token medium
access control (MAC) frames on the network.
Line errors
The Line Errors counter increments when a frame is repeated or copied
and the Error Detected Indicator (EDI) is zero for the incoming frame:
One of the following conditions must also exist:
vA token with a code violation exists.
vA frame has a code violation between the starting and ending delimiter.
vA Frame Check Sequence (FCS) error occurs.
ARI/FCI errors
The ARI/FCI (Address Recognized Indicator/Frame Copied Indicator) Errors
counter increments if the interface receives either of the following:
An Active Monitor Present (AMP) MAC frame with theARI/FCI bits equal
to zero and a Standby Monitor Present (SMP) MAC frame with the
ARI/FCI bits equal to zero.
More than one SMP MAC frame with the ARI/FCI bits equal to zero,
without an intervening AMP MAC frame.
This error indicates that the upstream neighbor copied the frame but is
unable to set the ARI/FCI bits.
Frame copy errors
Displays the number of times the interface in receive/repeat mode
recognizes a frame addressed to its specific address but finds the address
recognize indicator (ARI) bits not equal to zero. This error indicates a
possible line hit or duplicate address.
Lost frames
Displays the number of times the interface is in transmit mode (stripping)
and fails to receive the end of a transmitted frame.
# times beaconing
Displays the number of times the interface transmits a beacon frame to the
network.
Using the GWCON Interface Command
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