Olicom 8600, 8605 manual State Information Screen, 159, Ring Status, Ring State, Ring Open Status

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802.5 State Information Screen

This screen provides IEEE 802.5 state information.

Ring Status

The current port status on the ring. This could be used to diagnose fluctuating problems that can occur on token rings, after a station has successfully been added to the ring. This field has the general format “0x##### - text string” where #####

is a hexadecimal error code value, and ‘textstring’ can be No Status, OK, or a short text string indicating an error. Before an open is completed, the field has the value: 0x20000 - No Status. If no problems are detected, this field will display: 0x00000 - OK.

Error conditions are indicated by 0x##### and a text string identifying the error. The text ‘see below’ may also be displayed. In this case the error text is displayed further down on the screen.

Ring State

The current port state with respect to entering or leaving the ring. Possible values are: Opened, Closed, Opening, Closing.

Ring Open Status

This field indicates the success, or the reason for failure, of the station’s most recent attempt to enter the ring. Possible values are: No Open, Lobe Failed, Signal Loss, Insertion Timeout, Ring Failed, Beaconing, Duplicate MAC Address, Request Failed, Remove Received, Open.

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