Installing and Administering HP EISA FDDI/9000 and HP HSC FDDI/9000

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Troubleshooting
Using the fddilink Utility
• RemoteMAC indicates the presence (1) or absence (0) of a MAC whose
transmit path exits the station via this port. There can be only one
present at any one time.
• PCM indicates the state of the Physical Connection Management
(PCM) for this node. The possible values are Disable, Connect,
Standby and Active.
• LER indicates Link Error Rate. It ranges from 10
-4
to 10
-15
.
Menu Items
The remainder of this section contains supplemental information about
the menu items.
The Composite Menu [1:Composite]
Is the opening screen and contains the most-used
parameters.
The SMT Menu [2:SMT]
This menu displays the configuration policy and paths
available plus other SMT features.
The MAC Menu [3:MAC]
These menus show detailed MAC information. Some of
the basic information is provided in the Composite
Data screen.
The Counters Menu [4:Counters]
displays values from the FDDI Counter Group, such as,
frame_ct and token_ct. Also, Status Group flags are
displayed.
The Port A Menu (for DAS only) [5:Port-A]
This menu provides detailed information about the A
port of a dual attach station. Some of the basic
information is provided in the Composite Data screen.
The Port B Menu (for DAS only) [6:Port-B]
This menu provides detailed information about the B
port of a dual attach station. Some of the basic
information is provided in the Composite Data screen.
The Path Menu [7:Path]
This menu contains path information, Trace_Max
expiration and TVX and Max lower bound times.
The Attach Menu [8:Attach]