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Interpreting local statistics – Sun Microsystems 1.0 User Manual

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Using the SunFDDI Network Utilities

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Interpreting Local Statistics

Running the

pf_stat

utility without the

—m

option displays information about

the various SMT state machines and the network to which the local station is
attached:

Ring

(Ring Status)

The

Ring

status shows the current state of the physical connection to the FDDI

network. The following states may be returned by

pf_stat

under the

Ring

heading

UP—

SunFDDI/P interface physically connected to the active network

DOWN—

SunFDDI/P interface disconnected, or connected to the inactive

network

ECM (Entity Coordination Management)

ECM shows the current state of the Entity Coordination Management state
machine, which controls the following features and facilities:

Media availability

Trace

Path Test

Optical Bypass (optional)

Hold Policy (optional)