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Fddi station display – 3Com 3500 User Manual

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(FDDI)

3500

9000

9400

3900
9300

fddi station display

Displays FDDI station information. The system display shows the station
configuration, status reporting, and the most pertinent statistics about
general station activity and errors.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

fd station d

Fields in the FDDI Station Display

Field

Description

configuration

Attachment configuration for the station or concentrator.
Values can be

Thru

,

Isolated

,

Wrap_A

, and

Wrap_B

.

connectPolicy

Bit string that represents the connection policies in effect
on a station. How connection policies translate into bits is
described in “fddi station connectPolicy” in this chapter.
This value is user-defined.

ecmState

Current state of the ECM state machine.

ports

Ports numbers assigned to the FDDI module. The FDDI
port numbers change depending on the configuration of
your system.

remoteDisconnect

Flag indicating that the station was remotely disconnected
from the network as a result of receiving an
fddiSMTAction with the value of

disconnect

in a

Parameter Management Frame (PMF). A station requires a
Connect Action to rejoin the network and clear the flag.

stationID

Unique identifier for the FDDI station.

statusReporting

Whether a station generates Status Report Frames (SRFs)
to report events and conditions to network management
stations. This value is user-defined.

tnotify

Timer used in the Neighbor Notification protocol to
indicate the interval of time between generation of
Neighbor Information Frames (NIF). This value is
user-defined.

traceMaxExp

Maximum propagation time for a trace on an FDDI
topology. Places a lower bound on the detection time for
an unrecovering ring.