Verilink 9000 Series (34-00271) Product Manual - Manual (Page 72)

50 C HAPTER 4: NMCS
(P) - PARTIAL STATUS - A partial status includes all the information of the Link
Status with the exception of the individual station status. In place of the individual
status, the partial status indicates an overall total of stations either on-line or
off-line. The line module and port fields must also be filled in for this status.
(S) - STATION STATUS - The station status only returns information about the
requested station. The status returned is the same as the individual status of the
Link Status command. The line module, port, and station name fields must be
filled in for this request.
The station name field is case sensitive.
(A) - ADDRESS STATUS - If an individual station status is desired, but the
station name is not known, the station address may be used. The returned
information is exactly the same as the Station Status. The line module, port, and
address fields must be filled in for this request.
(C) - SNA PU STATUS - The PU status only applies to SNA ports. It returns the
same individual status as found in the Link Status. The line module, port, and SNA
PU fields must be filled in for this request. SNA PU Status is not supported on the
MultiPro unit. SNA PU Status is not supported on the MultiPro unit.
(D) - SNA LU STATUS - The LU status also only applies to SNA ports. It returns
the individual status of the LU as well as session states. The line module, port,
SNA PU, and SNA LU fields must be filled in for this request. SNA LU Status is
not supported on the MultiPro unit.
LAN Status.
(G) - General - The general status shows the bridge name, the type of LAN (such
as Ethernet) and connector (such as UTP or AUI). It also shows the speed of the
LAN and various timers.
(H) - Port List and Status - This status returns the bridge name as well as the
remote bridge names it is connected to. It also reports the state of each connection
(listening, learning, and forwarding).
(I) - Look up Table - The look up table status returns the list of Ethernet MAC
addresses discovered at the bridge application.
(J) - Spanning Tree - This status contains the ID of the spanning tree root bridge.
It also contains the bridge ID of the target unit and various LAN timers.
(K) - Port Spanning Tree - The port spanning tree status returns the port number of
the bridge, the current state of the bridge, and the current cost of using that port.
The cost is an arbitrary value used by the spanning tree to calculate the best path
to forward frames along.
Line Module
This field indicates which line module the request is sent to.