ITEM: CD1116L

mon-cxma counter definitions for 128 port adapter

ENV: 4.1.4, 590, 128 port adapter

DESC: Customer would like to find documentation on the "Adapter
status" (F7) portion of mon-cxma for the 128 port adapter.

                ACTIVITY COUNTERS

RECEIVE1 The number of times the host adapter processed a request from
a concentrator, and one packet was received.

Under idle conditions, REDEIVE1 will increment, representing the
"heartbeat" of the concentrators communicating with the host.

RECEIVE2 through RECEIVE4 The number of times the host adapter
processed a request from a concentrator, and two, three or four
packets were received.

RECEIVE 5 The host adapter is 100% busy if RECEIVE5 is incrementing.
Users may experience slower response time.  Monitor EC (Error Count)
on the concentrator front panel.

The adapter in use is being maximized.  Consider adding another host
adapter.

TRANSMIT The number of data packets transmitted from the host.

Under idle conditions, the TRANSMIT counter will increment.  This is
the heartbeat of the host checking the status of communications to the
concentrators.

Under normal operating conditions, the TRANSMIT counter will
increment.

                SYNC COUNTERS

ERR_UFRAM The host adapter received an incomplete packet. Check the
physical hardware configuration to ensure a stable environment.  Check
for other incrementing counters.

ERR_ABSTAT The host adapter received a bad data packet, and discarded
it.  Check for concentrator "down" [DN] status. Check the physical
hardware configuration.  If the ERR_ABSTAT counter is constantly
incrementing, run the concentrator diagnostics.

ERR_INC The host adapter received an incomplete data packet.  Check
the physical hardware configuration.  If this counter is constantly
incrementing, call tech support.

ERR_CRC The host adapter received a packet with a CRC error. Run the
concentrator sync line diagnostic tests.

ERR_DATA The host adapter received a packet with an error found in
the data.  This will cause other counters to increment.  Check sync
line connections.  Run the concentrator sync line diagnostics tiests.

                SATURATION COUNTERS

ERR_TBUF        The transmit buffers on the host adapter are full. The
data is not getting out to the ports fast enough.  Also monitor
RECEIVE1 through RECEIVE5 and TRANSMIT counters.

ERR_FIFO        The host adapter is receiving more data than it can
handle.  Also monitor RECEIVE5.

ERR_ORUN        The host adapter is receiving too much data; the host
is 100% busy

ERR_TBUSY       The number of times the host adapter tried to transmit
data when the transmitter was busy.  Also monitor RECEIVE counters

ERR_RITEM       The receive buffer on the host adapter is full; the
host adapter is 100% busy.  Also monitor the ERR_ORUN counter.

                FEP COUNTERS

ERR_REC0        The number of times the host adapter received a
request from a concentrator, but no packets were received.  If the
environment is stable and no other counters are incrementing call tech
support

ERR_ADDR        The host adapter received a message the contains an
invalid node number. This is not a physical node number error, but a
software node number error.

ERR_MTYPE       The host adapter received a message with a bad message
type.

ERR_RID         The host adapter received a message with an out-of-
sequence message ID.  This is not a physical node number error, but a
software node number error.

ERR_TID         The host adapter sync line transmit sequence number is
out of sequence.

ERR_PING        The host adapter received a sync line ping message
when not in ping mode

                HARDWARE COUNTERS

ERR_ABREC       The host adapter aborted receiving a packet. Run host
adapter diagnostics.

ERR_CONC        A message sent to the concentrators was sent back to
the host adapter.  A concentrator is down.  Back up one screen in DPA
to check for "DN" status on a concentrator.  Check the power on the
concentrator and reset the concentrator.

ERR_CHECK       The host adapter received an incomplete status packet.
run concentrator diagnostics



Support Line: mon-cxma counter definitions for 128 port adapter ITEM: CD1116L

Dated: August 1996 Category: N/A

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