802.5 State Information Screen - Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK STS16-20RM Installation And User Manual

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802.5 State Information Screen

To open this screen, do the following:
1. Starting from the main menu, select Statistics
2. Enter a port number.
3. Select 802.5 State Information...
Ring Status
The current port status on the ring. This could be used to diagnose fluctuating
problems that can occur on token rings, after a station has successfully been added
to the ring. This field has the general format "0x##### - text string" where #####
is a hexadecimal error code value, and 'textstring' can be No Status, OK, or a short
text string indicating an error. Before an open is completed, the field has the value
0x20000 - No Status. If no problems are detected, this field will display 0x00000 -
OK.
Error conditions are indicated by 0x##### and a text string identifying the error.
The text 'see below' may also be displayed. In this case the error text is displayed
further down on the screen.
Ring State
The current port state with respect to entering or leaving the ring. Possible values
are: Opened, Closed, Opening, Closing.
Ring Open Status
This field indicates the success, or the reason for failure, of the station's most recent
SmartStack STS16-20RM/STS16-20FRM Token Ring Switches, P/N: 9032957-01
Port Statistics.
Monitoring the Network from the Console Statistics Menu