Boot Error Report - Nortel 5399 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Procedures
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Boot Error Report

If an error occurs, a Remote Access Concentrator boot error report is
generated only if the Remote Access Concentrator has opened the boot
file. The report is displayed using the following format:
BOOT ERROR REPORT (for BFS files only)
Boot attempt from host nn.nn.nn.nn:
Errors from Last Open Request:
0 ARP errors 0 ERPC layer errors 0 Aborts rx'd
Errors from Last Read Request:
0 Msgs w/ wrong size 0 ERPC layer errors 0 Aborts rxd
Errors from Last ERPC Layer Invocation:
0 H/W errors 1 Msgs from wrong host 0 Rsp T/O's 0 Msgs of wrong type
TFTP error reporting complies with the standard, predefined
TFTP error codes.
The Remote Access Concentrator generates a boot error report for the
Internet address from which it tried, and failed, to boot.
a description of the Errors from the Last Read Request; and
contains a description of the Errors from Last ERPC Layer Invocation.
The error count pinpoints the error that caused the boot failure. For
example, if the boot failed during a Read Request due to excessive
Expedited Remote Procedure Call (ERPC) layer errors, the Errors from
Last ERPC Layer Invocation lists only errors that occurred during the
failed Read Request (see
occurred during any other Read Request (see
Open Request (see Table
The Open Request and the Read Request layers communicate with the
block file server (BFS) on the host. The ERPC layer resides below the
Open Request and the Read Request layers. It is responsible for sending
a given message to a specific host UDP port, and for receiving the correct
response to that message from the port.
Table 4-3). The report does not list errors that
Table
4-5).
Table 4-4 contains
Table 4-3
4-4) or during the