1-586 Trouble locating and clearing procedures (continued)
297-8021-544 Standard 14.02 May 2001
TOPS MPX Token Ring LAN troubleshooting
(continued)
F6
Ring
Test
To test the Adapter Support Interface and the ability of the Token
Ring to pass data, press F6.
A test result message appears when each step of the two-step test
completes.
F7
Full
E.R.
To monitor all error report messages the system sends to the data
area of the display, press F7.
This mode displays all beacon status updates when you perform
manual recovery actions.
The function key 7 = Full E.R. is highlighted when you activate the
Full Error Reporting function.
To cancel Full Error Reporting, press F7 (Full E.R.) again.
F8
Limited
E.R.
To monitor only soft error reports from the adapters that meet a
defined error level, press F8.
The error reports appear in the data area of the display. The system
sends the messages to the data area when the ring error limit
reaches the halfway point. Ring response can be slow when the ring
error limit reaches the halfway point.
The function key 8 = Limited E.R. is highlighted when you activate
the Full Error Reporting function.
To cancel Limited Error Reporting, press F8 (Limited E.R.) again.
F9
Reset
Counts
To reset the error counts that the error reporter function of the Ring
Diagnostic maintains, press F9.
Press this key if you received message 120.
The system saves messages that are in the print or display buffers.
F10
Pause
To stop the scrolling of messages in the data area, press F10.
Messages scroll in the data area because the data area fills.
The function key 10 = Pause is highlighted when you activate the
Pause function.
When Pause is active, the system sends new messages to a display
buffer. If this buffer fills to 80% of the buffer capacity, a message
appears in the Ring Diagnostic status area. To bring the messages
in the display buffer to the data area of the screen, cancel Pause.
To start scrolling again or cancel Pause, press F10 (Pause) again.
Ring Diagnostic Function Keys (Sheet 2 of 2)
Key
Description