Re: Dual Homing II

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From: Richard Mack
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 13:28

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In article <qt6j358@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
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>I've grumbled that this is not good for moving customer packets (e.g.
>B might pass LCT but not be able to move data--I've seen real cases of
>that), but people in X3T9.5 have told me that the more consistent ring
>maps produced by the standard mandated behavior is more important.
>
>
>Vernon Schryver,  vjs@sgi.com

This is a slightly disturbing comment.

Could you please post the situation where a port could pass LCT and not pass
packets? The only thing I can envision would be if the PH_DATA.(request||data)
lines in the concentrator are broken, but the station self-test should be
able to find that.

Dick

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