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- From: tespy@sw.stratus.com (Tony Espy)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
- Subject: Re: Manual Help Needed
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 18:48:49 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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- In article <H7yVwB2w164w@campbell.Gwinnett.COM>, bc@campbell.Gwinnett.COM (campbell) writes:
- > Can someone tell me which - if any - document(s) (IBM or otherwise)
- > explain the innards of DLC protocol? SNA frames in general?
- >
- Try these two for starters:
-
- IBM SNA Formats GA27-3136-12 ( SNA message formats )
-
- IBM SNA Format & Protocol Reference Manual ( Architecture Logic )
- (FAPL for short)
-
- SC30-3112-? ( I have -2, I'd check to see what the latest rev is )
-
-
- > There is an awful lot in both these documents but I have come
- > across some things in writing, modifying, and testing 3174 controller
- > code that I can't seem to find the answers to. Some of these are:
- > What do I screw up if I accidentally send the host two consecutive
- > NOTIFYs? In this case, is the reception of a sense message good
- > enough to continue or am I hosed up from then on? (I. e, pending
- > my fixing that particular problem, is the rest of what I see okay?)
- > What do I do if the reserved bit of byte0 of the RH is set sometimes
- > and not others? What exactly is the meaning of the DR1 bit?
- > There are more.
-
- 1) probably not a lot whole lot, NOTIFY is a status message.
-
- 2) Most SNA implementations don't care about the reserve bits... it
- doesn't hurt to explicitly clear them all though.
-
- 3) DR1 = Definate Response 1 Indicator - used in combination with
- DR2 and ERI to indicate what form of response is requested.
- Generally the response type should be the same type as the
- request ( If a response is sent, the DR bits should match
- those set in the request). More on the exact working of
- these bits can be found in the Formats manual and/or the
- FAPLs ( note there is a seperate FAPL for LU6.2 )
-
- >
- > For that matter, does anyone know where I can find a state
- > machine/graph/chart/whatever of what is to be returned to
- > the host depending what is received in whatever mode? (For
- > example, an ACTLU in NRM).
- >
- If you're not in NRM, then you can't receive an ACTLU. The state
- information for ACTLUs is in the FAPL.
- You may also want to reference an SDLC manual ( if that's what you're
- working with ) - IBM SDLC - G27-3093.
-
- - Good Luck -
-
- .
- /tony . . .
- .
-
- "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny." - FZ
-