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Define SNA SDLC Link Station

The following are CLI commands for managing the SDLC link station table.

CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation groupPollAddress

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<GroupPollAddress>

Integer (0..254)

Enter the group poll address for this link station. 0 means group poll will not be used. The default value is 0.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation mRetries

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<MRetries>

Integer (0..128)

Enter the number of retries in a retry sequence for the local SDLC link station.

Related parameters:

  • define sna sdlc linkstation tRetries
  • define sna sdlc linkstation nRetries

A retry sequence is a series of retransmitted frames, data or control, for which no positive acknowledgement is received. The retry sequence starts with a series of slow polls, followed by an indefinite number of fast polls if no positive acknowledgement is received during the slow polls.

0 means no retries. If mRetries is 0, then tRetries and nRetries also must be 0.

The default value is 15.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation name

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<Name>

"String" (1..8)

Enter a name for this SDLC link station as a quoted string of printable ASCII characters.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation nRetries

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<NRetries>

Integer (0..255)

Enter the number of times a retry sequence is repeated for the local SDLC link station.

Related parameters:

  • define sna sdlc linkstation mRetries
  • define sna sdlc linkstation tRetries

The default value is 40.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation pollIFrame

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<PollIFrame>

yes | no

Specify whether the link station is permitted to send an I-frame with the poll-bit set. The default value is yes.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation replyTO

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<REPLYTO>

Integer (10..255)

Enter the reply timeout (in hundredths of a second) for this SDLC link station. If the link station does not receive a response to a poll or message before this time, the appropriate error recovery will be initiated. The default value is 255.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation rnrLIMIT

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<RNRLimit>

Integer (0..65535)

Enter the length of time (in hundredths of a second) that this link station will allow its adjacent link station to remain in a busy (RNR) state before declaring it inoperative. 0 means no limit. The default value is 18000.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation rrTurnAroundTimer

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<RRTurnAroundTimer>

Integer (0..5000)

Enter the time in milliseconds that the secondary station waits before turning the poll-bit around when there is no task to be done. 0 disables this function. The default value is 500.


CLI> define sna sdlc linkstation tRetries

Parameter

Range of Values

Required Action

<IfIndex>

Integer (1..255)

Enter the IfIndex of the link station.

<Address>

Integer (1..254)

Enter the link station address (in decimal).

<TRetries>

Integer (0..255)

Enter the length of time between retry sequences for the local SDLC link station.

Related parameters:

  • define sna sdlc linkstation mRetries
  • define sna sdlc linkstation nRetries

This parameter is effective only if mRetries is greater than 1.

For slow polls, the retry sequence interval is 4 times the value specified for this parameter, in milliseconds (example: 50 * 4 = 200 milliseconds).

For fast polls, the retry sequence interval is 2 times the value specified for this parameter, in milliseconds (example: 50 * 2 = 100 milliseconds).

Setting this parameter to a low value (less than 50) may impact overall CPU utilization of the Passport 4400 unit.

The default value is 50.


End of topic.


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