Stopping SNA Server Service Causes Perpetual "Stopping" Status (147514)


The information in this article applies to:

  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
  • Microsoft SNA Server 2.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
  • Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
  • Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
  • Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 SP1, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
This article was previously published under Q147514

SYMPTOMS

When SNA Server is configured with one or more 802.2 Token Ring or Ethernet connections on Windows NT 3.51 (or 3.51 Service Pack 1-4), the following problems can occur:

  • When you stop SNA Server, the SNA Server Admin program shows the server in a perpetual "Stopping" state. If you issue the NET START command, the command shows the SNA Server service as stopped, though one or more 802.2 link services (SNADLC1, SNADLC2, ...) are still started.
  • If you stop an 802.2 connection or and 802.2 connection fails, the connection may be stuck in an "Inactive" state and it is not possible to restart it using SNA Server Admin.

CAUSE

During connection shutdown, the SNA Server 802.2 link service issues commands (such as DIR_READ_LOG or DLC_CLOSE_STATION) to the Windows NT DLC.SYS driver which never complete, causing the link service to fail to respond to the SNA Server Close(Link) request.

While processing these commands, the Windows NT DLC driver is waiting on a response from the underlying NDIS miniport driver. However, the Windows NT NDIS.SYS wrapper request handler is not properly processing requests from the transport driver in some cases, causing an NDIS command to fail to complete.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 Service Pack 4. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 Service Pack 1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/23/2004
Keywords:KB147514
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