Connection for Downstream PU Fails to Reactivate After Outage (165656)
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This article was previously published under Q165656 SYMPTOMS
A downstream connection fails to activate after an outage even though both
stations are ready.
CAUSE
If SNA Server received a reactivation XID while it was processing the
outage, it would set the link in a state from which it could not
reactivate. The connection would have to be manually reset for it to
reactivate.
NOTE: This article is related to the following Knowledge Base article,
which documents a similar (but not identical) issue for SNA Server version
2.11:
150472 Downstream PU Fails to Reactivate After an Outage
RESOLUTION
The components have been instructed to not pass reactivation XIDs to the
server component until it has finished processing the outage.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 3.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 U.S.
Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbnetwork KB165656 |
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