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Q163519: DSPU Reconnect Failure After An Outage

Article: Q163519
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11,2.11 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetworkkbbuglist
Last Modified: 12-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, 2.11 SP1 
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SYMPTOMS
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Downstream physical unit (DSPU) fails to recover its connection to SNA Server
after a link failure between the two devices.

CAUSE
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When SNA Server receives a format 3 XID from an incoming DSPU that specifies a
secondary link station role without preceding it with a negotiable XID, the SNA
Server may cause a SABM(E) to be sent immediately without first sending its own
format 3 XID. This causes the DSPU to drop the connection.

RESOLUTION
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An update to SNA Server ensures that SNA Server always sends at least one
non-NULL XID.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.0, 2.1,
2.11 and 2.11 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 U.S. Service
Pack. 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


Additional query words: prodsna

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbbuglist
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ200 kbSNAServ211 kbSNAServ210 kbSNAServ211SP1
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11,2.11 SP1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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