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Q165656: Connection for Downstream PU Fails to Reactivate After Outage

Article: Q165656
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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A downstream connection fails to activate after an outage even though both
stations are ready.

CAUSE
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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:

  Q150472 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
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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):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: dspu down stream

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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