Describes the diagnostic features in LCOS 9.00
Recipients of PRP packets discard duplicates during normal operation and remove the RCT from packets that they pass on to their bundled output port.
LCOS provides you the following options to assist you in network diagnostics:
- Forwarding packet duplicates without RCT
- Forwarding single packets with RCT
- Forwarding packet duplicates with RCT
LCOS also features the following trace options:
- trace # PRP-DATA
- trace # PRP-NODES
PRP-DATA contains information about packets that are sent and received. Information included: Name of the interface group transporting the packet: Direction of transport of the packet (RX|TX): Trailer sequence number: MAC address of the partner device: Interface within the PRP group (A|B) transporting the packet: Treatment of the packet (accept|discard)
PRP-NODES contain the following information: Removed new address (proxy) node table address from the table (proxy) node, node type an address has changed.
