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llc2(7D)

Name

llc2 - Class II logical link control driver

Description

The llc2 logical link control driver interfaces network software (NetBIOS, SNA, OSI, and so on) running under the Solaris operating environment to a physical LAN network controlled by one of the supported communications adapters. The llc2 driver, which appears as a STREAMS driver to the network software, resides in the kernel and is accessed by standard UNIX STREAMS functions.

This version of the llc2 driver includes support for both connectionless and connection-oriented logical link control class II (llc2) operations for Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI adapters when accessed through the appropriate Solaris MAC layer driver. The Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI ) to the llc2 driver enables multiple and different protocol stacks, (including NetBIOS and SNA), to operate simultaneously over one or more local area networks.

To start the llc2 driver by default, rename file /etc/llc2/llc2_start.default to /etc/llc2/llc2_start . This allows the /etc/rc2.d/S40llc2 script to build up the configuration file for each ppa interface in /etc/llc2/default/llc2.* and start llc2 on each interface. To verify the configuration files, manually run /usr/lib/llc2/llc2_autoconfig.

For more information on the llc2 driver, see the IEEE standard 802.2 Logical Link Control.

OBTAINING LLC2 STATISTICS

You can obtain LLC2 statistics or reset the statistics counter to zero using the ILD_LLC2 ioctl. The ILD_LLC2 ioctl has a number of subcommands. The following retrieve LLC2 statistics:

Name
Function
LLC2_GET_STA_STATS
Get station statistics
LLC2_GET_SAP_STATS
Get SAP statistics
LLC2_GET_CON_STATS
Get connection statistics

The structure used depends on the subcommand sent.

LLC2_GET_STA_ STATS

The LLC2_GET_STA_STATS command retrieves statistics on a particular Physical Point of Attachment (PPA).

When sending the LLC2_GET_STA_STATS command, the llc2GetStaStats structure is used:

typedef struct llc2GetStaStats {
uint_t ppa;
uint_t cmd;
uchar_t clearFlag;
uchar_t state;
ushort_t numSaps;
uchar_t saps[LLC2_MAX_SAPS];
uint_t nullSapXidCmdRcvd;
uint_t nullSapXidRspSent;
uint_t nullSapTestCmdRcvd;
uint_t nullSapTestRspSent;
uint_t outOfState;
uint_t allocFail;
uint_t protocolError;
} llc2GetStaStats_t;  

The members of the structure are:

Member
Description
cmd
LLC2_GET_STA_STATS
clearFlag
Clear counters flag. Set this to 0 to retreive statistics and to 1 to reset all counters to 0.
state
Station component state. Possible values are ?????
numSaps
Number of active SAPs in the saps array
saps
An array of active SAP values
nullSapXidCmdRcvd
Number of NULL SAP XID commands received
nullSapXidRspSent
Number of NULL SAP XID responses sent
nullSapTestCmdRcvd
Number of NULL SAP TEST commands received
nullSapTestRspSent
Number of NULL SAP TEST responses sent
outOfState
Number of invalid events received
allocFail
Number of buffer allocation failures
protocolError
Number of protocol errors

LLC2_GET_SAP_ STATS

The LLC2_GET_SAP_STATS command retrieves statistics related to a particular SAP. When sending the LLC2_GET_SAP_STATS command, the llc2GetSapStats structure is used:

typedef struct llc2GetSapStats {
uint_t ppa;
uint_t cmd;
uchar_t sap;
uchar_t clearFlag;
uchar_t state;
uint_t numCons;
ushort_t cons[LLC2_MAX_CONS];
uint_t xidCmdSent;
uint_t xidCmdRcvd;
uint_t xidRspSent;
uint_t xidRspRcvd;
uint_t testCmdSent;
uint_t testCmdRcvd;
uint_t testRspSent;
uint_t testRspRcvd;
uint_t uiSent;
uint_t uiRcvd;
uint_t outOfState;
uint_t allocFail;
uint_t protocolError;
} llc2GetSapStats_t;  

The members are:

Member
Description
ppa
Physical Point of Attachment number
cmd
LLC2_GET_SAP_STATS
sap
SAP value
clearFlag
Clear counters flag. Set this to 0 to retreive statistics and to 1 to reset all counters to 0.
state
SAP component state
numCons
Number of active connections in the cons array
cons
Array of active connection indexes
xidCmdSent
Number of XID commands sent
xidCmdRcvd
Number of XID responses received
xidRspSent
Number of XID responses sent
xidRspRcvd
Number of XID responses received
testCmdSent
Number of TEST commands sent
testCmdRcvd
Number of TEST commands received
testRspSent
Number of TEST responses sent
testRspRcvd
Number of TEST responses received
uiSent
Number of UI frames sent
uiRcvd
Number of UI frames received
outOfState
Number of invalid events received
allocFail
Number of buffer allocation failures
protocolError
Number of protocol errors

LLC2_GET_CON_STATS

The LLC2_GET_CON_STATS command retrieves statistics related to a particular connection component. When sending the LLC2_GET_CON_STATS command, the llc2GetConStats structure is used:

typedef struct llc2GetConStats { 
uint_t ppa; 
uint_t cmd; 
uchar_t sap; 
ushort_t con; 
uchar_t clearFlag; 
uchar_t stateOldest; 
uchar_t stateOlder; 
uchar_t stateOld; 
uchar_t state; 
ushort_t sid; 
dlsap_t rem; 
ushort_t flag; 
uchar_t dataFlag; 
uchar_t k; 
uchar_t vs; 
uchar_t vr; 
uchar_t nrRcvd; 
ushort_t retryCount; 
uint_t numToBeAcked; 
uint_t numToResend; 
uint_t macOutSave; 
uint_t macOutDump; 
uchar_t timerOn; 
uint_t iSent; 
uint_t iRcvd; 
uint_t frmrSent; 
uint_t frmrRcvd; 
uint_t rrSent; 
uint_t rrRcvd; 
uint_t rnrSent; 
uint_t rnrRcvd; 
uint_t rejSent; 
uint_t rejRcvd; 
uint_t sabmeSent; 
uint_t sabmeRcvd; 
uint_t uaSent; 
uint_t uaRcvd; 
uint_t discSent; 
uint_t outOfState; 
uint_t allocFail; 
uint_t protocolError; 
uint_t localBusy; 
uint_t remoteBusy; 
uint_t maxRetryFail; 
uint_t ackTimerExp; 
uint_t pollTimerExp; 
uint_t rejTimerExp; 
uint_t remBusyTimerExp; 
uint_t inactTimerExp; 
uint_t sendAckTimerExp;
 } llc2GetConStats_t;  

The members of the structure are:

Member
Description
ppa
Physical Point of Attachment number
cmd
LLC2_GET_CON_STATS
sap
SAP value
con
Connection index
clearFlag
Clear counters flag. Set this to 0 to retreive statistics and to 1 to reset all counters to 0.
stateOldest, stateOlder, stateOld, state
The four previous dlpi states of the connection
sid
SAP value and connection index
dlsap_t rem
Structure containing the remote MAC address and SAP
flag
Connection component processing flag
dataFlag
DATA_FLAG
k
transmit window size
vs
Sequence number of the next I-frame to send
vr
Sequence number of the next I-frame expected
nrRcvd
Sequence number of the last I-frame acknowledged by the remote node
retryCount
Number of timer expirations
numToBeAcked
Number of outbound I-frames to be acknowledged
numToResend
Number of outbound I-frames to be re-sent
macOutSave
Number of outbound I-frames held by the MAC driver to be saved on return to LLC2
macOutDump
Number of outbound I-frames held by the MAC driver to be dumped on return to LLC2
timerOn
Timer activity flag
iSent
Number of I-frames sent
iRcvd
Number of I-frames received
frmrSent
Number of frame rejects sent
frmrRcvd
Number of frame rejects received
rrSent
Number of RRs sent
rrRcvd
Number of RRs received
rnrRcvd
Number of RNRs received
rejSent
Number of rejects sent
rejRcvd
Number of rejects received
sabmeSent
Number of SABMEs sent
sabmeRcvd
Number of SABMEs received
uaSent
Number of UAs sent
uaRcvd
Number of UAs received
discSent
Number of DISCs sent
outOfState
Number of invalid events received
allocFail
Number of buffer allocation failures
protocolError
Number of protocol errors
localBusy
Number of times in a local busy state
remoteBusy
Number of times in a remote busy state
maxRetryFail
Number of failures due to reaching maxRetry
ackTimerExp
Number of ack timer expirations
pollTimerExp
Number of P-timer expirations
rejTimerExp
Number of reject timer expirations
remBusyTimerExp
Number of remote busy timer expirations
inactTimerExp
Number of inactivity timer expirations
sendAckTimerExp
Number of send ack timer expirations

Files

/dev/llc2

Clone device used to access the driver /etc/llc2/default/llc2.? configuration files (One file per ppa interface.)

Attributes

See attributes(5) for a description of the following attribute:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
system/network/llc2

See Also

llc2_autoconfig(1), llc2_config(1), llc2(4)

Notes

This driver might be removed in a future release of Solaris.