DCA DFT Link Service Fails (Event ID 252) (125043)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
This article was previously published under Q125043

SYMPTOMS

When you use a DCA IRMA 3 DFT adapter, the following Event Viewer error is written to the log: 
   Event ID: 252
   Description:
      Error during initialization, rc = 13

   Explanation:
      An error was returned from a Windows NT function during an attempt
      to initialize the DFT connection.

   Action:
      See your Windows NT documentation for information on return codes.
      Check the return code. Check that the device name of the DFT driver
      specified in the link service dialog matches the name specified in
      the Registry.
Also, starting SNADFTLU.EXE from the <snaroot>\SYSTEM\HWSETUP\DCADFT directory causes the following error message to appear:
The procedure entry point sepfpass could not be located in the dynamic
link library SNATRC.DLL.

CAUSE

There is an old copy of DCADFT.DLL in the SNA\SYSTEM directory, and an old copy of SNADFTLU.EXE in the SNA\SYSTEM\HWSETUP\DCADFT directory.

RESOLUTION

Rename DCADFT.DLL to DCADFT.OLD. Copy the IBMDFT.DLL file in the SNA\SYSTEM directory to DCADFT.DLL. Also, copy SNADFTLU.EXE from the <snaroot>\SYSTEM\HWSETUP\IBMDFT directory to <snaroot>\SYSTEM\HWSETUP\DCADFT.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/23/2003
Keywords:kbnetwork kbprb KB125043
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