DOCUMENT:Q172291 22-OCT-2000 [sna] TITLE :Snacfg.exe Does Not Support Omission of LOCALBLOCKNO PRODUCT :Microsoft SNA Server PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0 SP1 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbenv kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0, 3.0 SP1, on platform(s): - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you configure an SDLC connection using Snacfg.exe, if the LOCALBLOCKNO (the first three digits of the Local Node ID, also known as the IDBLK) value is omitted, you receive the following error message: The first three digits of the Local Node ID are invalid. These digits, also called the Block Number, can be any three hexadecimal digits except 000 or FFF, which are reserved. CAUSE ===== Snacfg.exe does not set the SDLC connection "fSdlcLeased" flag based on the specified link service. If this flag is not set, the validate routine in Snacfg.exe does not recognize the connection as being associated with a Leased SDLC link service and considers the omission of the IDBLK as invalid. RESOLUTION ========== Snacfg.exe has been corrected so that it now verifies the specified link service is SDLC and Leased. If the link service meets both these criteria, the IDBLK value can be omitted. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this 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: snacfg snaconfig ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0 SP1 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.