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This publication lists and describes system error messages for the router and communication server products, and the protocol translator feature. The system software sends these error messages to the console (and, optionally, to a logging server on another system) during operation. Not all system error messages indicate problems with your system. Some are purely informational, while others may help diagnose problems with communications lines, internal hardware, or the system software.
System error messages begin with a percent sign and are structured as follows:
%FACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text
FACILITY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the facility to which the message refers. A facility can be a hard-ware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software. Table 1 lists the system facilities codes.
SEVERITY is a single-digit code from 0 to 7 that reflects the severity of the condition. The lower the number, the more serious the situation. Table 2 lists the severity levels.
MNEMONIC is a code that uniquely identifies the error message.
Message-text is a text string describing the condition. This portion of the message sometimes contains detailed information about the event, including terminal port numbers, network addresses, or addresses that correspond to locations in the system memory address space. Because the information in these variable fields changes from message to message, it is represented here by short strings enclosed in square brackets ([ ]). A decimal number, for example, is represented as [dec]. Table 3 lists the representations of variable fields and the type of information in them.
The following is a sample system error message:
%LINK-2-BADVCALL: Ints. TDR=[dec]
The "System Error Messages" main section provides descriptions of error messages organized according to the particular system facility that produces the messages. Within each system facility section, messages are listed alphabetically by mnemonic. Each error message is followed by an explanation and a recommended action. If several error messages share the same explanation and recommended action, the messages are presented as a group followed by the common explanation and recommended action.
The last main section, "Miscellaneous Error Messages," covers error messages that cannot be categorized as system error messages because they appear when the system image crashes. System error messages appear only when the system remains operational.
The index of system error messages is alphabetized by facility-severity-mnemonic.
| Code | Facility |
|---|---|
| ALIGN | Memory optimization in RISC processor |
| ARAP | Apple Remote Access Protocol |
| AT | AppleTalk |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BRI | ISDN Basic Rate Interface |
| CBUS | ciscoBus controller |
| CIP FACILITY: | Channel Interface Processor |
| ADAPTER | Adapter processing |
| BSQ | Buffer status queue processing |
| CBUS_ATTN | ciscoBus controller statistics |
| CBUS_WRITE | ciscoBus controller write support |
| CCA | Channel card adapter |
| CLAW | Common Link Access to Workstation |
| CONFIG | Configuration processing |
| DIAG | Diagnostic processing |
| DMA | Direct memory access |
| INT | Interrupt handler |
| LOVE | CIP-to-Router statistics |
| MEMD | Memory device |
| NEVADA | Internal controller |
| SCB | Storage control block |
| SCHED | Multitasking scheduler |
| SLC | Serial link controller |
| CLNS | OSI Connectionless Network Services |
| COMP | Point-to-point compression |
| CONTROLLER | Controller |
| CSC2 | CSC2/CSC3 CPU cards |
| DBUS | dBus |
| DLSW | Data Link Switching |
| DNET | DECnet |
| DSPU | Downstream physical unit |
| DUAL | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
| ENV | Environmental monitor card for AGS+ |
| ENVM | Environmental Monitor for Cisco 7000 Series |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FDDISTAT | FDDI state |
| FR | Frame Relay |
| GRIP | XNS Routing Protocol |
| HD | HD64570 serial controller |
| IGRP | Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPRT | Internet Protocol routing |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange Protocol |
| LANCE | STS-10X or IGS Ethernet interface |
| LANMGR | IBM LAN Network Manager |
| LAPB | X.25 Link Access Protocol, Balanced |
| LAT | DEC LAT (Local Area Transport) |
| LINEPROTO | Line Protocol |
| LINK | Data link |
| MAILBOX | ChipCom mailbox support |
| MCI | Multiport Communications Interface |
| MK5 | MK5025 serial controller |
| NIM | Network interface module |
| OIR | Online insertion and removal |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| PAD | X.25 packet assembler/disassembler |
| PARSER | Parser |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| QLLC | Qualified Logical Link Control |
| RCMD | Remote commands |
| REGEXP | Regular expression parser |
| REMIF | Remote interface |
| RIP | IP Routing Information Protocol |
| RSRB | Remote source-routing bridge |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control |
| SDLLC | SDLC/LLC2 translation |
| SEC | IP security |
| SLIP | Serial Line IP |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SSE | Silicon switching engine |
| STANDBY | Hot Standby Router protocol |
| STUN | Serial tunneling |
| SUBSYS | Software subsystems |
| SYS | Operating system |
| TAC | Terminal Access Control protocol |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TMQ | Inbound Terminal Port Queuing |
| TN | Telnet |
| TR | Token Ring |
| TUN | Tunnel |
| UCODE | Microcode |
| UTIL | Utility |
| VINES | Banyan VINES |
| X25 | X.25 |
| XNS | Xerox Network Services |
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 - emergency | System unusable |
| 1 - alert | Immediate action needed |
| 2 - critical | Critical condition |
| 3 - error | Error condition |
| 4 - warning | Warning condition |
| 5 - notification | Normal but significant condition |
| 6 - informational | Informational message only |
| 7 - debugging | Appears during debugging only |
Error message severity levels correspond to the keywords assigned by the logging global configuration commands that define where and at what level these messages appear. The default is to log messages to the console at the debugging level (7). For more information, see the system configuration chapter and descriptions of the logging command in the appropriate configuration guide and command reference publications.
| Representation | Type of Information |
|---|---|
| [dec] | Decimal number |
| [hex] | Hexadecimal number |
| [char] | Single character |
| [chars] | Character string |
| [node] | Address or node name |
| [atalk_address] | AppleTalk address |
| [atalk_net] | AppleTalk network, either 600 or 600-601 |
| [enet] | Ethernet address (for example, 0000.DEAD.00C0) |
| [inet] | Internet address (for example, 12.128.2.16) |
| [t-line] | Terminal line number in octal (or decimal if the decimal-TTY service is enabled) |
| [v-name] | VINES name; or number (hex or decimal) |
Some messages describe internal errors and contain traceback information. This information is very important and should be included when you report a problem to your technical support representative.
The following sample message includes traceback information:
-Process= "Exec", level= 0, pid= 17
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