System Error Messages for 11.3 T

This section lists and describes the system error messages for Cisco IOS Release 11.3 T, up to and including 11.3(1)T. 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.

This section only lists error messages for Cisco IOS Release 11.3 T that are not documented in the Cisco IOS Release 11.3 System Error Messages manual. For additional system error messages, refer to the System Error Messages publication.

Note This publication is only available through Cisco Connection Online (CCO) and the Documentation CD-ROM.

How to Read System Error Messages

The messages are organized according to the particular system facility that produces the messages. The facility sections appear in alphabetical order, and within each facility section, messages are listed alphabetically by mnemonic. Each error message is followed by an explanation and a recommended action.

System error messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are structured as follows:

%FACILITY-SUBFACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text

FACILITY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicates the facility to which the message refers. A facility can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software. Table 1 lists the system facilities codes.

SUBFACILITY is a code relevant only to Channel Interface Processor (CIP) error messages. There are no CIP error messages listed in this document.

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.

**Table 1: Facility Codes**
Code	Facility
AAA	TACACS+ Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting security
AIP	ATM Interface Processor
ALIGN	Memory optimization in Reduced Instruction-Set Computer (RISC) processor
AMDP2	Presidio Ethernet & Laguna Fast Ethernet
APPN	Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
ARAP	Apple Remote Access Protocol
ASPP	Asynchronous Security Protocol
AT	AppleTalk
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BAP	PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP)
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
BRI	Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface
BRIMUX	AS5200 BRIMUX board
BSC	Binary Synchronous Communications mode
BSTUN	Block serial tunneling
C1600	Cisco 1600 platform
C3600	Cisco 3600 platform
C5RSP	Cisco Catalyst 5000 platform
CBUS	ciscoBus controller
CDM	Cable Data Modem subsystem
CI	75xx platform chassis interface
CIP facility	Channel Interface Processor
CIRRUS_PM	Slow speed async/sync port module
CLEAR	Clear facility
CLNS	OSI Connectionless Network Service
CLS	Cisco Link Services
CLSDR	Cisco Link Services Driver
COMP	Point-to-point compression
CONTROLLER	Controller
CPAD	Compression service adapter
CPM	Combo Port Module device driver
CSC2	CSC2/CSC3 CPU cards
CT3	Channelized T3 port adapter
DBUS	Data bus
DIALER	Dial-on-demand routing
DLC	Data-link control
DLSw	Data-link switching
DMA	Direct memory access
DNET	DECnet
DRP	Director Response Protocol
DSPU	Downstream physical unit
DSX1	Channelized E1 (Europe) and T1(US) telephony standard
DUAL	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
DVMRP	Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
EGP	Exterior Gateway Protocol
ENT_API	Entity MIB API
ENV	Environmental monitor card
ETHERNET	Ethernet for the C1000 series
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FLASH	Flash nonvolatile memory
FR	Frame Relay
FTC_TRUNK	Cisco 3801 platform
GRIP	Xerox Network Systems (XNS) Routing Protocol
HD	HD64570 serial controller
HOOD	LAN controller 100VG-AnyLAN interface
HP100VG	100VG-AnyLAN PA driver
HUB	Cisco Ethernet hub
IBM2692	IBM Token Ring chip set
IFS	IOS File System
IGRP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ILACC	ILACC driver
INTERFACE_API	Binary API for the interface descriptor block
IP	Internet Protocol
IPC	Interprocess Communication
IPFAST	IP fast switching
IPRT	Internet Protocol routing
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange Protocol
IP-SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol specific to IP
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
LANCE	Local Area Network Controller Ethernet
LANE	LAN Emulation
LANMGR	IBM LAN Network Manager
LAPB	X.25 Link Access Procedure, Balanced
LAT	DEC Local Area Transport
LEX	LAN extension
LINEPROTO	Line Protocol
LINK	Data link
LLC2	Logical Link Control type 2
LNMC	LAN network manager
LPD	Line printer daemon
MAILBOX	ChipCom mailbox support
MBRI	Multi-BRI port module
MCI	Multiport Communications Interface
MK5	MK5025 serial controller
MPA68360	VIP Multi-channel Port Adapter
MROUTE	Multicast route
MUESLIX	Mx serial application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
NIC100	NIC100 driver
NIM	Network interface module
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
PA	Port adapter
PAD	X.25 packet assembler/disassembler
PARSER	Parser
PIM	Protocol-independent multicast
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
QA	Queue and accumulator
QLLC	Qualified Logical Link Control
QUICC	MC68360 Quad Integrated Communications Controller
RADIUS	Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) facility
RADIX	Radix facility
RCMD	Remote commands
RIP	IP Routing Information Protocol
RSP	Route Switch Processor
RSRB	Remote source-route bridging
S4T68360	Four port synchronous serial adapter based on the 68360 processor
SCHED	Scheduler
SDLC	Synchronous Data Link Control
SDLLC	SDLC/Logical Link Control type 2 (LLC2) translation
SEC	IP security
SERVICE_MODULE	Service Module
SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMRP	Simple Multicast Routing Protocol
SNAPSHOT	Snapshot dial-on-demand routing
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNMP_MGR	SNMP Proxy
SSE	Silicon switching engine
STANDBY	Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
STUN	Serial tunneling
SUBSYS	Software subsystems
SWITCH	Switch interface
SYS	Operating system
SYSMGT	System management
TAC	Terminal Access Controller Protocol Access Control System
TBRIDGE	Transparent bridging
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TMQ	Inbound terminal port queuing
TN	Telnet
TN3270	TN3270 protocol
TR	Token Ring
TUN	Tunnel
UCODE	Microcode
UNIX	UNIX
UTIL	Utility
VINES	Banyan VINES
VIP	Versatile Interface Processor
VPN	Virtual Private Dialup Network
X25	X.25

**Table 2: Error Message Severity Levels (Continued)**
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 logs 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 Cisco IOS configuration guides and command reference publications.

**Table 3: Representation of Variable Fields in Error Messages**
Representation	Type of Information
[atalk_address]	AppleTalk address
[atalk_net]	AppleTalk network, either 600 or 600-601
[char]	Single character
[chars]	Character string
[dec]	Decimal number
[enet]	Ethernet address (for example, 0000.FEED.00C0)
[hex]	Hexadecimal number
[inet]	Internet address (for example, 12.128.2.16)
[int]	Integer number
[node]	Address or node name
[sci_notation]	Scientific notation
[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)

Error Messages

This section lists error messages alphabetically by facility and mnemonic.

Error Message
%C2KATM-4-BIG_CONTROL_FRAME: AAL5 discarded because it is too large to buffer: vpi = [dec], vci = [dec], size = [dec] , MSGDEF_LIMIT_MEDIUM

Explanation An AAL5 frame destined for IOS was discarded because it was too large to buffer.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-3-ERROR_ANALYZE: [chars] , Error analyzing the device in slot [dec].

Explanation The Port Module in this slot could not be recognized.

Recommended Action Power down, reinsert the Port Module and reboot. If the message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-3-ERROR_INIT_BLDR: [chars] Unable to download the Boot loader firmware, ret = 0x[hex], MSGDEF_LIMIT_SLOW

Explanation Error initializing the DSP with the bootloader firmware.

Recommended Action Power down, reinsert the Port Module and reboot. If the message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-3-ERROR_INIT_OVERLAY: [chars] Unable to download the Application overlay firmware. Status returned 0x[hex]

Explanation Error initializing the DSP with the application/overlay firmware.

Recommended Action Power down, reinsert the Port Module and reboot. If the message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-1-ERROR_INTR: [chars] , Error interrupt occurred type = 0x[hex]., MSGDEF_LIMIT_MEDIUM

Explanation The DMA engine cannot get to the PCI bus to read descriptors.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-1-INCORRECT_DSP_ID: VPM at slot [dec]: Incorrect [dec] DSP-ID passed by SPI.

Explanation The DSP ID provided by the SPI for download is not valid.

Recommended Action Call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-3-INCORRECT_ID: VPM in slot [dec]: PCI device not supported.

Explanation A interface controller device did not report the correct PCI device ID.

Recommended Action Power down, reinsert the Port Module and reboot. If the message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-3-INCORRECT_PMID: VPM at slot [dec]: Incorrect [dec] PM-ID device not supported.

Explanation A interface controller device did not have the correct PM-ID in the EEPROM cookie.

Recommended Action Run the test pas eeprom command, and set the correct PM-ID. If the message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%C542-1-INVALID_CONFIGURATION: vpm([dec]), vic cards has an invalid configuration.

Explanation The software recognized more VIC interface ports than it can support on this Port Module.

Recommended Action Check the part number on the VIC card to see if it is supported in the version of IOS operational on the router or contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-1-NOPCIMEMORY: VPM ([dec]/[dec]), PCI memory unavailable.

Explanation The router or access server could not allocate memory for the descriptors.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-1-NO_DAUGHTER_CARD: vpm([dec]), vic card has an no known daughter cards

Explanation The software did not recognize any of the VIC cards plugged into the Port Module.

Recommended Action Check the part number on the VIC card to see if it is supported in the version of IOS operational on the router or contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-1-NO_RING_DESCRIPTORS: No more ring descriptors available on [dec] slot., MSGDEF_LIMIT_MEDIUM

Explanation The C542 driver cannot queue messages up to the Xilinx DMA engine for transmit.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative. Reset the DSP's on this port module.

Error Message
%C542-1-TOOBIG: [chars], packet(size [dec]) too big.

Explanation A packet greater than 256 bytes was received on this interface.

Recommended Action The system should recover. No action is required. If the problem recurs, it indicates an error that might be related to data traffic patterns. Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%C542-1-UNKNOWN_VIC: vpm([dec]), vic daughter card has an unknown id of [hex]

Explanation The software did not recognize the type of VIC daughter card plugged into the Port Module.

Recommended Action Check the part number on the VIC card to see if it is supported in the version of IOS operational on the router or contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%LAT-3-BADDATA: Tty[t-line], Data pointer does not correspond to current packet

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%LAT-3-BUFFULL: Tty[t-line], data buffer full with count [dec]

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%LAT-3-NOSYNC: Tty[t-line], Output data ptrs out of sync with byte count

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%LAT-3-REUSE: Tty[t-line], Attempt to re-use slot array, empty = [dec], fill = [dec]

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%LPD-3-MANYLF: Line [t-line], packet has too many newlines to convert

Explanation An internal buffer did not have enough room to add all the necessary carriage returns to a packet of LPD data destined for a printer configured with a newline-convert command. This message is unlikely to occur with a file containing valid data.

Recommended Action Check the file being printed to see whether it contains valid, printable data.

Error Message
%PAD-3-GETLINE: Tty[t-line], bad return code [dec] from x3_getline()

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy the error message exactly as it appears and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%PAD-2-PUTSETUP: Tty[t-line], buffer already setup

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy the error message exactly as it appears and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%PARSER-4-INVLDLINE: Invalid line in NV generation: [t-line]

Explanation The parser failed an internal software check.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%PQUICC-5-COLL: Unit [dec], excessive collisions. Retry limit [dec] exceeded

Explanation An Ethernet cable is broken or unterminated.

Recommended Action Check cables for proper connections, termination, and so on.

Error Message
%PQUICC-5-HBEAT: Unit [dec], heartbeat check failure

Explanation The Ethernet transceiver is malfunctioning.

Recommended Action Replace the hardware.

Error Message
%PQUICC-1-INITFAIL: msgtxt_initfail

Explanation A software or hardware error occurred.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%PQUICC-5-LATECOLL: Unit [dec], late collision error

Explanation The Ethernet cable might be too long, or there could be too many repeaters such that the delay from one end to the other is too long. The Ethernet cable might be overloaded with too many users.

Recommended Action Verify that your Ethernet cable is the correct length and that you do not have too many repeaters in use. If these are not the problem, try removing hosts from the Ethernet segment to reduce the load.

Error Message
%PQUICC-1-LOSTCARR: Unit [dec], lost carrier. Transceiver problem?, MSGDEF_LIMIT_GLACIAL

Explanation The Ethernet 10BaseT cable is unplugged.

Recommended Action Connect the 10BaseT Ethernet cable.

Error Message
%PQUICC-1-NOMEMORY: msgtxt_nomemory

Explanation The MPC860/PowerQUICC CPU was unable to access the memory it needs to carry out its functions. The following are possible causes:

The network is large, requiring a lot of memory for routing tables, and so on.
The router configuration has many features enabled, each of which require a certain amount of memory.
A software error (memory leak) exists.

Recommended Action Reduce system activity to ease the memory demand, or upgrade to a larger memory configuration.

Error Message
%PQUICC-1-TXERR: [chars]: Fatal transmit error. Restarting...

Explanation A fatal transmit error occurred on the interface, causing the line to be restarted.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, call your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%PQUICC-3-UNDERFLO: Unit [dec], underflow error

Explanation While transmitting a frame, the controller chip's local buffer received insufficient data because data could not be transferred to the chip fast enough to keep pace with its output rate. Normally, such a problem is temporary, depending on transient peak loads within the system.

Recommended Action The system should recover. No action is required. If the problem recurs, it indicates a hardware error that might be related to data traffic patterns. Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-4-BADAUTHTYPE: Unsupported SNMP authorization type: [int]

Explanation An unknown SNMP authorization type was found. This may result in the inability of the SNMP manager functionality to correctly send or receive SNMP messages to or from a particular SNMP agent.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-3-BADINFORMTRANSPORT: Unknown inform transport type: [chars]

Explanation This SNMP inform destination uses an unknown transport type. Inform notifications cannot be sent to this destination.

Recommended Action Copy the error message and the output from show tech support command exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-4-BADRESPONSESTATUS: Unknown response status code: [int]

Explanation The SNMP Manager process received an internal response with an unknown status code.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-4-EMPTYQUEUE: Input queue is empty

Explanation The SNMP Manager process was notified that it needs to process its input queue. However, when the queue was examined, it was found to be empty.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-3-MISSINGHOST: Cannot locate information on SNMP informs host: [int]

Explanation A table entry for the mentioned SNMP informs destination cannot be found. As a result, inform notifications will not be sent to this destination.

Recommended Action Run the show snmp host and show snmp commands. Copy the error message and output from the show commands exactly as they appear, and report it to your technical support representative. Deleting and re-adding the informs destination via the snmp-server host configuration command may clear the condition. Otherwise, reloading the system may be necessary.

Error Message
%SNMP_MGR-4-NOCANCEL: Unable to cancel a previously sent inform request.

Explanation The number of unacknowledged inform requests in-flight has reached the configured maximum limit. In order to make available resources for sending out a new inform request, one of these older inform requests must be cancelled. The algorithm used to choose the most appropriate inform to cancel has failed to choose any. The new inform that was to be sent will be dropped instead.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%SYS-2-BADPID: Bad pid [dec] for tty [t-line]

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this messages recurs, copy it exactly as it appears and report it to your technical support representative.

Error Message
%TCP-2-BADREFCNT: Tty[t-line]: Bad refcnt for packet 0x[hex] during retransmit, [chars]:[dec] to [chars]:[dec], state [dec]

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy it exactly as it appears and contact your technical support representative for assistance.

Error Message
%TCP-2-BUFFER: Tty[t-line], buffering bug

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%TCP-2-HALFCLOSE: Tty[t-line], tcp_putbyte() write disabled

Explanation TCP received a packet from a user application after the connection was already halfclosed.

Recommended Action Determine which TCP application is still sending after the connection was halfclosed.

Error Message
%TCP-2-PUTBYTE: Tty[t-line], tcp_putbyte() with blocking disabled

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action If this message recurs, contact your technical support representative.

Error Message
%TCP-6-TOOBIG: Tty[t-line], too many bytes of options ([dec])

Explanation An internal software error occurred.

Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears, and report it to your technical support representative.

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