System Error Messages

This appendix lists and describes system error messages for the Layer 3 switch routers. 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.

Note Refer to the "Error Messages" section for a listing of the error messages on the Catalyst 2948G-L3 and Catalyst 4908G-L3 switch routers. The error messages are alphabetized by facility-severity-mnemonic.

How System Error Messages Are Organized

System error messages are organized according to the particular system facility that produces the messages. The facility sections appear in alphabetical order, and within each system facility section, messages are listed alphabetically by mnemonic. An explanation and a recommended action follow each error message. System error messages appear only when the system remains operational.

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).

How to Read System Error Messages

This section describes how system error messages are structured.

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 hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software. Table B-1 lists the system facility codes.

Table B-1: Facility Codes

Code Facility

AAA

TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting security

ALIGN

Memory optimization in reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor

ARAP

Apple Remote Access Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

IPMCAST

Gigabit switch router line card IP multicast

IPX

Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol

IP-SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol specific to IP

LSS

LightStream Switching Subsystem

PIM

Protocol Independent Multicast

RIP

IP Routing Information Protocol

SMF

Software MAC Filter

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMP_MGR

SNMP proxy

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

TBRIDGE

Transparent bridging

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

Code	Facility
AAA	TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting security
ALIGN	Memory optimization in reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor
ARAP	Apple Remote Access Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol
IPMCAST	Gigabit switch router line card IP multicast
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol
IP-SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol specific to IP
LSS	LightStream Switching Subsystem
PIM	Protocol Independent Multicast
RIP	IP Routing Information Protocol
SMF	Software MAC Filter
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNMP_MGR	SNMP proxy
TACACS	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TBRIDGE	Transparent bridging
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol

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 B-2 lists the severity levels.

Table B-2: Error Message Severity Levels

Severity Levels Severity Types 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

Severity Levels	Severity Types	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

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 B-3 lists the representations of variable fields and the type of information in them.

Table B-3: Representation of Variable Fields in Error Messages

Representation Type of Information

[dec]

Decimal number

[hex]

Hexadecimal number

[char]

Single character

[chars]

Character string

Representation	Type of Information
[dec]	Decimal number
[hex]	Hexadecimal number
[char]	Single character
[chars]	Character string

Figure B-1 describes the structure of a sample system error message:

Figure B-1: Structure of a Sample System Error Message

Error Message Traceback Reports

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
 
-Traceback= 1A82 1AB4 6378 A072 1054 1860

Error Messages

This section describes error messages for the Catalyst 2948G-L3 and the Catalyst 4908G-L3 switch routers.

When attempting to add more routes than the size previously configured with the sdm size command, you receive an error message.

: For example, if the number of IP multicast routes added to SDM exceeds the size configured with the sdm size command, you see the following error message:

%LSS-1-SDM: IP Multicast, Region reached limit Cannot accept more entries

Explanation Cannot accept any more routes in SDM.

Action Increase the protocol size using the sdm size configuration command and reload the switch router.

When attempting to add more routes than the Fast Ethernet CAM size allows, you see the following error message:

%LSS-4-INTERFACE:(Interface FastEthernet2) CAM reached limit. Cannot
accept more route entries

Explanation Cannot accept more routes in CAM.

Action None.

Note Error messages that appear while configuring the Fast Ethernet interfaces do no apply to the Catalyst 4908G-L3 switch router, which only has Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

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