Table of Contents

How This Manual Is Organized
How to Read System Error Messages
Error Message Traceback Reports

System Error Messages Overview

This publication lists and describes Cisco IOS system error messages. 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, and others may help diagnose problems with communications lines, internal hardware, or the system software.

This manual also includes error messages that appear when the system crashes.

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual contains three main chapters.

• The "System Error Messages" chapter provides descriptions of error messages related to the Cisco IOS software, except for the CMCC facility. 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.

• The "CMCC System Error Messages" chapter provides descriptions of error messages related to the CMCC product family, which includes the Channel Interface Processor (CIP) and the Channel Port Adapter (CPA). The format of CMCC error messages differs from the format of other system error messages. For more information on CMCC message format, see the "CMCC System Error Messages" chapter.

• The "System Failure Error Messages" chapter provides descriptions of error messages that appear when the system image crashes.

For alphabetizing purposes, lowercase and uppercase letters are treated the same.

The index of error messages is alphabetized as follows:

1. Facility code

2. Mnemonic

3. Severity level

• The CMCC system error messages appear in a separate index after the index for system error messages.

How to Read System Error Messages

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 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 1 lists the system facility 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: Interface [chars], undefined entry point
 

Some error messages also indicate the card and slot reporting the error. These error messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are structured as follows:

%CARD-SEVERITY-MSG:SLOT %FACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text
 

CARD is a code that describes the type of card reporting the error. VIP and FEIP are possible card types.

MSG is a mnemonic that indicates this is a message. It is always shown as MSG.

SLOT indicates the slot number of the card reporting the error. It is shown as SLOT followed by a number. (For example, SLOT5.)

Table 1: Facility Codes

Code	Facility
AAAA	TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting security
ADJ	Adjacency subsystem
AIP	ATM Interface Processor
ALC	ATM Line Card (ALC)
ALIGN	Memory optimization in Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) processor
ALPS	Airline Protocol Support
AMDP2_FE	AMDP2 Ethernet and Fast Ethernet
AP	Authentication Proxy (AP)
ARAP	Apple Remote Access Protocol (ARAP)
ASPP	Asynchronous Security Protocol (ASPP)
AT	AppleTalk (AT)
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMCES	ATM access concentrator PCI port adapter driver
ATMCORE	ATM core
ATMOC	ATM OC3 network module
ATMPA	ATM port adapter
ATMSIG	ATM signalling subsystem
ATMSSCOP	ATM Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (SSCOP)
AUTORP	PIMv2 AUTORP
BAP	PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP)
BCM3220	Cable modem MAC controller interface
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
BRI	ISDN Basic Rate Interface
BRIMUX	AS5200 BRIMUX board
BSC	Binary Synchronous Communications protocol
BSTUN	Block serial tunneling (BSTUN)
C1400	Cisco 1400 platform
C1400_PCI	Protocol control information (PCI) bus for Cisco 1400 platform
C1600	Cisco 1600 platform
C1700	Cisco 1700 platform
C2600	Cisco 2600 platform
C2600_MAINBOARD_ASYNC_PQUICC	MPC860 quad integrated communications controller for the Cisco 2600 platform
C29ATM	Catalyst 2900XL ATM module
C2KATM	Catalyst 2820 ATM module
C3600	Cisco 3600 platform
C542	Voice driver for modular access routers
C54x	VoIP DSP Driver
C5RSP	Cisco Catalyst 5000 platform
C7200	Cisco 7200 platform
CAIM	Compression Advanced Interface Module (CAIM)
CALLRECORD	Modem Call Record
CALL_CONTROL	Call Control
CALL_MGMT	Call management subsystem
CASA	Content Aware Services Architecture (CASA)
CBUS	ciscoBus controller
CCH323	Call Control for H323
CCPROXY	H323 proxy
CDM	Cable Data Modem subsystem
CDP	Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
CE3	CE3 port adapter (CE3)
CES	Circuit Emulation Service (CES)
CI	Cisco 7500 platform chassis interface
CIPDUMP	CIP core dump
CIRRUS	CD2430 asynchronous controller
CIRRUS_PM	Slow-speed asynchronous/synchronous port module
CLEAR	Clear facility
CLNS	OSI Connectionless Network Service
CLOCKSW	Cisco 6400 network clocking
CLS	Cisco link services
CLSDR	Cisco link services driver
CM622	ATM line card driver
CMBPKM	Multimedia Cable Network System Partners, Ltd. (MNCNS), baseline privacy key management
CMCC	Cisco Mainframe Channel Connection interfaces
CM_DSPRM	Digitial Signal Processor Resource Manager (DSPRM)
CNSES	Cisco Network Services Event Service Client
CNS_AGENT_ CFGCHG	Cisco Network Service (CNS) Configuration Change Agent
COMP	Point-to-point compression
COT	Continuity test (COT)
COUGAR_EHSA	Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) port driver
CPAD	Compression service adapter (CSA)
CPM	Combo Port Module (CPM) device driver
CRYPTO	Encryption
CSM	Call switching module
CSM_VOICE	Call switching mode (CSM) voice subsystem
CT3	Channelized T3 (CT3) port adapter
CTRC	Cisco Transaction Connection
DBCONN	Database Connection
DBUS	Data bus
DCU	ATM access concentrator PCI port adapter
DEC21140	DEC21140 Fast Ethernet controller
DHCPD	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server
DIALER	Dial-on-demand routing
DIALPEER_DB	Dial peer configuration
DIALSHELF	Dial shelf messages
DIRECTOR	Director server
DLC	Data-link control
DLSWC	Data-link switching (DLSw)
DLSWMasterSlave	Data-link switching (DLSw) core
DLSWP	Data-link switching (DLSw) peer module
DMTDSL	Digital/discrete multitone digital subscriber line (DMTDSL)
DNET	DECnet
DNSSERVER	Domain Name System (DNS) server
DPM	AS5200 T1 BRIMUX
DRIP	Duplicate Ring Protocol
DRP	Director Response Protocol
DRVGRP	Interface driver
DSC	Dial shelf controller (DSC)
DSCCLOCK	Dial shelf controller clock (DSC)
DSCEXTCLK	Dial shelf controller clock (DSC)
DSCREDCLK	Dial shelf controller (DSC) redundancy clock
DSC_ENV	Cisco AS5800 environment monitor
DSC_ REDUNDANCY	Cisco AS5800 dial shelf controller (DSC) redundancy
DSI	Cisco AS5800 dial shelf interconnect board
DSPDD	Digital Signal Processor Device Driver (DSPDD)
DSPRM	Digital Signal Processor Device Driver (DSPDD)
DSPU	Downstream physical unit
DSX0	CT1 RBS timeslot status
DSX1	Channelized E1 (Europe) and T1(US) telephony standard
DS_TDM	Dial shelf time-division multiplexing (TDM)
DUAL	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
DVMRP	Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
E1T1	E1T1 Module
EGP	Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHSA	Cisco 6400 Enhanced High System Availability (EHSA)
ENSP	Enhanced Network Services Provider (ENSP)
ENT_API	Entity MIB API
ENVM	Route Processor Module (RPM) Environmental Support
ENV_MON	Cisco 12000 environmental monitor
EPAD	Encryption port adapter driver (EPAD)
ESWITCH	Ethernet switch port adapter
ETHERNET	Ethernet for the C1000 series
EXPRESSION	Expression MIB
FABRIC	Fabric Interface ASIC (FIA)
FAN	Fan
FB	Cisco AS5800 feature board
FBINFO	Cisco 5800 feature board crash information subsystem
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
FILESYS	File system
FPGA	LS1010 chip-specific
FR	Frame Relay
FRATM	Frame Relay/ATM interworking
FREEDOM	CT3 trunk card Freedm
FR_ELMI	Frame Relay enhanced Local Management Interface
FR_LMI	Frame Relay Local Management Interface
FTC_TRUNK	Cisco 3801 platform
FTPSERVER	FTP server processes
FTSP	Fax Telephony Service Provider subsystem
FW	Inspection subsystem
FX1000	FX1000 Gigabit Ethernet controller
GK	GK- H.323 Gatekeeper
GLCFR	Gigabit Switch Router (GSR)
GRIP	Xerox Network Systems (XNS) Routing Protocol
GRP	Gigabit route processor
GRPGE	Gigabit Ethernet route processor (RP)
GRPPOS	POS route processor
GRP_OC12_CH_DS3	Gigabit Route Processor (GRP) driver
GSRIPC	Gigabit Switch Router IPC service routines
GSR_ENV	Gigabit Switch Router environment monitor
GT64010	GT64010 DMA controller driver
HAWKEYE	Token Ring PCI port adapter
HD	HD64570 serial controller
HDV	High Density Voice (HDV) driver
HMM_ASYNC	Hex modem network module asynchronous driver
HOOD	LAN controller 100VG-AnyLAN interface
HP100VG	100VG-AnyLAN PA driver
HTSP	Analog voice hardware adaptation layer software
HUB	Cisco Ethernet hub
IBM2692	IBM Token Ring chipset
IDMGR	ID manager
IDS	IDS IP datagram subsystem (IDS)
IDTATM25	IDT ATM25 network module
IFS	Cisco IOS file system
IGRP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ILACC	ILACC driver
IMA	Inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA)
INTERFACE_API	Binary API for the interface descriptor block
IOCARD	I/O card-specific
IP	Internet Protocol
IPACCESS	IP security
IPC	Interprocess communication
IPCGRP	Route processor (RP) interprocess communication (IPC)
IPCLC	Gigabit Switch Router line card interprocess communication
IPC_RPM	Interprocess communication (IPC)
IPC_RSP_CBUS	Interprocess communication ciscoBus (CBUS)
IPFAST	IP fast switching
IPFLOW	IP flow
IPMCAST	Gigabit Switch Router line card IP multicast
IPMOBILE	IP Mobility
IPM_C54X	Voice over IP (VoIP) driver
IPRT	IP routing
IPX	Novelle Internetwork Packet Exchange Protocol (IPX)
IP-SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol specific to IP
ISA	Integrated Services Adapter (ISA)
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
IVR	Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
KERBEROS	Voice over IP (VoIP) for Cisco AS5800
KINEPAK	Voice over IP (VoIP) for Cisco AS5800
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
LC	Line card (LC)
LCB	Line Control Block (LCB) event process
LCCEF	ATM Cisco express forwarding (CEF) adjacency
LCCOREDUMP	Line card core dump subsystems
LCFE	Fast Ethernet line card (LC) driver
LCGE	Gigabit Ethernet line card (LC) driver
LCINFO	Line card crash information subsystem
LCLOG	Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) line card logger subsystem
LCOC12_CH_D83	Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) OC-12-channelized-to-D3 line card
LCPLIM	Line card physical layer interface module
LCPOS	Packet-over-SONET (POS) line card driver
LES_FDDI	LAN Emulation Server/Fiber Distributed Data Interface
LEX	LAN extension
LIBT2F	Text to fax library
LIBTIFF	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) library
LINECARD	Node Route Processor (NRP) line card
LINEPROTO	Line Protocol
LINK	Data link
LLIST	Linked list facility
LNMC	LAN network manager
LPD	Line printer daemon
LSS	LS1010 Switching Control Layer
M32X	M32X Basic Rate Interface trunk card
MAILBOX	ChipCom mailbox support
MBRI	Multi-BRI port module
MBUS	Maintenance bus (MBus)
MBUS_SYS	Maintenance bus (MBus) system
MEMSCAN	Memory scan
MICA	Modem ISDN Channel Aggregation modem
MIF68840	PCI MC68840 FDDI port adapter
MIMIC	MCOM integrated modem network modules
MK5	MK5025 serial controller
MMODEM	Integrated modem network module
MODEM	Router shelf modem management
MODEM_HIST	Router shelf modem history and tracing
MODEM_NV	Modem NVRAM
MPA68360	VIP Multi-channel Port Adapter
MPLS	Label Switch Path (LSP) tunnel
MPOA	Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA)
MROUTE	Multicast route
MSDP	Multicast route
MUESLIX	Mx serial application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
MXT_FREEDM	8PRI/4T board
NETWORK_CLOCK_SYNCHRONIZATION	Network clock synchronization
NHRP	Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NIM	Network interface module
NRP	Network Routing Processor (NRP)
NSP	Network Switch Processor (NSP)
NSP_APS	Cisco 6400 node switch processor (NSP)
NSP_OIR	Cisco 6400 online insertion and removal (OIR)
OIR	Online insertion and removal (OIR)
OOBP	Out of band port (OOBP)
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
PA	Port adapter
PAD	X.25 packet assembler/disassembler
PARSER	Parser
PERUSER	PPP per-user configuration
PGM	Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM)
PIM	Protocol-independent multicast
PLATFORM	Platform-specific
PLATFORM_IMAGE _ PREFIX	Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC)
PNNI	Private Network-Network Interface
POSDW	Packet over SONET double wide PCI port adapter driver
POT1E1	Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) multichannel port adapter
POTS	Plain old telephone service (POTS)
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
PQUICC	MPC860 quad integrated communications controller
PQUICC_ASYNC	Asynchronous MPC860 quad integrated communications controller
PQUICC_ETHER	Ethernet MPC860 quad integrated communications controller
PQUICC_FE	Fast Ethernet MPC860 quad integrated communications controller
PQUICC_SERIAL	Serial MPC860 quad integrated communications controller
PS	Power supply
QA	Queue and accumulator
QEM	QEM driver
QLLC	Qualified Logical Link Control
QUICC	MC68360 quad integrated communications controller
QUICC_ASYNC	Asynchronous MC68360 quad integrated communications controller
QUICC_ETHER	Ethernet MC68360 quad integrated communications controller
QUICC_SERIAL	Serial MC68360 quad integrated communications controller
RADIUS	RADIUS
RADIX	Radix
RCMD	Remote commands
Regen	Cisco optical regenerator
Regen_MAINBOARD_ASYNC_PQUICC	Asynchronous MPC860 quad integrated communications controller for the Cisco optical regenerator
RESOURCE_MON	Resource monitor subsystem
RESYNCH	Route Processor Module (RPM) resynchronization process
RIP	IP Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
RLM	Redundant Link Manager (RLM)
RM	Resource Manager
ROUTEMAP_IPC	Route map interprocess communication (IPC)
RPA	Resource Pool Allocation (RPA)
RPM	Route Processor Module (RPM)
RPM_VIRTUAL	Route Processor Module (RPM) virtual port
RPS	Redundant power system
RRR_PCALC	Routing with Resource Reservation (RRR) path calculation
RSP	Route Switch Processor
RSRB	Remote source-route bridging
RTT	Round trip time monitor
S4T68360	Four-port synchronous serial adapter based on the 68360 processor
SARMGR	Segmentation and reassembly (SARMGR)
SCHED	Scheduler
SCP	Downstream physical unit (DSPU)
SDLC	Synchronous Data Link Control
SDLLC	SDLC/Logical Link Control type 2 (LLC2) translation
SEC	IP security
SERVICE_MODULE	Service module
SGBP	Stack Group Bidding Protocol
SGCP	Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP)
SGCP_APP	Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP) application
SHELF	Router shelf
SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLOTDUMP	Slot dump
SMF	Software MAC Filter
SMRP	Simple Multicast Routing Protocol
SNAPSHOT	Snapshot dial-on-demand routing
SNASW	Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Switching Services
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMP_MGR	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SONET	Synchronous Optical Network
SONETMIB	Synchronous Optical Network Management Information Base
SPARC	3800 SPARC coprocessor subsystem
SSE	Silicon switching engine
STANDBY	Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
STUN	Serial tunneling
SUBSYS	Software subsystems
SW56	Switch 56K
SWITCH	Switch interface
SYS	Operating system
SYSCTLR	System controller subsystem
SYSLOG_SERVER	Syslog-server file system routines
SYSMGT_RPC	System management
TAC	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TAGCON	Tag distribution and control
TBRIDGE	Transparent bridging
TCATM	ATM TAG control
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TDM	Time-division multiplexing (TDM)
TDM_CLOCK_ SYNCHRONIZATION	Time-division multiplexing (TDM) frame clock
TDP	Tag Distribution Protocol
TESTPA	TestPA port adapter
TFIB	Tag Forwarding Information Base
TI1570	PCI/TI1570-based ATM port adapter
TIB	Tag Information Base
TIGER	Error-correcting code (ECC) and parity
TLV	EEPROM
TMQ	Inbound terminal port queuing
TN	Telnet
TN3270	TN3270 protocol
TR	Token Ring
TRUNK	E1/T1 trunk card
TSP	Tag-switched path (TSP)
TTY	Tty-related for all platforms
TTYDRIVER	Router shelf asynchronous driver
TUN	Tunnel
TXCONN	Cisco Transaction Connection (CTRC)
UBR7200	Cable modem termination system
UCODE	Microcode
UNIX	UNIX
UTIL	Utility
VFC	Voice over IP (VoIP)
VINES	Banyan VINES
VIP	Versatile Interface Processor
VIPMLP	Multilink PPP
VOICE_FSM	MC3810 voice FSM subsystem
VOICE_RC	MC3810 voice resource subsystem
VOIP	Voice over IP (VoIP) call history output
VPA	Voice port adapter
VPDN	Virtual Private Dialup Networking
VSI_M	Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) master
VTSP	Voice Telephony security parameter index (SPI)
WCCP	Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP)
X25	X.25
XCCTSP_VOICE	External Call Control Telephony Service Provider
XCPA	Mainframe Channel Port Adapter
XTAGATM	Extended Tag ATM (XTagATM)

Table 2: Error Message Severity Levels

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 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:

Posted: Fri Jun 16 11:52:38 PDT 2000
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