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Cisco IOS Release 12.4 System Messages, Volume 1 of 2
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System Messages Overview
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AAA through ASPP
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AT through BGP
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BIT through C6KPWR
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C6MSFC through CHOPIN_MAINBOARD_ASYNC_PQII
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CI through COT
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CPAD through DBUS
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DCV through DSCREDCLK
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DSI through ENT
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ENV_MON through FR_FRAG
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FR_LMI through GSR_ENV
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GSRIPC through IF
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IFINDEX through ISA
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ISDN through LCCOREDUMP
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LCINFO through MBRI
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Volume 1 Glossary
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Table Of Contents
System Messages
This section lists messages alphabetically by facility and mnemonic.
AAA Messages
The following are authentication, authorization, and accounting messages.
Error Message%AAA-2-AAAMULTILINKERROR : [chars]([hex]): Acct db for Id [hex] absent
Explanation An AAA internal error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-ACCT_IOMEM_LOW : AAA ACCT process suspended : low I/O memory
Explanation An AAA accounting process has been suspended because of insufficient I/O memory.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AAA-6-ACCTSESSIDWRAP : Accounting-Session-ID [dec] exceeded max value allowed
Explanation The value in the accounting session ID exceeds the maximum allowed value.
Recommended Action This is an informational message only. No action is required.
Error Message%AAA-3-ATTRFORMATERR : Attribute with unknown format [dec]
Explanation An attribute was found with an invalid or unknown format.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-AUTH_LOW_IOMEM : AAA process is suspended due to low I/O memory
Explanation An AAA process has been suspended from processing incoming requests because of insufficient I/O memory.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AAA-3-AUTHORMLISTUNDEF : Authorization method list '[chars]' is not defined. Please define it.
Explanation The method list specified in the error message has not yet been defined but has been used in a command.
Recommended Action Define the method list before using it in a command.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADCURSOR : invalid cursor index [dec] max [dec] service [chars] protocol [chars]
Explanation An AAA client has provided an invalid attribute cursor to AAA.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADHDL : invalid hdl AAA ID [int], hdl [hex], [chars]
Explanation An AAA client has provided an invalid attribute list handle to AAA.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADLIST : invalid list AAA ID [int]
Explanation An AAA client has provided an invalid attribute list to AAA.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADMETHOD : Cannot process [chars] method [int]
Explanation A method list function has encountered a method list that was unknown or that could not be processed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADMETHODERROR : Cannot process [chars] method [chars]
Explanation A method list function has encountered a method type that is unknown or that cannot be handled.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADPROTOCOL : Unknown protocol [int]
Explanation The AAA subsystem has encountered an unknown protocol type.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADSERVERTYPEERROR : Cannot process [chars] server type [chars]
Explanation A method list function encountered a server type that was unknown, or could not be handled. This may be due to a server misconfiguration.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information that you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AAA-3-BADSERVICE : Unknown service [int]
Explanation The AAA subsystem has encountered an unknown service type.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-BUFFER_OVERFLOW : Radius I/O buffer has overflowed
Explanation An unusually large number of RADIUS attributes has caused AAA to overflow the RADIUS I/O buffer.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-2-FORKFAIL : Cannot fork process [chars]
Explanation An attempt to fork a process has failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-IPILLEGALMSG : Invalid use of ip_pid([int])
Explanation A process has sent an illegal message to IP to which IP has not subscribed.
Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-ISDNINTF : [chars] [chars]: Can not apply configuration to ISDN channel:
"[chars]"Explanation Virtual profiles and virtual access interfaces are required to apply configuration to ISDN. Configuration can not be applied to individual ISDN channels.
Recommended Action Refer to the section on "Configuring virtual profiles by AAA Configuration" in the Cisco IOS Dial Technologies Configuration Guide.
Error Message%AAA-3-MLIST_INTERNAL_ERROR : method list '[chars]': [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-MLIST_TOO_MANY_METHODS : method list '[chars]'
Explanation An internal software error has occurred. An AAA client attempted to add too many methods to a method list.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-NOTABLE : AAA ID [int]
Explanation A resource failure involving AAA has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-NULLCURSOR : Null cursor
Explanation An AAA client has provided a nonexistent attribute cursor to AAA.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-NULLVRF : Null vrf entry
Explanation A VRF entry with a null value was found while the AAA VRF attributes were being compared.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AAA-3-PARSEERR : parser is unable to parse [chars] per-user unconfigure command
Explanation All attempts to parse the specified per-user unconfigure command have failed. The specified unconfigure command was not unconfigured.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-PARSEERR : Error([dec]) parser is unable to parse [chars] per-user command
Explanation All attempts to parse the specified per-user unconfigure command have failed. The specified unconfigure command was not unconfigured.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-SERVER_INTERNAL_ERROR : Server '[IP_address]': [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred in the AAA server group subsystem.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-SG_DEADTIME_FORKFAIL : Failed to fork process for [chars].
Explanation An internal software error has occurred. The most likely cause for this condition is system memory exhaustion.
Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-SG_INTERNAL_ERROR : server group '[chars]': [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred in the AAA server group subsystem.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-3-SORTFAIL : [chars] :Peruser Could not sort the [chars] attributes
Explanation The attributes received from the AAA server could not be sorted.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-5-USER_LOCKED : User [chars] locked out on authentication failure
Explanation The user was locked out because the number of authentication failures exceeded the configured threshold.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the error using the Output Interpreter https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/OutputInterpreter/home.pl. Also perform a search of the Bug Toolkit http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-5-USER_RESET : User [chars] failed attempts reset by [chars]
Explanation The number of failed user authentication attempts has been reset to zero.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the error using the Output Interpreter https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/OutputInterpreter/home.pl. Also perform a search of the Bug Toolkit http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAA-5-USER_UNLOCKED : User [chars] unlocked by [chars]
Explanation The user has been unlocked by the system administrator. The user is enabled to log in to the system.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the error using the Output Interpreter at https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/OutputInterpreter/home.pl. Also perform a search of the Bug Toolkit http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the gathered information.
AAA_CACHE Messages
The following are AAA cache-related messages.
Error Message%AAA_CACHE-3-NULL_TREE_PERIODIC_PROC : Cache Tree pointer is of null value
Explanation The cache tree pointer has a null value.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
AAAA Messages
The following are TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) security accounting messages.
Error Message%AAAA-3-AAAFORKFAIL : Failed to start AAA process. AAA requests may not be processed.
Explanation The AAA process could not be created.
Recommended Action Reduce other system activity to ease memory demands. If conditions warrant, upgrade to a larger memory configuration.
Error Message%AAAA-3-ACCTATTR : last accounting attribute:
Explanation The data buffer overflowed while building the accounting packet. The accounting attribute that was being written to the buffer when the buffer overflow occurred, was logged.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the Output Interpreter and other tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs. Collect the logs by using the debug aaa api, debug aaa attr, and debug aaa accounting commands.
Error Message%AAAA-3-ACCTDUMP : dump of accounting data:
Explanation The data buffer overflowed while building the accounting packet. The accounting attribute that was being written to the buffer when the buffer overflow occurred, was logged.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the Output Interpreter and other tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs. Collect the logs by using the debug aaa api, debug aaa attr, and debug aaa accounting commands.
Error Message%AAAA-3-ACCTFORKFAIL : Failed to start accounting process. Accounting records may not be sent.
Explanation The accounting process could not be created.
Recommended Action Reduce other system activity to ease memory demands. If conditions warrant, upgrade to a larger memory configuration.
Error Message%AAAA-6-ACCTSTART : [chars]
Explanation This message is an AAA accounting start message.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Error Message%AAAA-6-ACCTSTOP : [chars]
Explanation This message is an AAA accounting stop message.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Error Message%AAAA-6-ACCTWATCH : [chars]
Explanation This message is an AAA accounting watchdog/update message.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Error Message%AAAA-6-ADMINMSG : [chars] [chars]: [chars]
Explanation This administrative message was passed to the NAS from the AAA server.
Recommended Action No action is required, but the message may contain useful information regarding an event on the server.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADARG : % AAA: bad argument ([hex])
Explanation NVGEN was attempted on a nonexistent AAA command.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADAUTHENSTR : Bad authentication data: [chars]
Explanation During AAA authentication operations, the internal database of authentication information for a user was found to be corrupt, and that information used for authenticating a particular user has been lost. This indicates an internal software error.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADAUTHENSTR : Bad authentication data: [chars]
Explanation The data buffer overflowed while building the authentication packet when the total length of the attributes exceeded the buffer size.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the Output Interpreter and other tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs. Collect the logs by using the debug aaa api, debug aaa attr, and debug aaa accounting commands.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADCOMM : Trying config command but should not be.
Explanation An internal error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADLIST : % AAA: bad [chars] list [chars]
Explanation One of the AAA methods does not seem to have a list associated with it.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-4-BADMETHNAME : Bad [chars] method-list name "[chars]" (this is only a warning)
Explanation A method list name should not be the same as a method name.
Recommended Action Choose a different method list name that is not also a method name.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADREG : Illegal registry call.
Explanation An internal error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-4-BADSGNAME : Bad server-group name [chars] (type [chars]).
Explanation Either the given server-group name does not exist or the given type does not match the defined server group.
Recommended Action Verify that the group exists and that the type is accurate.
Error Message%AAAA-4-BADSGTYPE : Server-group [chars] is not of type [chars].
Explanation The specified server group name does not match the specified type.
Recommended Action Verify that the group exists and that it is of the same type.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADSTATE : \n% AAA: Bad state for [chars] list name ([dec])
Explanation An AAA method list is neither named nor supplied by default.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-BADSTR : Bad accounting data: [chars]
Explanation During AAA accounting operations, the internal database of accounting information for a user was found to be corrupt. An internal software error has occurred, and the accounting information for this user session has been lost.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-DLRFORKFAIL : Failed to fork process for [chars].
Explanation A possible memory loss has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-4-DNISGPUNDEF : Warning: DNIS group [chars] is not defined.
Explanation The DNIS group was used without being defined.
Recommended Action Define the DNIS group before using it.
Error Message%AAAA-3-DROPACCTFULLQ : Accounting record dropped due to a full aaa accounting queue: [chars]-[chars] [chars] [chars]
Explanation An accounting record has been dropped because too many accounting packets were enqueued.
Recommended Action If periodic accounting is on, disable it. The accounting queue might have grown too large. This condition is usually due to a nonresponsive AAA server. Enter the show radius statistics or show tacacs command to see if the number of timeouts is increasing or the response delay is unusually high.
Error Message%AAAA-3-DROPACCTLOWMEM : Accounting record dropped due to low memory: [chars]-[chars] [chars] [chars]
Explanation An accounting record has been dropped because of low memory.
Recommended Action If periodic accounting is on, disable it. Attempt to reduce the load on the router.
Error Message%AAAA-3-DROPACCTSNDFAIL : Accounting record dropped, send to server failed: [chars]-[chars] [chars] [chars]
Explanation An attempt to send an accounting record to a server has failed.
Recommended Action Check that the server (TACACS+ or RADIUS) is operational, and then ensure that the NAS is configured properly. Finally, check that the NAS can communicate with the server.
Error Message%AAAA-3-ILLEGALNAME : Illegal [chars] [chars] name "[chars]" rejected
Explanation A method list name should not be the same as a method name.
Recommended Action Choose a different method list name that is not also a method name.
Error Message%AAAA-3-ILLSGNAME : Illegal server-group name [chars] (type [chars]).
Explanation The given server-group name is a name that could conflict with internally chosen lists.
Recommended Action Choose a different server-group name.
Error Message%AAAA-3-INTERNAL_ERROR : [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-INVALIDLIST : % AAA: invalid [chars] list [dec].
Explanation One of the AAA methods lists has inconsistent settings.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-INVSTATE : [chars] AUTHOR/[chars]: Internal state is invalid: astruct [hex] ustruct [hex]
Explanation One of the two mentioned data structures is not set but is needed. An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-LISTCREATE : The list [dec] for [chars] is NULL. This should never be.
Explanation One of the method lists to be created at startup was not created. This may cause a reload.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-MKTIMERFAIL : Failed to create periodic accounting timer for user [chars]. This user may not generate periodic accounting records.
Explanation The system failed to allocate memory for a periodic accounting timer.
Recommended Action Free up some memory and have the user reauthenticate.
Error Message%AAAA-3-MKTIMERINVALID : Invalid request to create periodic accounting timer for user [chars]. Timer already exists.
Explanation The request to create a periodic accounting timer was invalid because the timer already existed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOADMINPROC : [chars]
Explanation An administrative process has been enabled but could not run.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOFREELISTS : % AAA: No free [chars] lists for "[chars]"
Explanation You have reached the maximum number of possible authentication lists for this method.
Recommended Action If this message recurs, copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOLIST : [chars]: no method list-name.
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOREG : [chars] method [dec] has no registry!
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOSERV : No name for servergroup in method [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NOSG : No server-group passed through parser.
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-4-NOSERVER : Warning: Server [IP_address] is not defined.
Explanation The specified server is not on the master list and should be defined, or unexpected results may occur.
Recommended Action Define the server on the appropriate master list as soon as possible.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NULPORT : Could not establish port information
Explanation An internal software error has occurred. AAA could not determine a valid port string based on the client-provided information.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-NULUSR : accounting for null user
Explanation An internal software error has occurred. During shutdown of a line or interface, the system tried to send accounting information via AAA, but could not find the user to which the accounting information belonged. The error was probably caused by the system trying to do accounting twice for the same event. This error message can occur without any loss of accounting information.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-OVERWRITE : Overwrote internal buffer space [chars]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-PERIODICFORKFAIL : Failed to start periodic accounting process. Periodic accounting records may not be sent.
Explanation An attempt to create the periodic accounting process has failed.
Recommended Action Reduce other system activity to ease memory demands. If conditions warrant, upgrade to a larger memory configuration.
Error Message%AAAA-3-PERNOTIMER : AAA/ACCT/TIMER: Periodic update but no timer.
Explanation An attempt was made to free a timer, and the method is PERIODIC, but no timer seems to exist.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-RELOGIN : sanity check in re-login [chars] to [chars]
Explanation A software or hardware error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-6-SERVERMSG : [chars] [chars]: [chars]
Explanation This error message was passed to the NAS from the AAA server.
Recommended Action No action is required, but the message may contain useful information regarding an event on the server.
Error Message%AAAA-4-SERVNOGRP : Warning: Server [IP_address]:[dec],[dec] is not part of server group [chars].
Explanation The specified server does not belong to the specified server group.
Recommended Action Check that the specified server belongs to the server group.
Error Message%AAAA-4-SERVNOTACPLUS : The server-group "[chars]" is not a tacacs+ server group. Please define "[chars]" as a tacacs+ server group.
Explanation The protocol used by the server group does not support the configured AAA action.
Recommended Action Use a server group that has been configured as a TACACS+ server group.
Error Message%AAAA-4-SERVUNDEF : The server-group "[chars]" is not defined. Please define it.
Explanation A given server group was listed in a method list without first being defined.
Recommended Action Define the server group before using it.
Error Message%AAAA-3-SGDUPFREE : Duplicate free of server group [hex]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-STRCREATE : str_create overwrote its internal buffer.
Explanation An internal buffer used to assemble a string was exceeded, possibly corrupting other memory.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-SUBTYPE : Bad Subtype [dec] for "[chars]" ([dec])
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-3-TIMERNOPER : AAA/ACCT/TIMER: No periodic update but timer set.
Explanation An attempt to free a timer was unsuccessful. The update method was not PERIODIC, and therefore no timer will exist.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AAAA-4-UNSUPWAITSTART : % AAA: Unsupported option wait-start mapped to start-stop.
Explanation The "wait-start" form of accounting is not supported and will be mapped to "start-stop".
Recommended Action No action is required.
AC Messages
The following are Attachment Circuit messages.
Error Message%AC-3-ACMGR_INVALID_HDL : Received invalid [chars] handle
Explanation The Attachment Circuit manager has received an invalid handle.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-ACMGR_INVALID_MSG : Received [chars]
Explanation The Attachment Circuit manager has received an invalid message.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-ACMGR_MISSED_CIRCUIT : Circuit info missing in [chars] message.
Explanation The Attachment Circuit manager has received a message from which circuit information is missing.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-AC_PROVISION : [chars]
Explanation An error was encountered during Attachment Circuit provisioning or unprovisioning.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-AC_SUBBLOCK : [chars]
Explanation An error was encountered during the creation or removal of an Attachment Circuit subblock.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-AC_VECTOR : [chars]
Explanation During Attachment Circuit configuration, an error was encountered that caused problems in the setting or restoration of the interface vectors.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-L2SS_BAD_HANDLE : Corrupted L2SS handle [[hex]].
Explanation An internal Layer 2 Service Switch manager error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-L2SS_NULL_CONTEXT : Encountered a NULL context in [chars]
Explanation The system has encountered a null context in the Layer 2 Service Switch manager.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-L2SS_UNEXPECTED : Received unexpected [chars] message
Explanation The Layer 2 Service Switch manager has received an unexpected message.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%AC-3-L2SS_WRONG_KEYS : Wrong set of keys in [chars] message
Explanation SIP has sent an invalid set of keys to the Layer 2 Service Switch manager.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
ACCESS_IE Messages
The following are Access information element (IE) messages.
Error Message%ACCESS_IE-3-INVALID_HANDLE : Caller passed in invalid handle - traceback to follow.
Explanation An invalid handle was encountered in the Access IE library.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
ACLMERGE Messages
The following are access control list (ACL) merge messages.
Error Message%ACLMERGE-3-CUDDERROR : A CUDD Library error was detected in [chars]
Explanation An error was detected by the CUDD library, and the ACL merge has failed. The failed ACL merge may cause more traffic to be switched by the software, resulting in lower performance for the interface on which the ACL merge had failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information, along with the ACL configuration of this device.
Error Message%ACLMERGE-3-CUDDWARN : A CUDD Library warning message for interest in this event in [chars]
Explanation A CUDD library warning message for the specified event has been received.
Recommended Action This is a debug message only. No action is required.
ADAPTER Messages
The following are Channel Interface Processor (CIP) messages for the adapter task.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-BADREQUEST : Bad request code [dec] generated on port [dec]
Explanation A request was sent to the function that handles general requests for the specified port. The request code was not in a range recognized by that function.
Recommended Action The CIP has recovered by ignoring the request. Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-BADSTATE : Bad state: port [dec], request code [dec], state [dec], flags [hex]
Explanation The specified port was in an invalid state while it was attempting to process the specified general request.
Recommended Action The CIP recovered by forcing the port into a valid state. Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGBEGIN : [chars] diagnostic starting
Explanation The user has used the test cbus command to request a particular adapter diagnostic to be run. This message informs the user that the diagnostic routine has started.
Recommended Action Wait for the next message.
Error Message%ADAPTER-0-DIAGDATA : Module Call: [hex][hex] Error ID: [hex][hex]
Explanation A diagnostic routine has detected a failure in the ECA hardware. The indicated codes are used to locate the specific component that failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGDATA2 : Module Call: [hex][hex] Error ID: [hex][hex]
Explanation A diagnostic routine has detected a failure in the ECA hardware. The indicated codes are used to locate the specific component that failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-0-DIAGFAIL : Port [dec] failed the [chars] diagnostic
Explanation A diagnostic routine has failed. The specified port will not be used.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGFAIL2 : [chars] diagnostic failed
Explanation A diagnostic requested by the test cbus command has failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGGOOD2 : [chars] diagnostic ran successfully
Explanation A diagnostic requested by the test cbus command has completed successfully.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGRANGE : Diagnostic number ([dec]) out of range 0-[dec]
Explanation The diagnostic number requested by the test cbus command is invalid.
Recommended Action Reenter the command with a valid diagnostic number.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGSTOP : Interface must be shutdown to run diagnostic
Explanation The test cbus command was used to run a diagnostic on an active interface. The interface must be shut down before the diagnostic is run.
Recommended Action Use the shutdown command to stop the interface and then reissue the diagnostic request.
Error Message%ADAPTER-0-DIAGTERM : Port [dec]: The [chars] diagnostic failed to terminate
Explanation A diagnostic routine did not end when expected. The specified port will not be used.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-DIAGTERM2 : [chars] diagnostic failed to terminate
Explanation A diagnostic requested by the test cbus command did not end when expected.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-0-LOADFAIL : Port [dec] microcode load failed.
Explanation Each adapter has an onboard microprocessor. This message indicates that the operation to load the code for that microprocessor has failed.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-LOGDATA : [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex]
Explanation An error has occurred in the adapter. The information displayed will help software developers determine the nature of the error.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-LOGOUT : Port [dec] logout data. Adapter microcode [hex]
Explanation This message indicates the start of the logout data. Logout data occurs whenever a problem is detected on the port adapter or, with an ECA, on the fiber.
Recommended Action If this message is being continually generated on a new installation, it may indicate that the fiber is not connected properly. Verify that the connector is firmly seated. If a loose fiber was not the cause of these messages, report this message to your Cisco technical support representative.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-LOGSAME : [hex] to [hex] same as above
Explanation This message is used when logout information is displayed to avoid printing duplicate data.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-NO_CHAN_EV_BUF : No channel event buffer: Daughter board [dec]
Explanation Channel link incident events are being dropped by the channel adapter because of an overflow of incidents.
Recommended Action Use SNMP to poll the CIP for the current LIR counts.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-NO_CHAN_EV_POOL : Could not allocate channel event pool
Explanation There is insufficient memory on the channel adapter to allocate buffers used for generating channel adapter events. Unless the memory is increased, no channel link incident events (SNMP traps) will be generated.
Recommended Action Add more memory to the channel adapter.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-SCAN : Port [dec] scan data. Adapter microcode [hex]
Explanation This message precedes the "SCANDATA" error message for the adapter in the specified port. This scan is usually produced as a result of a hardware error.
Recommended Action Report the entire error message, including the "SCANDATA" error message that follows it, to your Cisco technical support representative.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-SCANDATA : [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex] [hex]
Explanation The data in this message is related to the hardware failure of an adapter.
Recommended Action Report the entire error message, including the preceding "SCAN" error message, to your Cisco technical support representative.
Error Message%ADAPTER-0-START_FAIL : Diagnostics failed for port [dec], start request ignored.
Explanation Prior to receipt by the adapter of a start command from the Route Processor, a set of diagnostics is run. If one of them fails, then the adapter will not be started when the start command is issued.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-WRAP : Wrap plug detected in port [dec]. Wrap loop started.
Explanation A wrap plug is installed in the specified port. Wrap diagnostics will run until the wrap plug is removed, if this is the only adapter, or until both adapters have wrap plugs installed.
Recommended Action Remove the wrap plug and connect the interface to a channel.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-WRAPSTOP1 : Wrap plug removed from port [dec]. Wrap loop ended.
Explanation The wrap plug has been removed, causing the wrap diagnostics to end.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Error Message%ADAPTER-6-WRAPSTOP2 : Port [dec] active. Port [dec] wrap loop ended.
Explanation The wrap diagnostics have ended because the other adapter is active.
Recommended Action Remove the wrap plug and connect the interface to a channel if you wish to use this adapter. Otherwise, no action is required.
ADJ Messages
The following are adjacency subsystem messages.
Error Message%ADJ-3-ADJDELMSG : Invalid delete message length [dec]
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADJ-3-ADJFIBIDB : Adjacency update with invalid fibidb([dec])
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADJ-3-NULLFIBHWIDB : Add [chars] with null cef hwidb([chars])
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
Error Message%ADJ-3-NULLFIBIDB : Add [chars] with null cef idb
Explanation An internal software error has occurred.
Recommended Action Copy the error message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log, contact your Cisco technical support representative, and provide the representative with the gathered information.
AESOP_AIM Messages
The following are Service Engine AIM messages.
Error Message%AESOP_AIM-1-INITFAIL : AIM slot [dec]: PCI device [dec] initialization failed
Explanation The service engine AIM has failed to initialize.
Recommended Action Power off the system, reseat the interface card, and reboot the system. If this message recurs, copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
AHDLC_TRINIAN
The following are PPP in HDLC-like framing device driver messages.
Error Message%AHDLC_TRINIAN-3-BADCHANNEL : chid [dec]
Explanation The AHDLC driver has detected that the channel number is greater than what is supported.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AHDLC_TRINIAN-3-BADDEV : packet received for unknown device
Explanation The channel encapsulation has become corrupted.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AHDLC_TRINIAN-3-BADDEVCH : packet received for unknown device channel [dec]
Explanation The channel encapsulation has become corrupted.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl. If you still require assistance, open a case with the Technical Assistance Center via the Internet at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/case_tools/caseOpen.pl, or contact your Cisco technical support representative and provide the representative with the information you have gathered. Attach the following information to your case in nonzipped, plain-text (.txt) format: the output of the show logging and show tech-support commands and your pertinent troubleshooting logs.
Error Message%AHDLC_TRINIAN-3-BADHW : Bad Hardware
Explanation The AHDLC hardware did not initialize.
Recommended Action Copy the message exactly as it appears on the console or in the system log. Research and attempt to resolve the issue using the tools and utilities provided at http://www.cisco.com/tac. With some messages, these tools and utilities will supply clarifying information. Search for resolved software issues using the Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco