Cisco Access Point Radio Reset Code Reference

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Cisco Access Point Radio Reset Code Reference

First Published: August 26, 2020NOTE:

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1

Radio Reset Codes. 1

Expected Radio Reset Codes. 2

Failure (Unexpected) Radio Reset Codes. 4

Introduction

This document describes the radio reset codes for Cisco Access Points (APs). These reset codes pertain to Cisco Wireless Release 8.5.140.0 and later releases.

From the AP command-line interface (CLI), run the show controllers dot11radio 0 or show controllers dot11radio 1 command. The following example shows you how to view the AP reset codes:

AP#show controllers dot11Radio 0

Radio RC stats:

====================

Last radio RC(56): Total 16 Start 8

Normal:

Code Count State When

10 1 START Wed Mar 13 14:33:46 2019 UTC

43 1 STOP Wed Mar 13 14:33:43 2019 UTC

50 1 START Wed Mar 13 14:33:47 2019 UTC

51 1 STOP Wed Mar 13 14:33:47 2019 UTC

54 1 START Wed Mar 13 14:33:47 2019 UTC

55 1 STOP Wed Mar 13 14:33:47 2019 UTC

56 5 START Wed Mar 13 15:54:20 2019 UTC

57 5 STOP Wed Mar 13 15:54:20 2019 UTC

In this example, the Code column shows the AP radio reset code.

Radio Reset Codes

The following sections describe the expected reset codes and the failure (unexpected) reset codes.

Expected Radio Reset Codes

Table 1 Expected Radio Reset Codes

Code #	Reset Code	Radio Reset Reason
0	RADIO_RC_CODE_UNDEF	Undefined radio reset.
1	RADIO_RC_RF_MON	The radio goes into or out of monitor mode, due to the CLI enabled the Radio Frequency (RF) monitor/store mode.
2	RADIO_RC_RF_MON_PROM	The radio goes into or out of promiscuous monitor mode, due to turn on/off RF monitor promiscuous mode.
3	RADIO_RC_TRACE	Radio debug tracing is turned on or off, due to start or stop all Dot11 driver tracing.
4	RADIO_RC_PCI_RESET	Hardware radio reset. PCI bus reset.
5	RADIO_RC_ANT_ALIGN	Start radio in special mode for directional antenna alignment.
6	RADIO_RC_DFS_NON_ROOT	Dynamic Frequency Selection reset for non-root radio.
7	RADIO_RC_DFS_NO_CHAN	Dynamic Frequency Selection reset due to no channels available.
8	RADIO_RC_DFS	Dynamic Frequency Selection channel change.
9	RADIO_RC_DFS_CHAN_WAIT	Dynamic Frequency Selection reset waiting for available channel.
10	RADIO_RC_IDB_RESET	Radio interface reset.
11	RADIO_RC_IOS_RELOAD	Radio reset prior to Cisco IOS software reload.
12	RADIO_RC_IOS_IP_ADR_CHG	Radio reset due to Cisco IOS IP address change.
13	RADIO_RC_REFLASH	Radio reset prior to reflashing the radio.
14	RADIO_RC_CCK_TX	CCK transmit on dual antennas enable or disable.
15	RADIO_RC_WME	Enable or disable World Mode IE.
16	RADIO_RC_FCC_TST_STOP	Stop FCC compliance testing mode.
17	RADIO_RC_FCC_TST	Start FCC compliance testing mode.
18	RADIO_RC_CAR_BUSY_TST	Carrier busy test via the CLI.
19	RADIO_RC_DRIVER_CHK	Reset if radio becomes disabled.
20	RADIO_RC_COMP_MODE	FCC test mode interface reset.
21	RADIO_RC_CONFIG	Radio reset due to configuration change.
22	RADIO_RC_MESH_BACKHAUL	Clear mesh backhaul.
23	RADIO_RC_MESH_LISTEN	Set as mesh listener. Radio reset due to enable/disable listening to broadcast on 802.11b (for mesh APs).
24	RADIO_RC_RST_TX_COMP	Reset on transmit completion.
25	RADIO_RC_DFER_MCAST	Reset on completion of deferred multicast packets.
26	RADIO_RC_IDB_ENABLE	Radio interface has been enabled.
27	RADIO_RC_IDB_SHUTDOWN	Radio interface has been shutdown.
28	RADIO_RC_DN_DOT11	Cisco COS software interface goes down.
29	RADIO_RC_DN_ETHER	Cisco COS ethernet link goes down.
30	RADIO_RC_IF_UP	Cisco COS software interface comes up.
31	RADIO_RC_DN_UPLINK_CLNT	Uplink client goes away.
32	RADIO_RC_UP_UPLINK_CLNT	Uplink client comes up.
33	RADIO_RC_SET_CONFIG	Radio configuration change.
34	RADIO_RC_UPD_PHON_SUP	Symbol phone extension support has been enabled or disabled.
35	RADIO_RC_HANDLE_UA	Universal Access (Mesh) is disabled.
36	RADIO_RC_RLDP_START	Rogue Location Discovery Protocol start.
37	RADIO_RC_RLDP_STOP	Rogue Location Discovery Protocol stop.
38	RADIO_RC_DFS_DEBUG	Dynamic Frequency Selection debug mode. Reset due to test Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) command.
39	RADIO_RC_HOSTNAME_CHG	Hostname change after association.
40	RADIO_RC_CMD_ROUTINE	Radio interface reset from command routines. Reset while configuring station_role/beamforming/Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) CLI commands
41	RADIO_RC_DN_LOW_PWR	Radio exits inline Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) low power mode holddown.
42	RADIO_RC_NO_REPORT	Indicates that while the radio state should be updated on controller, no reset should be reported.
43	RADIO_RC_INIT	Not used
44	RADIO_RC_PROM_SERV	Reset while setting promiscuous mode serving channel.
45	RADIO_RC_RST_OFFC_COMP	Offchannel in prog is completed [zero] while radio waits to be stopped.
46	RADIO_RC_DEAUTH_COMPL	Deauth client completed.
47	RADIO_RC_RESET	Not used
48	RADIO_RC_UP_PHY_MODE_CHG	Not used
49	RADIO_RC_DN_PHY_MODE_CHG	Not used
50	RADIO_RC_UP_HT_PARAM_CHG	Not used
51	RADIO_RC_DN_HT_PARAM_CHG	Not used
52	RADIO_RC_UP_VHT_PARAM_CHG	Not used
53	RADIO_RC_DN_VHT_PARAM_CHG	Not used
54	RADIO_RC_UP_TX_RX_CHAIN_CHG	Not used
55	RADIO_RC_DN_TX_RX_CHAIN_CHG	Not used
56	RADIO_RC_UP_SET_CHANNEL_CHG	Radio reset due to channel change
57	RADIO_RC_DN_SET_CHANNEL_CHG	Not used
58	RADIO_RC_UP_DFS_CHANNEL_CHG	Not used
59	RADIO_RC_DN_DFS_CHANNEL_CHG	Not used
60	RADIO_RC_AUTO_BRIDGE_MODE_INIT	auto bridge mode is initiated
61	RADIO_RC_AUTO_BRIDGE_MODE_NON_ROOT	auto root ap is change to non-root ap
62	RADIO_RC_AUTO_BRIDGE_MODE_ROOT	Auto bridge ap choose to be root ap
63	RADIO_RC_DART_CONNECTED	Not used
64	RADIO_RC_DART_UNCONNECTED	Not used
65	RADIO_RC_UP_HE_PARAM_CHG	Not used
66	RADIO_RC_DN_HE_PARAM_CHG	Not used

Failure (Unexpected) Radio Reset Codes

Table 2 Failure (Unexpected) Radio Reset Codes

Code #	Reset Code	Radio reset reason
0	RADIO_FC_CODE_UNDEF	CLI triggered failure radio reset
1	RADIO_FC_FLASH	The radio has failed to respond to the "dot11 flash" command. Not applicable for 802.11n radios.
2	RADIO_FC_RESET	The radio has failed to respond to a request to reset the interface.
3	RADIO_FC_START	The radio failed to start.
4	RADIO_FC_CLIENT_FREE	The radio or radio driver was unable to completely remove a client that is no longer serviced by the radio.
5	RADIO_FC_TX_STATE	A completed packet transmission resulted in an unexpected status code from the hardware. This failure automatically results in a radio coredump written to the flash filesystem.
6	RADIO_FC_TX_STOPPED	One or more packets have been submitted to the radio to be transmitted, but have not been reported as completed for 60 seconds.
7	RADIO_FC_TX_STUCK	Not used
8	RADIO_FC_TX_RING_ADDR	A packet that has completed transmission is reported with an invalid internal memory address. Not applicable to 802.11n radios.
9	RADIO_FC_TX_ACTIVE_Q	A transmit packet is attempted to be removed from an empty queue.
10	RADIO_FC_TX_INPROG	The driver attempts to free a packet that the radio still has in progress.
11	RADIO_FC_TX_REF_CNT	Memory for a completed transmission is attempted to be released twice.
12	RADIO_FC_TX_AMSDU_STATE	The status of a transmitted Aggregation MAC Service Data Unit (AMSDU) packet is indeterminate.
13	RADIO_FC_BA_LOST	An 802.11n Block Ack packet is assembled for a client that does not exist.
14	RADIO_FC_CMD_TIMEOUT	A command from the AP to the radio has taken 12 seconds without a response.
15	RADIO_FC_CMD_FAILED	The radio reported that a command from the AP has failed to execute.
16	RADIO_FC_CMD_BUSY	A command from the AP to the radio does not appear to complete. Not applicable to 802.11n radios.
17	RADIO_FC_BAP_ERR	A PCMCIA timeout occurred when accessing a radio register. Does not apply to 802.11n radios.
18	RADIO_FC_LOAD_TIMEOUT	The AP timed out when it attempted to load the radio's firmware.
19	RADIO_FC_LOAD_FAIL	The copy of radio firmware from the AP to the radio completed, but was not accepted by the radio.
20	RADIO_FC_RX_PTR	A received packet points to an invalid area of memory.
21	RADIO_FC_BUS_RESET	An unexpected radio reset occurred in a four-radio system.
22	RADIO_FC_GET_CODE	The AP was unable to find or load an appropriate radio firmware file to load into the radio. This could occur if the firmware image is missing or corrupted.
23	RADIO_FC_TX_JAMMED	The radio hardware transmitter-watchdog detected a stuck packet and a reset of only the hardware transmitter was unsuccessful .
24	RADIO_FC_CLIENT_STUCK	Client packets cannot be transmitted. Client packet stuck in radio for more than 60 seconds.
25	RADIO_FC_SPECTRUM	Spectrum Firmware, from Clean Air module, requires a radio reset.
26	RADIO_FC_RX_RING_ADDR	There is a problem in the Radio packet receive buffer. Bad RX Ring Address.
27	RADIO_FC_NDP_STUCK	Not used
28	RADIO_FC_FREQ_CMD_TO	Frequent command timeouts occur on the radio. Radio command timeouts are more than threshold [10 timeouts].
29	RADIO_FC_TX_DONE	Bad Tx done (or) bad off channel done.
30	RADIO_FC_RX_INPROG_PTR	Bad receive in progress pointer when you receive a packet from radio.
31	RADIO_FC_BAD_TXE_PTR	Bad tx entry pointer
32	RADIO_FC_RX_RING_INDEX	Bad Rx ring index.
33	RADIO_FC_TX_STUCK_462	Not used
34	RADIO_FC_IFACE_BUS_DOWN	Radio interface bus down.
35	RADIO_FC_TX_CMPL_PAK	Wrong freeing of Tx completed packet.
36	RADIO_FC_PAK_POISON	Not used
37	RADIO_FC_EU_STUCK_738	Encryption engine stuck specific to 8864 radio chipset.
38	RADIO_FC_BEACON_STUCK	Beacons not transmitted for last 10 minutes.
39	RADIO_FC_BAD_DTX_IN_Q	Bad packet in transmit queue.
40	RADIO_FC_INFINITE_LOOP	An infinite loop is detected in radio
41	RADIO_FC_PREFETCH	DMA prefetch engine on SC3 radio is locked up. We do a hard radio reset so that the DMA engine recovers.
42	RADIO_FC_OFFC_STUCK	Offchannel request stuck
43	RADIO_FC_TXRDY_RING_REQUEUE	DTX block has been freed or the packet is already in the TX ring
44	RADIO_FC_NO_REPORT	Indicates that while the radio state should be updated on the controller, no reset should be reported.
45	RADIO_FC_RX_OVERRUN_STUCK	Rx buffer is full which resulted in RCV buffer overrun stuck

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