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Cisco IOS XR System Error Message Reference Guide
This document describes the Cisco IOS XR System Error Messages for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Service Router, Cisco CRS Router, and Cisco XR12000 Series Router.
How to Read System Messages
The system software sends system error messages to the console (and, optionally, to a logging server on another system) during operation and when the system crashes. 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.
The messages are organized according to the particular system category that produces the messages. The category sections appear in alphabetical order, and within each category section, messages are listed alphabetically by group code. Each message is followed by an explanation and a recommended action.
For alphabetizing purposes, lowercase and uppercase letters are treated the same.
System Error Message Format
System messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are structured as follows.
%CATEGORY-GROUP-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text
CATEGORY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the category to which the message refers. Table 1 lists the system category codes for the Cisco CRS-1 Cisco XR 12000 Series Router, and Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router.
GROUP is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the group to which the message refers. A group can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software.
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:
%ACL-IP_ACL_PARSE-2-ALLOC Unable to allocate memory for [chars]
Table 1 Category Codes Code
Description of Category
ACL
All Access Control List (ACL) related messages.
APP_INFRA
All Application infrastructure related messages.
DIAG
All Diagnostic related messages.
FABRIC
All Fabric (HW and SW both) related messages.
FORWARDING
All CEF and FIB related messages.
HA
All High Availability (HA) related messages.
INSTALL
All Installation related messages.
IP
All Internet Protocol (IP) related messages.
L1
All Layer 1 (L1) related messages.
L2
All Layer 2 (L2) related messages, for instance ethernet drivers, PoS, SONET, PLIMS, and so forth.
L3
All Layer 3 (L3) related messages.
LIBRARY
All Library related messages.
LICENSE
All License related messages.
MEDIA
All Media related messages, including disk, nvram, flash, and so forth.
MGBL
All Management Plane and Manageability related messages, for instance, config, cli, sml, pm, and so forth.
OS
All Operating System (OS) and OS infrastructure related messages.
PKT_INFRA
All Packet Infrastructure related messages, such as ifmgr, tunnels, bundlemgr, pakman, and so forth.
PLATFORM
All Platform related commands, for instance, shelf mgr, chassis, env ctrl, and so forth.
QOS
All Quality of Service (QoS) related messages.
ROUTING
All routing related messages, such as MPLS, OSPF, BGP, Multicast, MRIB, RIB, and so forth.
SECURITY
All security related messages, such as AAA, IPSec and related protocols, and so forth.
SERVICES
All service related messages, such as RSPP, and SD.
SNMP
All Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) related messages, such as BGP MIB, CONFIG MIB, SNMP agent. MIB location does not matter.
SYSDB
All system database related messages.
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
Message severity levels correspond to the keywords assigned by the logging console and logging monitor global configuration commands that define where and at what level these messages appear. In general, the default is to log messages from level 0 (emergencies) to level 7 (debugging). However, the default level varies by platform.
Level 4 severity messages should be monitored and if the warning affects your router, investigate and take the necessary action. Levels 5 to 7 are only informational and TAC should not be contacted.
For more information, see the system configuration chapter and descriptions of the logging console and logging monitor commands in the appropriate Cisco IOS configuration guide and command reference publications.
Table 3 Representation of Variable Fields in Messages Representation
Type of Information
[atalk_address]
AppleTalk address
[atalk_net]
AppleTalk network, either 600 or 600-601
[char]
Single character
[chars]
Character string
[dec]
Decimal number
[enet]
Ethernet address (for example, 0000.FEED.00C0)
[hex]
Hexadecimal number
[inet]
Internet address (for example, 10.0.2.16)
[int]
Integer
[ipv6_addr]
IP version 6 (IPv6) address
[node]
Address or node name
[p]
Packet
[sci_notation]
Scientific notation
[t-line]
Terminal line number in octal (or decimal if the decimal-TTY service is enabled)
[v-name]
VINES name; or number (hex or decimal)
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 1860Obtaining Technical Assistance