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Responding to a system message

This section provides procedures on gathering information on system messages.

Looking up a system message

Messages in this manual are arranged alphabetically by Module ID and then numerically within a

given module. To look up a message, copy down the module (see Table 6) and the error code and

compare this with the Table of Contents or look up lists to determine the location of the information

for that message.

The following information is provided for each message:

• Module and code name for the error

• Message text

• Message type

• Class (for audit messages only)

• Message severity

• Probable cause

• Recommended action

Gathering information about the problem

Questions to ask yourself when troubleshooting a system message are as follows:

• What is the current Fabric OS level?

• What is the switch hardware version?

• Is the switch operational?

Switch name The defined switch name or the chassis name of the switch depending on

the action; for example, HA messages typically show the chassis name and

This value is truncated if it is over 16 characters in length.

Use the chassisName command to name the chassis or the switchName

command to rename the logical switch.

Reserved field for future

expansion

This field is reserved for future use and contains a space character (null

value).

Event-specific information A text string explaining the error encountered and providing parameters

supplied by the software at runtime.

TABLE 5 Audit message field description (Continued)

Variable name Description