Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference (OL-15956-01, April 20078)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference
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Chapter 2 System Messages and Recovery Procedures for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_FCSP_AUTHENT_FAILURE: Interface [chars] is down (FC-SP
authentication failure).
Explanation The port failed Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) authentication with its peer.
Recommended Action Check the FC-SP configuration.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(1).
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_FICON_BEING_ENABLED: Interface [chars] is down(FICON
being enabled).
Explanation FICON is being enabled on the port.
Recommended Action FICON enable takes some time. No action is required.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(1).
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_FICON_NOT_ENABLED: Interface [chars] is down(Error
disabled - ficon not enabled).
Explanation FICON is not enabled on the port.
Recommended Action Enable FICON on the port.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(1).
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_FICON_VSAN_DOWN: Interface [chars] is down(FICON VSAN
down).
Explanation
FICON is being enabled on the VSAN of this port. This is an intermediary state,
whereby the port VSAN is being enabled to be a FICON VSAN.
Recommended Action No action is required.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(1).
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_HW_FAILURE: Interface [chars] is down (Hardware
Failure).
Explanation
The module hardware has failed.
Recommended Action Enter the show module internal all module command or use a similar Fabric
Manager procedure to collect more information about the failed module.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.2(2a).
Error Message PORT-5-IF_DOWN_INACTIVE: Interface [chars] is down (Inactive).
Explanation The port VSAN has been suspended or deleted.
Recommended Action Assign a new active port VSAN to the interface.
Introduced Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.2(2a).