NonStop Operating System Event Management Programming Manual
Nonstop Operating System Message System Event 
Messages (ZIPC)
HP NonStop Operating System Event Management Programming Manual—520372-020
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NonStop Message System (ZIPC-) Definitions
NonStop Message System (ZIPC-) Definitions
Message system definitions begin with ZIPC- and are found in the source-definition 
files ZIPCTAL, ZIPCCOB, ZIPCTACL, ZIPCDDL, ZIPCC, and ZIPCPAS. These 
definitions are described in this section.
Topics:
Private Token and Field Types on page 16-5
Predefined Token and Field Values on page 16-10
Simple Tokens and Structured Tokens on page 16-10
Private Token and Field Types
Token Description (page1of2)
ZIPC-TYP-PATH Fabric over which the error occurred (see Figure 16-2
on page 16-6 and Table 16-4
 on page 16-6).
ZIPC-TYP-RCVD-PKT-STATUS Reason that the received packet was rejected (see 
Figure 16-3
 on page 16-6 and Table 16-5 on 
page 16-6).
ZIPC-TYP-TR-TYPE ServerNet packet transaction type of the error packet 
(see Figure 16-4
 on page 16-7 and Table 16-6 on 
page 16-7).
ZIPC-DDL-NACK-CODE Reason that a packet was rejected (see Figure 16-5
 on 
page 16-8 and Table 16-7
 on page 16-8).
ZIPC-DDL-SIB-TYPE Type of Send Info Block (SIB), a message system data 
structure, that the sending logic used to send the packet 
that was rejected in this event (see Figure 16-6
 on 
page 16-8 and Table 16-8
 on page 16-9).
ZIPC-TYP-PATH-REASON  Reason that a path was brought down (see Figure 16-7
on page 16-9 and Table 16-9
 on page 16-9).
ZIPC-TYP-R10K-FAILBUFTYPE Buffer type that was affected by the speculative write 
problem (see Figure 16-8
 on page 16-10 and 
Table 16-10
 on page 16-10).
ZIPC-ENM-DOWNCPU-SIB Request for data from a down processor.
ZIPC-ENM-SNETMONSEND-SIB Request to send packets to a remote SNETMON.
ZIPC-ENM-SNETMONPULL-SIB Request to pull a data buffer from a remote SNETMON.
ZIPC-ENM-SNETMONDISC-SIB Request for an SNETMON discovery packet.
ZIPC-ENM-SNETMONSNIFF-SIB Request for an SNETMON discovery broadcast packet.
ZIPC-ENM-TESTPROBE-SIB Request to send one or more test data transfer 
messages used for automatic path recovery and 
probing of good paths.
ZIPC-ENM-TESTBARR-SIB Request to send one or more test barrier packets used 
for automatic path recovery.










