Fabric OS Message Reference v6.4.0 (53-1001767-01, June 2010)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Document
- Introduction To System Messages
- RASLog Messages
- AG System Messages
- AN System Messages
- AUTH System Messages
- ANV System Messages
- BKSW System Messages
- BL System Messages
- BLL System Messages
- BLS System Messages
- BM System Messages
- C2 System Messages
- CDR System Messages
- CEE CONFIG System Messages
- CER System Messages
- CHASSIS System Messages
- CNM System Messages
- CONF System Messages
- CTAP System Messages
- CVLC System Messages
- CVLM System Messages
- DAUTH System Messages
- EM System Messages
- ESS System Messages
- ESWCH System Messages
- EVMD System Messages
- FABR System Messages
- FABS System Messages
- FBC System Messages
- FCMC System Messages
- FCIP System Messages
- FCOE System Messages
- FCPD System Messages
- FCPH System Messages
- FCR System Messages
- FICON System Messages
- FICU System Messages
- FKLB System Messages
- FLOD System Messages
- FSPF System Messages
- FSS System Messages
- FSSM System Messages
- FW System Messages
- HAM System Messages
- HAMK System Messages
- HIL System Messages
- HLO System Messages
- HMON System Messages
- HSL System Messages
- HTTP System Messages
- IBD System Messages
- IBPD System Messages
- ICPD System Messages
- IPAD System Messages
- IPS System Messages
- ISCS System Messages
- ISNS System Messages
- KAC System Messages
- KSWD System Messages
- KTRC System Messages
- L2SYS System Messages
- LACP System Messages
- LANCE System Messages
- LFM System Messages
- LOG System Messages
- LSDB System Messages
- MFIC System Messages
- MPTH System Messages
- MQ System Messages
- MS System Messages
- MSTP System Messages
- NBFS System Messages
- NS System Messages
- NSM System Messages
- ONM System Messages
- PDM System Messages
- PDTR System Messages
- PLAT System Messages
- PMGR System Messages
- PORT System Messages
- PS System Messages
- PSWP System Messages
- RAS System Messages
- RCS System Messages
- RKD System Messages
- RMOND System Messages
- RPCD System Messages
- RTWR System Messages
- SAS System Messages
- SCN System Messages
- SEC System Messages
- SFLOW System Messages
- SNMP System Messages
- SPC System Messages
- SPM System Messages
- SS System Messages
- SSM System Messages
- SULB System Messages
- SWCH System Messages
- SYSC System Messages
- SYSM System Messages
- TAPE System Messages
- TRCE System Messages
- TRCK System Messages
- TS System Messages
- UCST System Messages
- UPTH System Messages
- WEBD System Messages
- XTUN System Messages
- ZEUS System Messages
- ZOLB System Messages
- ZONE System Messages
- Audit Log Messages
- AUDIT AG System Messages
- AUDIT AN System Messages
- AUDIT AUTH System Messages
- AUDIT BLS System Messages
- AUDIT CNM System Messages
- AUDIT CONF System Messages
- AUDIT CVLM System Messages
- AUDIT FCIP System Messages
- AUDIT FICU System Messages
- AUDIT FW System Messages
- AUDIT HTTP System Messages
- AUDIT IPAD System Messages
- AUDIT PORT System Messages
- AUDIT SEC System Messages
- AUDIT SNMP System Messages
- AUDIT SPM System Messages
- AUDIT SULB System Messages
- AUDIT SWCH System Messages
- AUDIT UCST System Messages
- AUDIT ZONE System Messages
Fabric OS Message Reference 1
53-1001767-01
Chapter
1
Introduction To System Messages
In this chapter
•Overview of System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
•Viewing and Configuring System Message Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
•Reading a RAS System Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
•Responding to a System Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
•System Module Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Overview of System Messages
This guide supports Fabric OS v6.4.0 and documents system messages that can help you diagnose
and fix problems with a switch or fabric. The messages are organized first by event type, reliability,
availability, and serviceability log (RASLog) or AUDIT, and then alphabetically by module name. A
module is a subsystem in the Fabric OS. Each module generates a set of numbered messages. For
each message, this guide provides message text, probable cause, recommended action, and
severity level. There may be more than one cause and more than one recommended action for any
given message. This guide discusses the most probable cause and typical action recommended.
This chapter provides an introduction to system messages. The Fabric OS maintains an internal
system message log of all messages. All messages are tagged by type as either RASLog system
error messages, Audit messages, or both. RASLog error messages are primarily designed to
indicate and log abnormal, error-related events, whereas Audit messages record events such as
login failures, zone, or configuration changes. Fabric OS supports a different methodology for
storing and accessing each type of message.
System Error Message Logging
The RASLog service generates and stores messages related to abnormal or erroneous system
behavior. It includes the following features:
• All RASLog error messages are saved to nonvolatile storage by default.
• The system error message log can save a maximum of 1024 messages in random access
memory (RAM).
• The system message log is implemented as a circular buffer. When more than maximum
entries are added to the log file, old entries are overwritten by new entries.
• Messages are numbered sequentially from 1 to 2,147,483,647 (0x7ffffff). The sequence
number will continue to increase beyond the storage limit of 1024 messages. The sequence
number can be reset to 1 using the errClear command. The sequence number is persistent
across power cycles and switch reboots.
• By default, the errDump and errShow commands display all of the system error messages.