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os Messages

This chapter describes messages generated by the os subsystem.

Critical

Message: ** Watchdog Warning ** Hardware watchdog refresh has been delayed by <n> seconds. Maximum time before watchdog fires is 15 seconds. Most recent tasks executed before refresh. (the most recently executed task is listed second):

Meaning: A software component internal to the Line Card Module may have failed.

Action: If the problem persists save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: <name> Not Found

Meaning: An internal error occurred when configuring this interface.

Action: Remove module and re-install. If the problem persists save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: <name> muxIoctl failed

Meaning: An internal error occurred when configuring this interface.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: ********** System Starting! **********

Meaning: Indicates System (server/module)is Starting. The operational image is running and initializing appropriate subsystems.

Action: No action required.

Message: AlrmHammerMain() - LogHammer

Meaning: This is an internal message for the logging system.

Action: No action required - this has no operational effect.

Message: Attempt to Double Free an MBUF!

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Attempt to Double Free an MBUF! From INT CONTEXT

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot add a ladel to the bucket

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot add a ladel to the custom bucket (<number>, <size>, <size>)

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot add a ladel to the private bucket

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot get a custom buffer from a NULL pool

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot get memory for the Avici Ladel

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Could not allocate pool block

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Custom buffer init with bad parameters (<number>, <size>, <size>)

Meaning: An error occurred while trying to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: FATAL_ERROR - Configuration load did not complete! Stuck on line: <line> REBOOTING

Meaning: The system encountered an error at the specified line number in the configuration file.

Action: Check the startup configuration file. If the problem persists, save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: GEAH BACKUP: timing out backup SAM module <module>.<n>

Meaning: The Route Server lost communication with the backup Server Attached Module (SAM).

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Keepalive up server <number>

Meaning: The Line Card Module has established communication with the specified Route Server.

Action: No action required - this has no operational effect.

Message: Keepalive with server <number> lost

Meaning: The Line Card Module has lost communication with the specified Route Server.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Mouse L,#37,177}avFree(): free from page with null bucket pointer

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: ROM Version: Bootrom Release <number> built <month> <day> <year>, <time>

Meaning: This is a normal message that displays the bootrom version of this device, on boot up.

Action: None.

Message: ROM Version: IPriori Bootrom Release <n> built <month> <day> <year>, <time>

Meaning: This is a normal message that displays the bootrom version of this device, on boot up.

Action: None.

Message: SAM link DOWN with Server <number>

Meaning: The Server Attached Module (SAM) has lost communications with the Route Server.

Action: Verify a Line Card Module is attached as the SAM correctly. If the problem persists, save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: SAM link up with Server <number>

Meaning: The Server Attached Module (SAM) has established communications with the Route Server

Action: No action required - this has no operational effect.

Message: Task: <name> is in SUSPEND state: Forcing Crash!

Meaning: An internal software component failed to respond.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Task: <name> s in SUSPEND state: Forcing Crash!

Meaning: An internal software component failed to respond.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to attach <name> (<number>)

Meaning: An internal error occurred when configuring this interface.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to attach eth<n> (<number>)

Meaning: Failed to attach the ethernet interface to the proper IP stack.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Version: <number> Label: <label>, built: <month> <day_number> <year>, <time>

Meaning: This is a normal message that displays the current software version at boot.

Action: None.

Message: Watchdog timer failed to start

Meaning: An internal system software component has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avFree(): bad address 0x<hexadecimal> (offset=<n>) for element size <n>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avFree(): invalid address, 0x<hexadecimal> caller <hexadecimal>-><function>:<line>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avMallocGetSizee(): address 0x<hexadecimal> out of range

Meaning: An internal software component failed to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avMallocRegisterTagName(): called before avMallocInit, caller <hexadecimal>-><function>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avMallocRegisterTagName(): invalid size=<n> for private bucket <tag name>, caller <hexadecimal>-><function>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: avMallocRegisterTagName(): size=<n> too big for private bucket <size>, caller <hexadecimal>-><function>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to allocate memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: eth<n> Not Found

Meaning: The specified ethernet device does not exist.

Action: Check running system configuration.

Message: eth<n> muxIoctl failed

Meaning: Failed to register this ethernet interface with MIB2.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: ifAddrSet() failed for <name> (addr <address>), errno = <number>

Meaning: There was a problem setting the IP address of this interface.

Action: Verify that the IP address is correct. If the problem persists save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: ifMaskSet() failed for <name> (netmask <mask>), errno = <number>

Meaning: There was a problem setting the subnet mask of this interface.

Action: Verify the subnet mask is correct. If the problem persists save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: iosFdNew: no free fds (task <name>)

Meaning: The maximum number of open files was exceeded.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: memPartInfoGet(): Invalid free list memory block at pHdr: <hexadecimal>

Meaning: An internal software component failed to relinquish memory.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: panic: <message>

Meaning: This log message generates when there is something wrong.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: pfAMDProgramFile() failed returning <n>

Meaning: An error occurred during the ROM burn. Old image has been erased but no new image has been written to the ROM.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: processMbufFromIfQ() called with non-driver packet

Meaning: An internal error occurred processing a packet.

Action: This can occur infrequently and should not have an operational effect. If the problem persists save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: reboot called from task <name>

Meaning: This message is logged to NVRAM to indicate which software component called for a reboot.

Action: No action required - this has no operational effect.

Message: server-module GEAH socket open failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module GEAH socket open failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module geah socket bind failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module geah socket bind failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module geah socket ioctl failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module geah socket ioctl failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module keepalive socket open failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module keepalive socket open failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module socket bind failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module socket bind failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module socket ioctl failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication has failed.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: server-module socket ioctl failed

Meaning: The Route Server to Line Card Module communication failed during initialization.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: workQPanic: Kernel work queue overflow.

Meaning: The system resources are exhausted.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Major

Message: <string>: semTake failed prematurely(<hexadecimal>)

Meaning: A Software component failed to get semaphore

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Cannot perform malloc!

Meaning: A sotware component failed to allocate memory

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Couldn't unlink inifaddr from ifp

Meaning: A software component is not able to delete a component from a internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Didn't unlink inifadr from list

Meaning: A software component is not able to delete a component from a internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Failed to multicast flash image <string>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to multicast flash image

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Flash TDA response indicates request error <string>, <string>

Meaning: Software component is too busy to process the response.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Invalid address!

Meaning: Ethernet multicast address is not valid

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Mask for route not entered

Meaning: Mask for an ip address is not found

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Non-unique normal route, mask not entered

Meaning: Mask for an ip address is not found

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: TdsInit() unable to register TDS soft device <n>, (<string>)

Meaning: A software component is unable to register

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to allocate buffer <string>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to allocate memory

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to create TDS wake-up message queue, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to create message queue

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to create image tag <string>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to allocate memory tag

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to open image file <string>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to open a file

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to read image file <string>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to read image file

Action: Contact Avici Customer Support

Message: Unable to receive TDS wake-up message, timeout <n>, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to receive message

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to send TDS wake-up message, <string>

Meaning: A software component failed to send message

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to set date to <n>/>n>/<n> <n> status = <n>

Meaning: A software component failed to set date

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: Unable to set time to <n>:<n>:<n>, status = <n>

Meaning: A software component failed to set real-time clock and system clock

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: arp_rtrequest: bad gateway value

Meaning: Software component is passed with a bad gateway address

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: arp_rtrequest: malloc failed

Meaning: A software component failed to allocate memory

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: duplicate IP address <hexadecimal> sent from ethernet address <string>

Meaning: Sender is using the same IP address as this host.

Action: Check the configuration if problem persists contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: eh: set_if_addr unknown family 0x<hexadecimal>

Meaning: Failed to set protocol family for a network interface.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: ex<n>: transmit error=<hexadecimal>

Meaning: A Software component failed to transmit in response to an interrupt

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: iosFdNew : no free fds

Meaning: A software component failed to find a free a memory location

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: lo<loopback>: can't handle af<family>

Meaning: af<address_family> is not supported

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_addmask: mask impossibly already in tree

Meaning: Attempt to add duplicate mask to an internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_delete: Orphaned Mask <hexadecimal> at <hexadecimal>

Meaning: A software component failed to delete a component from the internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_delete: couldn't find our annotation

Meaning: A software component failed to delete a component from the internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_delete: couldn't find us

Meaning: A software component failed to find a component in the internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_delete: inconsistent annotation

Meaning: A software component failed to delete a component from the internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rn_init: radix functions require max_keylen be set

Meaning: A software component failed to intialize the internal data structure

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rtalloc1: Discarding stack mis-match route for dst=<address>:fmly=<family>, rt_ifp=<family>

Meaning: This message occurs when TSR detects that the route entry's address family id doesn't match the destination's address family id. TSR will continues to search the route entry for the destination until find the match entry or return NULL if there is no such entry.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rtfree: <route entry pointer> not freed (neg refs)

Meaning: This problem happens when TSR fails to free a route entry pointer because of the negative reference value for the route entry.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: rtinit: wrong ifa <input pointer> was (<pointer>)

Meaning: This message occurs when TSR fails to add an entry in routing table for an interface because the pointer to the interface's ifaddr entry in routing table does not equal to the caller's argument.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: smNetInit - cache coherent buffer not available. Giving up.

Meaning: Failed to allocate memory during the intialization

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: smNetInit: invalid <string>

Meaning: Failed to intialize memory required

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: smNetInit:called by cpu <processor number> non-master

Meaning: Failed to intialize memory required

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Minor

Message: <name>() Unable to send to syslog at host: <address> errno: <number>

Meaning: The specified function is unable to send to system logging.

Action: Contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: RX1 - no carrier

Meaning: This message indicates that the server cannot detect carrier on interface ETH1, which is used for the server attached module connection (SAM).

Action: Check the link between the server and the server attached module (ETH1).

Message: Server Serial Number Unavailable <name>

Meaning: The server serial number is not available to the specified task.

Action: No action is required.

Message: arp info overwritten for <hex address> by <MAC address> (task <name>)

Meaning: Indicates replacement of address resolution entry.

Action: None.

Warning

Message: ** Watchdog Warning ** Hardware watchdog refresh has been delayed by nn seconds. Maximum time before watchdog fires is 15 seconds. Most recent tasks executed before refresh. (the most recently executed task is listed second).

Meaning: Watchdog refresh has been delayed due to high system usage.

Action: None.

Message: **********bay <area> System Starting! **********

Meaning: For informational use only. Indicates that the system is starting.

Action: None.

Message: Customer Bay <area>, Module slot <module>: Serial communications protocol error <n>

Meaning: Slot polling communication error between the bay controller and the module.

Action: Notify Avici Customer Support if you see this message more than four (4) times a day for the same module within a one-minute interval.

Message: Free bytes: <n>, Used bytes: <n>, Cpu Idle 1min: <n> percent

Meaning: The status of system resources. This message is generated every minute.

Action: None.

Message: PBI Driver: bad PD received, pLen = <n>, destModule = <n>, srcModule = <n>, srcLIN = <n>

Meaning: The module incurred an error while processing a packet.

Action: Excessive instances of this message could indicate a hardware problem. Save your system log to a file and contact Avici customer support.

Message: invalid avFree address <hex address> caller <hex address>-<name>:<line>

Meaning: IPriori internal communication error.

Action: Save your system log to a file and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: unknown interrupt detected, intStat = <value>, intMask = <value> (task <name>)

Meaning: This module had an internal communications error.

Action: If this occurs more than once, save your system log to a file, and contact Avici Customer Support.

Message: xmLink Duration: <n> Start: <n> End: <n>

Meaning: A list of the last 30 tasks that ran.

Action: None.

Information

Message: **********bay <area> Software Version **********

Meaning: Informational use only. Displays the software version.

Action: None.


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