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Fabric OS
Message Reference
Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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Title Publication
number
Summary of changes Date
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v3.0, v4.0
53-0000210-02 First release March 2002
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v3.1.0
53-0000511-04 Major content reorganization June 2003
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v4.1.0
54-0000515-02 Major content reorganization June 2003
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v4.1.2
53-0000515-06 Minor editorial changes October 2003
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v4.2.0
53-0000515-07 Added FW and PLATFORM messages December 2003
Diagnostic and System Error
Message Reference v4.2.0
53-0000515-08 Updated software and hardware support March 2004

Fabric OS System Error Message
Reference Manual
53-0000515-09 Updated for v4.4.0,
First RASLog release
August 2004
Fabric OS System Error Message
Reference Manual
53-0000515-10 Added 22 ZONE messages April 2005
Fabric OS System Error Message
Reference Manual
53-0000515-11 Added FICU-1010, HAMK-1004, and
PLAT-1001
July 2005
Fabric OS System Error Message
Reference Manual
53-1000046-01 Added BM, FCR, IPS, FCIP, SEC, and
ZONE messages
January 2006
Fabric OS System Error Message
Reference Manual
53-1000046-02 Minor updates to a few messages. June 2006
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1000242-01 Updated for Fabric OS v5.2.0:
-Changed doc title and number
-Added the following new modules: IBPD,
ICPD, ISCSI, ISNSCD.
Added Audit messages: AUTH, CONF,
HTTP, SEC, SNMP, SULB, ZONE.
-Updated Introduction chapter with AUDIT
log information.
-Updated chapter titles.
September 2006
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1000437-01 Updated for Fabric OS v5.3.0:
-Added new chapters: AG, BKSW, IBD,
IPAD, SAS.
Revised and added new messages to:
AUTH, CDR, CONF, EM, FABR, HAM, ISNS,
ISW, PDM,SEC,TS, KTRC.SEC, TS.
Revised/updated BL,BLL,FCPD, FICU,FW,
HIL,LOG, SNMP, SULB,SWCH,SYSM,
TRCE, ZOLB, ZONE.
-Deleted USWD chapter.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
-Updated throughout: rebranding,
supported hardware, CLI changes.
June 2007
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1000600-01 Updated for Fabric OS v6.0.0:
-Added new chapters: C2, ESS, FICON
-Added new messages to: AG, BL, BM,
C2, FCIP, ISW, NS, PLAT, SS, HIL.
-Added Audit messages: SEC, SULB
-Updated Introductory chapters.
October 2007
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1000600-02 Updated for Fabric OS v6.1.0:
-Revised and added new messages to:
AG, BL, C2, EM, FABR, FCR, FCIP, FW,
SEC, NS, PDM, PLAT, SULB, SWCH, ZONE,
WEBD.
-Added new Audit chapter: FW.
-Added new Audit messages to: SEC.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
Jun 2008
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1001116-01 Updated for Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc:
-Revised and added new messages to AG
-Added new chapters: CNM, CTAP, CVLC,
CVLM, KAC, RKD, SPC, SPM.
-Added new Audit chapters: AG, FCIP,
FICU, IPAD, PORT, SWCH, UCST.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
Aug 2008
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Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1001157-01 Updated for Fabric OS v6.2.0:
-Revised and added new messages to
FSS, KSWD, CTAP, CNM, CVLM, EM,
FABR, FCIP, FW, HIL, FCR, SEC, SWCH,
UCST, ZONE.
-Added new chapters: CHASSIS, LFM,
PMGR, TAPE.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
November 2008
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1001338-01 Updated for Fabric OS v6.3.0:
-Modified a message to BKSW, BL,
BKSW, BLL, CDR, CEE CONFIG, CONF,
EM, FCOE, FCPD, FCPH, FCR, FICON,
FICU, FLOD, FSPF, FSSM, FW,
HAM,,HAMK, HIL, IPS, ISNS, L2SYS,
MFIC, PDM, PLAT, PORT, RCS, RPCD,
RTWR, SEC, SNMP, SWCH, TRCE, TRCK,
WEBD, ZONE.
-Added new messages to AG, AN, AUTH,
BLS, C2, CDR, CEE, CONFIG, CHASSIS,
CNM, CONF, CTAP, CVLC, CVLM, DAUTH,
EM, FABR, FCIP, FCPH, FCR, FICON, FICU,
FSPF, FSS, FW, HAM, HSL, KAC, KSWD,
LANCE, LFM, MS, NS, NSM, PMGR, PORT,
PSWP, RKD, SEC, SPC, SPM, SS, SULB,
SWCH, TAPE, UCST, UPTH, XTUN, ZONE.
-Added new chapters for LANCE, BLS, AN,
CVLM, DAUTH, XTUN.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
July 2009
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1001338-02 Updated for Fabric OS v6.3.0 patch:
-Modified a message to BL.
-Added new messages to AG, BL, and
FCOE.
-Added new chapters for Audit CNM,
Audit CVLM, and Audit SPM.
November 2009
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1001767-01 Updated for Fabric OS v6.4.0:
-Modified messages to FICU and FW.
-Deleted messages to BL, FCOE and FW.
-Added new messages to AG, AN, AUTH,
BL, C2, CNM, CONF, CVLC, CVLM, FABR,
FICU, FW, HAM, HIL, MQ, MS, MSTP, NS,
NSM, ONM, PS, PSWP, RKD, SEC, SPM,
SS, SSM, SULB, SWCH and ZONE.
-Updated Introductory chapters.
March 2010
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Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1002149-01 Updated for Fabric OS v7.0.0:
-Added new chapters: C3, CAL,
MCAST_SS, RTE, and VS.
-Added new messages: AG, AN, ANV, BL,
C2, CDR, CCFG, ECC, EM, ESS, FABR,
FCOE, FCPH, FICN, FICU, FSPF, FW, HIL,
IPAD, IPS, KAC, L2SYS, LACP, LOG, MS,
NS, NSM, ONM, PDM, PS, RAS, RCS,
SCN, SEC, SNMP, SPM, SS, SSM, SULB,
SWCH, XTUN, ZEUS, and ZONE.
-Modified messages: CDR, EM, FABR,
FCOE, FICU, FW, HIL, L2SYS, PMGR, SEC,
SPM, SS, and XTUN.
-Deleted messages: C2, FCOE, FICU, and
NSM.
-Added new Audit chapters: ESS, MS,
PMGR, and RAS.
-Updated Introductory chapter.
April 2011
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1002448-01 Updated for Fabric OS v7.0.1:
-Added new messages: BL, CVLC, FICON,
FSPF, and PS
-Modified messages: AG, AN, C2, C3,
CDR, FABR, FSPF, L2SYS, NSM, RTE, and
ZONE.
-Deleted messages: EM, FABR, ISCS,
SAS, and ZOLB.
-Updated Introductory chapter.
December 2011
Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1002749-01 Updated for Fabric OS v7.1.0:
- Added new chapters: MM and VDR.
- Added new messages: AG, ANV, BL, C2,
C3, CDR, CONF, CVLM, EM, FABR, FCR,
FSPF, FW, HAM, HIL, KAC, LOG, MS,
NBFS, PLAT, PS, RAS, SEC, SS, SWCH,
TRCE, VDR, XTUN, ZEUS, and ZONE.
- Modified messages: AN, AUTH, BL, C2,
C3, CDR, CAL, CNM, DOT1, FABR, FCOE,
FCPD, FCR, FICU, FSPF, FSS, HIL, HSL,
HTTP, IPS, KTRC, L2SS, LFM, PMGR, PS,
RCS, RTWR, SEC, ZONE.
- Deleted messages: EM, FCOE, HAM,
SNMP, SYSC, UCST, ZONE.
- Deleted modules: BLL, CER, FCIP, IBPD,
and ICPD.
- Updated Introductory chapter.
December 2012
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Contents
About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xx
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Chapter 1 Introduction to System Messages
Overview of system messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System message types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Message severity levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System error message logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Configuring the syslog message destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System logging daemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SNMP trap recipient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SNMP inform recipient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Port logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing the severity level of swEventTrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Commands for displaying and configuring the system message logs. . . . . . . .13
Displaying message content on switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Configuring system messages and attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring event auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Disabling a RASLog message or module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Enabling a RASLog message or module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the severity level of a RASLog message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Displaying system message logs and attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Displaying RASLog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Displaying RASLog messages one message at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Displaying Audit messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Displaying FFDC messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Displaying status of the system messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Displaying the severity level of RASLog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Displaying RASLog messages by severity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Displaying RASLog messages by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Displaying messages on a slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Viewing RASLog messages from Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clearing the system message logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Clearing the system message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clearing the Audit message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading the system messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading a RAS system message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Reading an Audit message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Responding to a system message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Looking up a system message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Gathering information about the problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System module descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 2 Log Messages
Chapter 3 Audit Messages
Chapter 4 FFDC Messages
Chapter 5 Fabric OS System Messages
AG Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
AN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
ANV Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

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AUTH Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
BKSW Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
BL Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
BLS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
BM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
C2 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
C3 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
CAL Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
CCFG Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
CDR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
CHS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
CNM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
CONF Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
CTAP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
CVLC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
CVLM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
DOT1 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
ECC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
EM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
ESS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
ESW Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
EVMD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
FABR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
FABS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
FBC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
FCMC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
FCOE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
FCPD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
FCPH Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
FCR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
FICN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
FICU Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
FKLB Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
FLOD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
FSPF Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
FSS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
FSSM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

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FW Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
HAM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
HAMK Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
HIL Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548
HLO Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .565
HMON Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
HSL Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568
HTTP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
IBD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572
IPAD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573
IPS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
ISNS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
KAC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582
KSWD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
KTRC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
L2SS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590
L3SS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593
LACP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594
LANCE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595
LFM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596
LOG Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598
LSDB Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602
MCAST_SS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604
MFIC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611
MM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613
MPTH Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .614
MQ Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615
MS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
MSTP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624
NBFS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627
NS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .629
NSM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .633
ONMD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640
PDM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642
PDTR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650
PLAT Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651
PMGR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .653

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PORT Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657
PS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660
PSWP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .664
RAS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .667
RCS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672
RKD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .677
RMON Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679
RPCD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .680
RTE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .683
RTWR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .684
SCN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686
SEC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .688
SFLO Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
SNMP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
SPC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .777
SPM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .790
SS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805
SSMD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .810
SULB Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825
SWCH Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .843
SYSC Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .852
SYSM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .854
TAPE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .857
TRCE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .858
TRCK Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .863
TS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .865
UCST Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .868
UPTH Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
VDR Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .872
VS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .873
WEBD Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876
XTUN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .879
ZEUS Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .889
ZONE Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .892

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Introduction to System Messages” provides basic information on system
messages.
•Chapter 2, “Log Messages” includes a lookup list for LOG messages.
•Chapter 3, “Audit Messages” includes a lookup list for Audit messages.
•Chapter 4, “FFDC Messages” includes a lookup list for FFDC messages.
•Chapter 5, “Fabric OS System Messages” provides message text, probable cause,
recommended action, and severity for each of the messages.
Supported hardware and software
In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are
not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

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The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of Fabric OS:
•Brocade 300
•Brocade 5100
•Brocade 5300
•Brocade 5410
•Brocade 5424
•Brocade 5430
•Brocade 5450
•Brocade 5460
•Brocade 5470
•Brocade 5480
•Brocade 6505
•Brocade 6510
•Brocade 6520
•Brocade 7800
•Brocade 8000
•Brocade Encryption Switch
•Brocade DCX Backbone and Brocade DCX-4S Backbone
-FC8-16 port blade
-FC8-32 port blade
-FC8-48 port blade
-FC8-64 port blade
-FCOE10-24 DCX Blade
-FS8-18 Encryption Blade
-FX8-24 DCX Extension Blade
•Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone and Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone
-FC8-32E port blade
-FC8-48E port blade
-FC8-64 port blade
-FC16-32 port blade
-FC16-48 port blade
-FS8-18 Encryption Blade
-FX8-24 DCX Extension Blade
•Brocade VA-40FC

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What’s new in this document
The following changes have been made since this document was last released:
•The lookup lists in Chapter 2 through Chapter 4 provide hyperlinks to messages by type (LOG,
Audit, and FFDC).
•Information that was added:
-AG Messages
-ANV Messages
-BL Messages
-C2 Messages
-C3 Messages
-CDR Messages
-CONF Messages
-CVLM Messages
-EM Messages
-FABR Messages
-FCR Messages
-FSPF Messages
-FW Messages
-HAM Messages
-HIL Messages
-KAC Messages
-LOG Messages
-MM Messages
-MS Messages
-NBFS Messages
-PLAT Messages
-PS Messages
-RAS Messages
-SEC Messages
-SS Messages
-SWCH Messages
-TRCE Messages
-VDR Messages
-XTUN Messages
-ZEUS Messages
-ZONE Messages

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•Information that was changed:
-AN Messages
-AUTH Messages
-BL Messages
-C2 Messages
-C3 Messages
-CDR Messages
-CAL Messages
-CNM Messages
-DOT1 Messages
-FABR Messages
-FCOE Messages
-FCPD Messages
-FCR Messages
-FICU Messages
-FSPF Messages
-FSS Messages
-HIL Messages
-HSL Messages
-HTTP Messages
-IPS Messages
-KAC Messages
-KTRC Messages
-L2SS Messages
-LFM Messages
-PMGR Messages
-PS Messages
-RCS Messages
-RTWR Messages
-SEC Messages
-ZONE Messages

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•Information that was deleted:
-BLL System Messages
-CER System Messages
-EM Messages
-FCIP System Messages
-FCOE Messages
-HAM Messages
-IBPD System Messages
-ICPD System Messages
-SNMP Messages
-SYSC Messages
-UCST Messages
-ZONE Messages
For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, refer to
the release notes.
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is all lowercase.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:

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Command examples
This book describes how to perform configuration tasks using the Fabric OS command line
interface, but does not describe the commands in detail. For complete descriptions of all Fabric OS
commands, including syntax, operand description, and sample output, see the Fabric OS
Command Reference.
Notes, cautions, and warnings
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”
value Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--show WWN
| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress

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Key terms
For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade.
See “Brocade resources” on page xix for instructions on accessing MyBrocade.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:
http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary
Notice to the reader
This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.
These references are made for informational purposes only.
Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade resources
To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID
and password.
White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website
at:
http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website.
Other industry resources
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover

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For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association
website:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
•Switch model
•Switch operating system version
•Software name and software version, if applicable
•Error numbers and messages received
•supportSave command output
•Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately
following the problem, and specific questions
•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results
•Serial console and Telnet session logs
•syslog message logs
2. Switch Serial Number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as illustrated below.
The serial number label is located as follows:
•Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and Brocade
Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side
on the left.
•Brocade 5410, 5424, 5430, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480—Serial number label attached to
the module.
•Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8—On the port side of the chassis, on the lower right side and
directly above the cable management comb.
•Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4—On the non-port side of the chassis, on the lower left
side.
3. World Wide Name (WWN)
Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of the chassis.