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Appendix A System Messages
How to Read System Messages
How to Read System Messages
System messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are structured as follows:
%FACILITY-SUBFACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text
• FACILITY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the facility to which
the message refers. A facility can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system
software. Table A-1 lists the system facility codes.
Table A-1 Facility Codes
Code Facility Location
AAAA TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting
security
AAAA Messages, page A-5
CAPITOLA Internal module CAPITOLA Messages, page A-7
CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol CDP Messages, page A-7
CHASSIS Chassis CHASSIS Message, page A-8
CMP Cluster Membership Protocol module CMP Messages, page A-8
CPU_NET CPU network interface CPU_NET Message, page A-9
ENVIRONMENT Environment ENVIRONMENT Messages, page A-9
FRANK Gigabit Ethernet controller FRANK Messages, page A-10
GBIC_1000BASET Cisco GigaStack Gigabit Interface Converter GBIC_1000BASET Messages, page A-15
GBIC_SECURITY GBIC module security GBIC_SECURITY Messages, page A-16
GIGASTACK GigaStack GBIC GigaStack Messages, page A-17
HW_MEMORY Hardware memory HW_MEMORY Messages, page A-18
INTERFACE Interface API INTERFACE Messages, page A-19
IP Internet Protocol IP Messages, page A-19
LRE_CPE Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE) customer premises
equipment (CPE)
LRE CPE Messages, page A-20
LRE_LINK LRE link LRE_LINK Messages, page A-21
MAT MAC address table MAT Messages, page A-22
MIRROR Port monitoring MIRROR Messages, page A-23
MODULES Module insertion and extraction MODULES Messages, page A-24
PERF5_HALT_MSG PERF5 halt (manufacturing test) PERF5_HALT_MSG Message, page A-25
PM Port Manager PM Messages, page A-25
PMSM Port Manager state machine PMSM Messages, page A-28
PORT_SECURITY Port security PORT_SECURITY Messages, page A-29
PRUNING VTP pruning PRUNING Messages, page A-29
RAC Router autoconfiguration RAC Message, page A-33
REGISTORS Hardware register REGISTORS Messages, page A-33
RTD Runtime diagnostic RTD Messages, page A-34
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol RAC Message, page A-33