Mnemonic Code; Message Text; Sample System Error Messages - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series System Message Manual

Message Structure
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Severity Level
5
6
7

MNEMONIC Code

The MNEMONIC code uniquely identifies the error message. All mnemonics are all uppercase character
strings.

Message Text

Message text is a text string that describes the error condition. The text string may contain detailed
information about the event, including terminal port numbers, network addresses, or addresses that
correspond to locations in the system memory address space. Because variable fields change from
message to message, they are represented here by short strings that are enclosed in square brackets ([ ]).
A decimal number, for example, is represented as [dec].
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Representation
[dec]
[chars] or [char]
[hex]
[num]

Sample System Error Messages

The following is an example of a system error message:
Error Message LINK-2-BADVCALL: Interface [ chars ], undefined entry point
Some error messages also indicate the card and slot reporting the error. These error messages are
structured as follows:
CARD-SEVERITY-MSG:SLOT FACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC:
Message-text
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Message Severity Levels (continued)
Representation of Variable Fields in Messages
CARD is a code that describes the type of card reporting the error.
MSG is a mnemonic indicating that this is a message. It is always shown as MSG.
SLOT indicates the slot number of the card reporting the error. It is shown as SLOT followed by a
number (for example, SLOT5).
Description
Notification—Normal but significant
condition
Informational—Informational message only
Debugging—Message that appears during
debugging only
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Type of Information
Decimal
Character string
Hexadecimal integer
Number
Chapter 1 System Message Format
lists the variable fields in messages.
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