156 Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers

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Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers

If an error occurs with a TFTP transfer to or from a BigIron RX Series switch, one of the following

error codes are displayed.

TABLE 2 8 Diagnostic error codes
Error
code
Message Explanation and action
1 Flash read preparation failed. A flash error occurred during the download.
Retry the download. If it fails again, contact
customer support
2Flash read failed.
3 Flash write preparation failed.
4 Flash write failed.
5 TFTP session timeout. TFTP failed because of a time out.
Check IP connectivity and make sure the TFTP
server is running.
6 TFTP out of buffer space. The file is larger than the amount of space on the
device or TFTP server.
If you are copying an image file to flash, first copy
the other image to your TFTP server, then delete it
from flash. (Use the erase flash... CLI command at
the Privileged EXEC level to erase the image in the
flash.)
If you are copying a configuration file to flash, edit
the file to remove unneeded information, then try
again.
7 TFTP busy, only one TFTP session can be active. Another TFTP transfer is active on another CLI
session, SNMP, or Web management session.
Wait, then retry the transfer.
8 File type check failed. You accidentally attempted to copy the incorrect
image code into the system. Retry the transfer
using the correct image.
16 TFTP remote - general error. The TFTP configuration has an error. The specific
error message describes the error.
Correct the error, then retry the transfer.
17 TFTP remote - no such file.
18 TFTP remote - access violation.
19 TFTP remote - disk full.
20 TFTP remote - illegal operation.
21 TFTP remote - unknown transfer ID.
22 TFTP remote - file already exists.
23 TFTP remote - no such user.