Chapter 2 System Message Overview

 

 

 

 

How to Read System Messages

 

Table 2-1

Facility Codes (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facility Code

 

Description

Location

 

 

 

 

 

GBIC_SECURITY_UNIQUE

GBIC and SFP module security

“GBIC_SECURITY_UNIQUE Messages” section

 

 

 

 

on page 3-52

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIGASTACK

 

GigaStack GBIC module

“GIGASTACK Messages” section on page 3-53

 

 

 

(Catalyst 3550 switch only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARDWARE

 

Hardware

“HARDWARE Messages” section on page 3-54

 

 

 

 

 

 

HLFM

 

Local forwarding manager

“HLFM Messages” section on page 3-56

 

 

 

 

 

 

HPSECURE

 

Port security

“HPSECURE Messages” section on page 3-57

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDBMAN

 

Interface description block manager

“IDBMAN Messages” section on page 3-58

 

 

 

 

 

IGMP_QUERIER

Internet Group Management Protocol

“IGMP_QUERIER Messages” section on

 

 

 

(IGMP) querier

page 3-61

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILPOWER

 

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

“ILPOWER Messages” section on page 3-62

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGEMGR

 

Image manager (only Catalyst 3750

“IMAGEMGR Messages” section on page 3-69

 

 

 

and 2975 switches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP_DEVICE_TRACKING_HA

IP device tracking for high availability

“IP_DEVICE_TRACKING_HA Messages”

 

 

 

 

section on page 3-70

 

 

 

 

 

 

L2TM

 

Layer 2 forwarding manager

“L2TM Messages” section on page 3-71

 

 

 

(only Catalyst 3550 switches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L3TCAM

 

Layer 3 unicast routing manager

“L3TCAM Messages” section on page 3-71

 

 

 

(only Catalyst 3550 switches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC_LIMIT

 

MAC address table entries

“MAC_LIMIT Messages” section on page 3-72

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC_MOVE

 

Host activity

“MAC_MOVE Messages” section on page 3-73

 

 

 

 

 

NETWORK_PORT_

Network port satellite (only Catalyst

“NETWORK_PORT_SATELLITE Messages”

 

SATELLITE

 

3550 switches)

section on page 3-73

 

 

 

 

 

PAGP_DUAL_ACTIVE

Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)

“PAGP_DUAL_ACTIVE Messages” section on

 

 

 

dual-active detection

page 3-74

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBR

 

Policy-based routing (PBR)

“PBR Messages” section on page 3-75

 

 

 

(only Catalyst 3550 switches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHY

 

PHY

“PHY Messages” section on page 3-77

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIMSN

 

Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)

“PIMSN Messages” section on page 3-79

 

 

 

snooping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLATFORM

 

Low-level platform-specific

“PLATFORM Messages” section on page 3-80

 

 

 

 

 

PLATFORM_FBM

Platform fallback bridging manager

“PLATFORM_FBM Messages” section on

 

 

 

 

page 3-81

 

 

 

 

 

PLATFORM_HPLM

Platform pseudo label manager

“PLATFORM_HPLM Messages” section on

 

 

 

 

page 3-83

 

 

 

 

 

PLATFORM_IPC

Platform inter-process communication

“PLATFORM _IPC Messages” section on

 

 

 

protocol (only Catalyst 3750 and 2975

page 3-84

 

 

 

switches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLATFORM_PBR

Platform policy-based routing

“PLATFORM_PBR Messages” section on

 

 

 

 

page 3-86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catalyst 3750, 3560, 3550, 2975, 2970, and 2960 Switch System Message Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 3750 GigaStack Gbic module, Catalyst 3550 switch only, Hardware, Local forwarding manager, Port security

3750 specifications

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