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Listed below are the messages that are logged for SNA Transport. Note that these messages can be logged singly or in groups. They are listed here singly, in alphabetical order according to the first word of the message.

MESSAGE

PathInfoUnit

CAUSE

This message is used to print a Path Information Unit (PIU) as part of a logging message.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Activation/Deactivation protocol violation

CAUSE

The remote system has violated protocol in the activation/deactivation of a session. The erroneous Path Information Unit (PIU) is discarded.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Attempt to close link failed on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error result code when trying to close the link.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Attempt to establish PU type 2.1 connection failed on node NodeName

CAUSE

The remote node did not respond to the XID poll.

ACTION

Ensure that the remote node is active (VARIED ON). Also, make sure the remote MAC address, LSAP, and DSAP configured on the local MPE/iX system matches the remote system configuration.

MESSAGE

Attempt to open link failed on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error result code when trying to open the link.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Close user granted on node NodeName

CAUSE

A request to close an LU user has been granted.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Error code = ErrorNum

CAUSE

This accompanies the packet discard logging messages, indicating the reason for the discard.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Host beginning activation of node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received the ACTivate Physical Unit (ACTPU) request for the indicated node.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

HP IS PRIMARY LU LUName

CAUSE

This is part of the OpenUser/CloseUser logging messages. It indicates that the user is a primary LU, capable of issuing a BIND request.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

HP IS SECONDARY LU LUName

CAUSE

This is part of the OpenUser/CloseUser logging messages. It indicates that the user is a secondary LU, capable of only receiving a BIND request.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

INTERNAL ERROR ErrorNum IN NODE NodeName

CAUSE

The indicated SNA node has recognized a critical error. This event is serious and causes the node to shut down.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact, and please report the ErrorNum.

MESSAGE

IPR received correctly

CAUSE

SNA Transport received and processed the Isolated Pacing Response (IPR) and is discarding it when finished.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Link activated for node NodeName

CAUSE

Link activation has completed successfully.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Link connect failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport was unable to connect with the WAN module configurator.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Link disconnect failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a bad response to a link disconnect request.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Link failure, recovery in progress on node NodeName

CAUSE

A recoverable link failure has occurred on the indicated node.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Link failure, shutting down the node NodeName

CAUSE

An irrecoverable link error has occurred on the indicated node.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

LUNAME IS LUName

CAUSE

This message is printed for error codes that do not yet have accompanying diagnostic messages.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Max Data size greater than LLC frame size on node NodeName

CAUSE

The value specified in the MAX DATA field of the SNA Node PU Data screen is too big. This value must be at least 36 less than the BUFFER SIZE specified in the NS Link Token Ring Data screen.

ACTION

Use NMMGR to change the value of the MAX DATA filed in the SNA Node PU Data screen or the value of the BUFFER SIZE in the NS Link Token Ring Data screen.

MESSAGE

Module ModuleNum rcvd unrecognized msg on node NodeName

CAUSE

The indicated SNA Transport module has received a port message it does not recognize.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW - Sending an alert on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport sent an alert to NetView.

ACTION

Write down the circumstances and report them to your HP 3000 system operator.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW ALERT - Dial a bad phone number on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error from the SDLC link driver because it tried to dial with an invalid phone number.

ACTION

Use NMMGR or the configuration file critical summary to verify that the configured Phone Number is correct.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW ALERT - Dial not completed on node NodeName

CAUSE

The automatic calling unit (ACU) is not turned on.

ACTION

Ensure that the ACU is turned on.

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error from the SDLC link driver because it received a busy signal or no answer at all from the remote system.

ACTION

This should be a temporary problem. Wait a few minutes and then try re-dialing.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW ALERT - Inoperative dialing device on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error from the SDLC link driver because it detected that the automatic calling unit (ACU) is not on or that the cable is missing.

ACTION

Ensure that the ACU is on and functional, and that the cable is connected correctly.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW ALERT - Link Failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error from the SDLC link driver because it detected a link failure.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

NETVIEW ALERT - WAN driver detected an error on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an error from the SDLC link driver because it detected an internal error.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

(NO DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGE IN CATALOG)

CAUSE

This message is printed for error codes that do not yet have accompanying diagnostic messages.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown

CAUSE

SNA Transport has finished shutting down all sessions on the indicated node and is about to begin node clean up and link shutdown.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Node NodeName ready for activation by host

CAUSE

SNA Transport has completed initialization and link activation, and is now awaiting activation of the PU by the remote system.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event. Note that if you are using a manual-dial modem, you can begin to dial after this message is displayed.

MESSAGE

Node NodeName shut down completed

CAUSE

Node shutdown has completed successfully. The indicated node is no longer active.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Node shutdown in progress

CAUSE

SNA Transport is discarding a Path Information Unit (PIU) received during the node shutdown.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Open user granted on node NodeName

CAUSE

A request to open an LU user has been granted.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Pacing req not allowed in current state

CAUSE

The remote system has sent consecutive pacing requests, with no response to the initial request.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

PACKET DISCARDED ON NODE NodeName BY MODULE ModuleNum

CAUSE

A shutdown is occurring, and the module is cleaning up before termination.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

CAUSE

An error has been detected by SNA Transport and the erroneous packet has been discarded. The error code and diagnostic message indicate the reason for the discard.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

PACKET REJECTED ON NODE NodeName BY MODULE ModuleNum

CAUSE

An error was detected in the received request. So, a negative response (a packet reject) is sent by SNA Transport.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

CAUSE

The node is shutting down.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

CAUSE

The remote system is configured to send a welcome screen immediately after receiving the ACTivate Logical Unit (ACTLU) response. When this is the case, the welcome screen is rejected with sense 1003.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event. The welcome screen is retransmitted by the remote system when the LU-LU session is established.

MESSAGE

PU type 2.1 XID3 (negotiable) exchange protocol error on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport detected an XID3 protocol violation. This may cause the MPE/iX SNA node to shut down.

ACTION

Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and a console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

PU type 2.1 XID3 (T2P1) exchange protocol error on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport detected an XID3 protocol violation. This may cause the MPE/iX SNA node to shut down.

ACTION

Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and a console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received invalid negative response

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an erroneous negative response.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received Non-Activation XID3 on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an unsupported non-activation XID3.

ACTION

None. SNA Transport will ignore the non-activation XID3 and continue to process as normal.

MESSAGE

Received PIU with invalid FID type

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a Path Information Unit (PIU) with a Format IDentifier (FID) other than 2.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received PIU with invalid LFSID

CAUSE

SNA Transport has received a Path Information Unit (PIU) with an invalid session ID.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received PIU with invalid RH

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a Path Information Unit (PIU) whose Request/Response Header (RH) is not of the supported format.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received PIU with invalid TH

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a Path Information Unit (PIU) whose Transmission Header (TH) is not of the supported format.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received too long RU

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a Path Information Unit (PIU) whose Request/Response Unit (RU) is longer than the maximum RU size specified in the BIND.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received too short RU

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a Path Information Unit (PIU) shorter than the sum of the length of the Request/Response Header (RH) plus Transmission Header (TH); that is, no Request/Response Unit (RU) exists.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received unexpected expedited response

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an expedited response when no expedited request has been sent.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received unexpected IPR

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an Isolated Pacing Response (IPR) when "send pacing" was not specified in the BIND.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received unexpected pacing response

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a pacing response when no request was sent.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received unexpected response

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a response for which no corresponding request exists.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received unexpected RQR response

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a ReQuest Recovery (RQR) response when no expedited request has been sent.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Received XID3 with format error on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport received an XID3 with illegal format.

ACTION

The remote host does not conform to the XID3 exchange protocol. Submit an SR along with an SNA node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, a console logging list, and time and date of error to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Remote node did not support PU type 2.1 on node NodeName

CAUSE

The remote node is not a PU type 2.1 node.

ACTION

Ask the remote system administrator to reconfigure the system to support PU type 2.1.

MESSAGE

Request not allowed in current state

CAUSE

SNA Transport has received an unexpected request.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI connect reply failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot establish the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI connect request failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot establish the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI disconnect reply failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot disconnect the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI disconnect request failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot disconnect the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI rendezvous reply failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot establish the LLC link connection

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI rendezvous request failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

The value specified in Local SSAP field in the SNA Node Token Ring Link screen is being used by another node.

ACTION

Use NMMGR or the configuration file critical summary to check that the Local SSAP value of the node is not the same as any currently active SNA node. Otherwise, submit a node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and a list of console logging to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI separate reply failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot disconnect the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SDI separate request failure on node NodeName

CAUSE

SNA Transport cannot disconnect the LLC link connection.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Segmentation error

CAUSE

SNA Transport detected a missing segment or received segments out of order.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Sense code = SenseCode

CAUSE

This accompanies the packet reject logging messages, indicating the reason for the reject.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Session not open

CAUSE

SNA Transport received a deactivation response on a session that is no longer open.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

Session started on node NodeName

CAUSE

The indicated session received and processed an ACTivate Physical Unit (ACTPU), ACTivate Logical Unit (ACTLU), or BIND, as applicable.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Session terminated on node NodeName

CAUSE

The indicated session received and processed a DeACTivate Physical Unit (DACTPU), DeACTivate Logical Unit (DACTLU), or UNBIND, as applicable.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Internal error

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (caused by an internal error) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Kill

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (kill) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Link failure norecovery

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (caused by a nonrecoverable link failure) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Link failure recovery

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (caused by a recoverable link failure) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Protocol

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (protocol) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

Shutdown type = Quiesce

CAUSE

This is part of the logging messages "Node NodeName all sessions closed - beginning shutdown" and "Node NodeName shut down completed" (each message is described earlier in this listing). This message indicates the type of shutdown (quiesce) that is in progress.

ACTION

None.

MESSAGE

SIDH = SessIDHi, SIDL = SessIDLo, ODAI OAFDAFAssgnInd

CAUSE

This is part of the OpenUser/CloseUser logging messages. It uniquely identifies the session.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event.

MESSAGE

SNA PACKET REJECTED ON NODE NodeName BY MODULE ModuleNum

CAUSE

A packet intended for the LU-LU session was sent on the LU-SSCP session. The LU-LU session is not available, since no SNA service has opened the session yet. So, the packet was rejected.

ACTION

Call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

CAUSE

The remote system is configured to send a welcome screen immediately after receiving the ACTivate Logical Unit (ACTLU) response. When this is the case, the welcome screen is rejected with sense 1003.

ACTION

None; this is a normal event. The welcome screen is retransmitted by the remote system when the LU-LU session is established.

MESSAGE

SNA Transport received exception event from LLC on node NodeName

CAUSE

An exception event caused the token ring LLC level to shut down.

ACTION

Software internal error. Submit node trace, SNA/Transport version, NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS, and console logging list to the Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

SOCKERR nnn

CAUSE

This is part of the logging message "subsystem =SubsysID, procedure = ProcNum, error num = ErrorNum" when the ProcNum is -1 (the message is described later in this listing).

ACTION

Look in the NS3000/XL Error Messages Reference Manual (36923-61000) for the message with the number corresponding to nnn.

MESSAGE

Subsystem = SubsysID, Error Code = ErrorCode

CAUSE

This is associated with the "INTERNAL ERROR ErrorNum IN NODE NodeName" logging message (the message is described earlier in this listing).

ACTION

Write down the SubsysID and ErrorCode, and call your Hewlett-Packard support contact.

MESSAGE

subsystem = SubsysID, procedure = ProcNum, error num = ErrorNum

CAUSE

This is part of the logging message for link errors (including errors that occur when trying to open or close the link).

ACTION

Write down the indicated values and call your Hewlett-Packard support contact. Note that, (1) depending on the ErrorNum, you might have to look at a message with the corresponding number in "X.25 Link Failure Error Codes" later in this appendix; and (2) depending on the ProcNum, you might have to look at a message with the corresponding number in "X.25 Link QLLC Internal Error Codes" later in this appendix.

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