Re: Error Messages

londint · ‎02-25-2003

I get this eror. Pleae can anyone tell me what it means, why am i getting it and is it the one causing the flapping errors i am getting or the other way around?

%SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro(2/3) - timeout occurred

Thanks

johnbroadway · ‎02-25-2003

Here's what Cisco say -

Hope it helps

John

%SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro(mod/port)

Problem: The switch is generating %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Astro(6/6).... messages.

Description: This error message indicates that the Supervisor has lost communication to a component on a 10/100 line card. The Supervisor keeps track of any time-outs associated with this communication. Since this communication between the components and the Supervisor happens on the same path that normal data travels, it is possible that a spanning tree loop or a broadcast storm of some sort is blocking this communication, and causing the errors to display. Clear the counters on these particular ports and check to see if there are any errors or any high traffic levels. If there are not, swap the line card to a different slot number, and determine if the errors continue with the new slot number. If so, please contact the TAC to troubleshoot this hardware further.

rwiesmann · ‎02-25-2003

Hi

Just put your Error Message into the "error message decoder" from cisco and

you get the following output.

1. %SYS-4-P2_WARN: Host [mac addr] is flapping between port [dec/dec] and port [dec/dec]

The above message indicates that your Catalyst 4000 switch has learned a MAC address that already exists in its CAM table on a port other than the original one.

Recommended Action: What you need to do is to track down how this MAC address was learned from both ports.

Step 1: Consider port the first port. Issue the show cam dynamic [port] command. If you see the MAC address 00:50:0f:20:08:00 coming out in the list of the MAC addresses learned on this port, try to see if this is a single host that is connected or if there are multiple hosts registered on that port.

Step 2: If it is a single host that is connected, check the other port that is registered and see if the host is dually attached to the switch. If however, the host has connections to other devices that can eventually lead back into this switch, try to track down the intermediate devices that are in between.

Note: The best way to achieve this (assuming that they are Cisco devices) is to use the output of the command show cdp neighbors detail.

Related document:

Cisco - Common CatOS Error Messages on Cisco Catalyst ...

2. %SYS-4-P2_WARN: Filtering Ethernet MAC address of value zero

The "Filtering Ethernet MAC address of value zero" syslog message is generated when the switch receives packets with a source MAC address of 00-00-00-00-00-00, which is an invalid source MAC.

Recommended Action: The syslog message indicates that the switch is refusing to learn the invalid address. However, the switch will forward traffic sourced from an all zeros MAC address. Try to identify the end station that is generating frames with an all 0's source MAC address. Typically, such frames are transmitted from a traffic generator (for example, SmartBits), certain types of servers (such as load balancing IBM WebSphere servers), a misconfigured router or end station (for example, a device transmitting all 0's broadcasts), or a faulty NIC.