DHCPD System Log Messages

This chapter describes messages with the DHCPD prefix. They are generated by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server process (dhcpd) for J Series Services Routers, which automatically allocates network IP addresses and delivers configuration settings to client hosts in a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP network.

DHCPD_BIND_FAILURE

System Log Message

bind() to port port failed: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) received the indicated error when it tried to bind a socket to the indicated local port.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_DEGRADED_MODE

System Log Message

Running in degraded mode because of reason: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) began running in degraded mode because the indicated unrecoverable error occurred.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

There might be a problem with the lease cache directory used to store persistent lease information.

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE

System Log Message

Unable to allocate memory for object-name: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not allocate memory from the heap for the indicated object.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_OVERLAY_CONFIG_FAILURE

System Log Message

Unable to open overlay configuration: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not open an overlay configuration file for parsing.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_OVERLAY_PARSE_FAILURE

System Log Message

Unable to parse overlay configuration because of count syntax errors

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not parse its overlay configuration because the configuration contained the indicated number of syntax errors.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

An internal software failure occurred.

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_RECVMSG_FAILURE

System Log Message

Exiting due to too many recvmsg() failures

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not receive data from the network, which it needs to do during normal operation.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_RTSOCK_FAILURE

System Log Message

Error with rtsock: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) experienced the indicated error with a routing socket.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

An internal software failure occurred.

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_SENDMSG_FAILURE

System Log Message

sendmsg() from source-address to port destination-port at destination-address via interface interface-name and routing instance routing-instance failed: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not send data from the indicated source (address, interface, and routing instance) to the indicated destination (port and address), which it needs to do during normal operation.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_SENDMSG_NOINT_FAILURE

System Log Message

sendmsg() from source-address to port destination-port at destination-address via routing instance routing-instance failed: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not send data from the indicated source (address and routing instance) to the indicated destination (port and address), which it needs to do during normal operation.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_SETSOCKOPT_FAILURE

System Log Message

setsockopt(socket-option) failed: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not set the indicated socket option.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.

DHCPD_SOCKET_FAILURE

System Log Message

socket(arguments) failed: error-message

Description

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server process (dhcpd) could not create a socket.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Action

Contact your technical support representative.