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L2ALD System Log Messages
This chapter describes messages with the L2ALD prefix. They are generated by the Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald), which supports the dynamic acquisition of information about media access control (MAC) addresses in a Layer 2 bridge environment.
L2ALD_DUPLICATE_RBEB_MAC
System Log Message
Duplicate RBEB mac has been detected (mac-address). LE already exists with pbbn_id : pbbn-id. Rejecting LE create with pbbn_id :new-pbbn-id
Description
The l2 learning process (l2ald) already has this particular BEB mac existing for a different PBBN ID.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_GENCFG_OP_FAILED
System Log Message
Unable to complete gencfg operation operation (major type, minor subtype): error-message
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not send Layer 2 forwarding-related information to the Packet Forwarding Engines, because the indicated operation failed during configuration generation.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_IPC_MESSAGE_ERROR
System Log Message
Message (type message-type, subtype message-subtype, opcode message-opcode) received with error error-message
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) detected an error in an interprocess communication (IPC) message with the indicated characteristics.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_IPC_MESSAGE_INVALID
System Log Message
Invalid message received (message type message, subtype message-type): message-subtype
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) received a message with the indicated characteristics. The message was invalid for the indicated reason.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_IPC_MESSAGE_SEND_FAILED
System Log Message
Unable to send IPC message to peer-name identifier
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not send an interprocess communication (IPC) message to the indicated Layer 2 peer.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
warning
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_IPC_PIPE_WRITE_ERROR
System Log Message
Unable to write on pipe: error-message
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not write to an interprocess communication (IPC) pipe for the indicated reason.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
One possible reason is that there was no reader for the pipe.
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_REACHED_BD
System Log Message
Limit on learned MAC addresses reached for routing instance 'routing-instance', domain 'bridge-domain:vlan-id'; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) stopped adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by interfaces in the indicated bridging domain, because the indicated count of learned addresses exceeds the configured or default limit for the bridge-domain.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Increase the limit on addresses learned by interfaces in the bridge domain, by increasing the value of the 'interface-mac-limit' statement at the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> bridge-domains <bridge-domain-name> bridge-options] hierarchy level.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_REACHED_GLOBAL
System Log Message
Global limit on learned MAC addresses reached; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) stopped adding addresses to the MAC address table, because the indicated count of learned addresses exceeds the limit for the router.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Increase the limit on addresses learned by the interfaces on the router by increasing the value of the 'global-mac-limit' statement at the [edit protocols l2-learning] hierarchy level.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_REACHED_IF
System Log Message
Limit on learned MAC addresses reached for interface-name; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) stopped adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by the indicated interface, because the indicated count of learned addresses exceeds the limit configured for the interface.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Increase the limit on addresses learned by the interface by increasing the value of the 'interface-mac-limit' statement at the appropriate location under the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> bridge-domains <bridge-domain-name> bridge-options] or the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> protocols vpls] hierarchy level.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_REACHED_IFBD
System Log Message
Limit on learned MAC addresses reached for interface-name; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) stopped adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by the indicated interface:vlan-id, because the indicated count of learned addresses exceeds the limit configured for the interface:vlan-id.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Increase the limit on addresses learned by the interface by increasing the value of the 'interface-mac-limit' statement at the appropriate location under the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> bridge-domains <bridge-domain-name> bridge-options] or the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> protocols vpls] hierarchy level.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_REACHED_RTT
System Log Message
Limit on learned MAC addresses reached for routing instance 'routing-instance'; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) stopped adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by interfaces in the indicated routing instance, because the indicated count of learned addresses exceeds the configured or default limit for the routing instance.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Increase the limit on addresses learned by interfaces in the routing-instance, by increasing the value of the 'interface-mac-limit' statement at the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> protocol l2-learning] or the [edit routing-instances <routing-instance-name> protocols vpls] hierarchy level.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_RESET_BD
System Log Message
Resumed adding MAC addresses learned from routing instance 'routing-instance', domain 'bridge-domain:vlan-id'; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) resumed adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by interfaces in the indicated bridging domain, because the indicated count of learned addresses no longer exceeds the limit configured for the domain.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The probable reason that the count of addresses went below the limit is that addresses in the table reached the age limit and were removed.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_RESET_GLOBAL
System Log Message
Resumed adding MAC addresses for router; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) resumed adding addresses to the MAC address table, because the indicated count of learned addresses no longer exceeds the configured limit.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The probable reason that the count of addresses went below the limit is that addresses in the table reached the age limit and were removed.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_RESET_IF
System Log Message
Resumed adding MAC addresses learned by interface-name; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) resumed adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by the indicated interface, because the indicated count of learned addresses no longer exceeds the limit configured for the interface.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The probable reason that the count of addresses went below the limit is that addresses in the table reached the age limit and were removed.
L2ALD_MAC_LIMIT_RESET_RTT
System Log Message
Resumed adding MAC addresses learned from routing instance 'routing-instance'; current count is count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) resumed adding addresses to the MAC address table that were learned by interfaces in the indicated bridging domain, because the indicated count of learned addresses no longer exceeds the limit configured for the instance.
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The probable reason that the count of addresses went below the limit is that addresses in the table reached the age limit and were removed.
L2ALD_MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION
System Log Message
MAC Moves detected in the system
Description
When the same MAC address is learned on a different interface, or on the same interface but a different unit number, it is considered a MAC move. When this happens frequently for a specific time duration, a notification is sent
Type
Event: This message reports an event, not an error
Severity
warning
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The probable reason for mac moves is the loops in the topology or some kind of misconfiguration.
L2ALD_MALLOC_FAILED
System Log Message
Unable to allocate memory: error-message
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not allocate memory while creating a data structure.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_MANAGER_CONNECT
System Log Message
Unable to create pipe to Layer 2 address-learning manager: error-message
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not open a pipe for interprocess communication (IPC) with a Layer 2 address-learning manager process.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_NAME_LENGTH_IF_DEVICE
System Log Message
Unable to add interface device interface-name; name exceeds limit of length characters
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) did not add an entry for the indicated interface device to the interface table, because its name exceeds the indicated limit on the number of characters.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_NAME_LENGTH_IF_FAMILY
System Log Message
Unable to add interface family interface-family; name exceeds limit of length characters
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) did not add an entry for the indicated interface family to the interface table, because its name exceeds the indicated limit on the number of characters.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_NAME_LENGTH_IF_LOGICAL
System Log Message
Unable to add logical interface interface-name; name exceeds limit of length characters
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) did not add an entry for the indicated logical interface to the interface table, because its name exceeds the indicated limit on the number of characters.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
error
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_PBBN_IFL_REVA
System Log Message
Unable to initialize Provider Backbone Bridging on interface interface-name. It is present on a Rev A card.
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not initialize the interface for the provider backbone bridging (PBB) feature because the interface was on a revision A card.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
warning
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
Revision A cards do not support provider backbone bridging (PBB) features.
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_PBBN_REINSTATE_IFBDS
System Log Message
Hardware VCs are being restored for data packet.They were de-programmed because interface-name had an interface on a Rev A card.
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) reinstated certain hardware circuits to resume data traffic. The circuits were brought down because the provider backbone bridging (PBB) feature had discovered that one of the interfaces was on a revision A card.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
warning
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The interface is no longer present on the revision A card.
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_PBBN_RETRACT_IFBDS
System Log Message
Provider Backbone Bridging feature detected on interface interface-name on a Rev A card. VCs are being de-programmed.
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) retracted certain hardware circuits to block data traffic. The circuits were brought down because the provider backbone bridging (PBB) feature had discovered that one of the interfaces was on a revision A card.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
warning
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
An interface was discovered on the revision A card. Revision A cards do not support provider backbone bridging (PBB) features.
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
L2ALD_PIP_IFD_READ_RETRY
System Log Message
Retry count exceeded trying to read pip-interface from the kernel. Retry count is retry-count
Description
The Layer 2 address learning process (l2ald) could not read the provide-in-provider interface (pip0) interface from the kernel.
Type
Error: An error occurred
Severity
critical
Facility
LOG_DAEMON
Cause
The chassis process may have been too slow in creating the interface.
Action
Contact your technical support representative.
