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<a name="wp1072878"> </a><h1 class="pTitle">
Reason Codes

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Reason codes are dependent on the operational state of the interface as described in <a href="intf21.html#wp1072889">Table&#160;12-3</a>.

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Table&#160;12-3	Reason Codes for Interface States&#160; 

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  <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left" valign="middle">    <th><a name="wp1072895"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Administrative 
Configuration

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</th>
    <th><a name="wp1072897"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Operational 
Status

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</th>
    <th><a name="wp1072899"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Reason Code

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072901"> </a><p class="pBody">
Up 

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072903"> </a><p class="pBody">
Up

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072905"> </a><p class="pBody">
None.

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</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072907"> </a><p class="pBody">
Down

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072909"> </a><p class="pBody">
Down

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072911"> </a><p class="pBody">
Administratively down&#8212;If you administratively configure an interface 
as down, you disable the interface. No traffic is received or transmitted. 

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072913"> </a><p class="pBody">
Up

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072915"> </a><p class="pBody">
Down

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    <td><a name="wp1072920"> </a><p class="pBody">
See <a href="intf21.html#wp1072937">Table&#160;12-4</a>.

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<a name="wp1072925"> </a><p class="pBodyAutonumNoRule">
<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> Only some of the reason codes are listed in <a href="intf21.html#wp1072937">Table&#160;12-4</a>.

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<a name="wp1072926"> </a><p class="pBody">
If the administrative state is up and the operational state is down, the reason code differs based on the 
nonoperational reason code as described in <a href="intf21.html#wp1072937">Table&#160;12-4</a>.

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Table&#160;12-4	Reason Codes for Nonoperational States&#160;

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  <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left" valign="middle">    <th><a name="wp1072943"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Reason Code (long version)

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</th>
    <th><a name="wp1072945"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Description

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    <th><a name="wp1072947"> </a><p class="pCellHeading">
Applicable 
Modes 

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Link failure or not connected

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072951"> </a><p class="pBody">
The physical layer link is not operational.

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</td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="11"><a name="wp1072953"> </a><p class="pBody">
All

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SFP not present

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    <td><a name="wp1072957"> </a><p class="pBody">
The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) hardware is not 
plugged in.

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Initializing

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072963"> </a><p class="pBody">
The physical layer link is operational and the protocol 
initialization is in progress.

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</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072967"> </a><p class="pBody">
Reconfigure fabric in progress

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072969"> </a><p class="pBody">
The fabric is currently being reconfigured.

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</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072973"> </a><p class="pBody">
Offline

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072975"> </a><p class="pBody">
The Cisco NX-OS software waits for the specified 
R_A_TOV time before retrying initialization.

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</td>
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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072979"> </a><p class="pBody">
Inactive

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072981"> </a><p class="pBody">
The interface VSAN is deleted or is in a suspended 
state.

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<a name="wp1072982"> </a><p class="pBody">
To make the interface operational, assign that port to a 
configured and active VSAN.

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</td>
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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072986"> </a><p class="pBody">
Hardware failure

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</td>
    <td><a name="wp1072988"> </a><p class="pBody">
A hardware failure is detected.

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1072992"> </a><p class="pBody">
Error disabled

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    <td><a name="wp1072994"> </a><p class="pBody">
Error conditions require administrative attention. 
Interfaces may be error-disabled for various reasons. 
For example:

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<a name="wp1072995"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Configuration failure.
</li>
<a name="wp1072998"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Incompatible buffer-to-buffer credit configuration.
</li>
</ul></div>
<a name="wp1072999"> </a><p class="pBody">
To make the interface operational, you must first fix the 
error conditions causing this state; and next, 
administratively shut down or enable the interface.

</p>
</td>
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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073003"> </a><p class="pBody">
FC redirect failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073005"> </a><p class="pBody">
A port is isolated because a Fibre Channel redirect is 
unable to program routes.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073009"> </a><p class="pBody">
No port activation license 
available

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073011"> </a><p class="pBody">
A port is not active because it does not have a port 
license.

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</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073015"> </a><p class="pBody">
SDM failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073017"> </a><p class="pBody">
A port is isolated because SDM is unable to program 
routes.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073022"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to ELP failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073024"> </a><p class="pBody">
The port negotiation failed.

</p>
</td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="9"><a name="wp1073026"> </a><p class="pBody">
Only E ports 
and TE ports 

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</td>
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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073028"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to ESC failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073030"> </a><p class="pBody">
The port negotiation failed.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073035"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to domain 
overlap

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073037"> </a><p class="pBody">
The Fibre Channel domains (fcdomain) overlap.

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</td>
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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073042"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to domain ID 
assignment failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073044"> </a><p class="pBody">
The assigned domain ID is not valid.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073048"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to the other side 
of the link E port isolated

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073051"> </a><p class="pBody">
The E port at the other end of the link is isolated.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073055"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to invalid fabric 
reconfiguration

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073057"> </a><p class="pBody">
The port is isolated due to fabric reconfiguration.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073062"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to domain 
manager disabled

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073064"> </a><p class="pBody">
The fcdomain feature is disabled.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073069"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to zone merge 
failure

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073071"> </a><p class="pBody">
The zone merge operation failed.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073076"> </a><p class="pBody">
Isolation due to VSAN 
mismatch

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073078"> </a><p class="pBody">
The VSANs at both ends of an ISL are different.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073083"> </a><p class="pBody">
Nonparticipating

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073086"> </a><p class="pBody">
FL ports cannot participate in loop operations. It may 
happen if more than one FL port exists in the same 
loop, in which case all but one FL port in that loop 
automatically enters nonparticipating mode. 

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073088"> </a><p class="pBody">
Only FL 
ports and TL 
ports

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073091"> </a><p class="pBody">
PortChannel administratively 
down

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073093"> </a><p class="pBody">
The interfaces belonging to the PortChannel are down.

</p>
</td>
    <td colspan="1" rowspan="4"><a name="wp1073095"> </a><p class="pBody">
Only 
PortChannel 
interfaces

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073097"> </a><p class="pBody">
Suspended due to incompatible 
speed

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073099"> </a><p class="pBody">
The interfaces belonging to the PortChannel have 
incompatible speeds.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073103"> </a><p class="pBody">
Suspended due to incompatible 
mode

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073105"> </a><p class="pBody">
The interfaces belonging to the PortChannel have 
incompatible modes.

</p>
</td>
</tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1073109"> </a><p class="pBody">
Suspended due to incompatible 
remote switch WWN

</p>
</td>
    <td><a name="wp1073112"> </a><p class="pBody">
An improper connection is detected. All interfaces in a 
PortChannel must be connected to the same pair of 
switches.

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