WJH Event Messages Reference

This reference lists all the NetQ-supported WJH metrics and provides a brief description of each. The full outputs vary slightly based on the type of drop and whether you are viewing the results in the NetQ UI or through one of the NetQ CLI commands.

For instructions on how to configure and monitor What Just Happened events, refer to Configure and Monitor What Just Happened.

ACL Drops

Displays the reason why an ACL has dropped packets.

Reason Description
Ingress port ACL ACL action set to deny on the physical ingress port or bond
Ingress router ACL ACL action set to deny on the ingress switch virtual interfaces (SVIs)
Egress port ACL ACL action set to deny on the physical egress port or bond
Egress router ACL ACL action set to deny on the egress SVIs

Buffer Drops

Displays the reason why the server buffer has dropped packets.

Reason Description
Tail drop Tail drop is enabled, and buffer queue is filled to maximum capacity
WRED Weighted Random Early Detection is enabled, and buffer queue is filled to maximum capacity or the RED engine dropped the packet as of random congestion prevention
Port TC Congestion Threshold Crossed Percentage of the occupancy buffer exceeded or dropped below the specified high or low threshold
Packet Latency Threshold Crossed Time a packet spent within the switch exceeded or dropped below the specified high or low threshold

Layer 1 Drops

Displays the reason why a port is in the down state.

Reason Description
Port admin down Port has been purposely set down by user
Auto-negotiation failure Negotiation of port speed with peer has failed
Logical mismatch with peer link Logical mismatch with peer link
Link training failure Link is not able to go operational up due to link training failure
Peer is sending remote faults Peer node is not operating correctly
Bad signal integrity Integrity of the signal on port is not sufficient for good communication
Cable/transceiver is not supported The attached cable or transceiver is not supported by this port
Cable/transceiver is unplugged A cable or transceiver is missing or not fully inserted into the port
Calibration failure Calibration failure
Port state changes counter Cumulative number of state changes
Symbol error counter Cumulative number of symbol errors
CRC error counter Cumulative number of CRC errors

In addition to the reason, the information provided for these drops includes:

Parameter Description
Corrective Action Provides recommend actions to take to resolve the port down state
First Timestamp Date and time this port was marked as down for the first time
Ingress Port Port accepting incoming traffic
CRC Error Count Number of CRC errors generated by this port
Symbol Error Count Number of Symbol errors generated by this port
State Change Count Number of state changes that have occurred on this port
OPID Operation identifier; used for internal purposes
Is Port Up Indicates whether the port is in an Up (true) or Down (false) state

Layer 2 Drops

Displays the reason for a link to be down.

Reason Description
MLAG port isolation Not supported for port isolation implemented with system ACL
Destination MAC is reserved (DMAC=01-80-C2-00-00-0x) The address cannot be used by this link
VLAN tagging mismatch VLAN tags on the source and destination do not match
Ingress VLAN filtering Frames whose port is not a member of the VLAN are discarded
Ingress spanning tree filter Port is in Spanning Tree blocking state
Unicast MAC table action discard Currently not supported
Multicast egress port list is empty No ports are defined for multicast egress
Port loopback filter Port is operating in loopback mode; packets are being sent to itself (source MAC address is the same as the destination MAC address
Source MAC is multicast Packets have multicast source MAC address
Source MAC equals destination MAC Source MAC address is the same as the destination MAC address

In addition to the reason, the information provided for these drops includes:

Parameter Description
Source Port Port ID where the link originates
Source IP Port IP address where the link originates
Source MAC Port MAC address where the link originates
Destination Port Port ID where the link terminates
Destination IP Port IP address where the link terminates
Destination MAC Port MAC address where the link terminates
First Timestamp Date and time this link was marked as down for the first time
Aggregate Count Total number of dropped packets
Protocol ID of the communication protocol running on this link
Ingress Port Port accepting incoming traffic
OPID Operation identifier; used for internal purposes

Router Drops

Displays the reason why the server is unable to route a packet.

Reason Description
Non-routable packet Packet has no route in routing table
Blackhole route Packet received with action equal to discard
Unresolved next hop The next hop in the route is unknown
Blackhole ARP/neighbor Packet received with blackhole adjacency
IPv6 destination in multicast scope FFx0:/16 Packet received with multicast destination address in FFx0:/16 address range
IPv6 destination in multicast scope FFx1:/16 Packet received with multicast destination address in FFx1:/16 address range
Non-IP packet Cannot read packet header because it is not an IP packet
Unicast destination IP but non-unicast destination MAC Cannot read packet with IP unicast address when destination MAC address is not unicast (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)
Destination IP is loopback address Cannot read packet as destination IP address is a loopback address (dip=>127.0.0.0/8)
Source IP is multicast Cannot read packet as source IP address is a multicast address (ipv4 SIP => 224.0.0.0/4)
Source IP is in class E Cannot read packet as source IP address is a Class E address
Source IP is loopback address Cannot read packet as source IP address is a loopback address ( ipv4 => 127.0.0.0/8 for ipv6 => ::1/128)
Source IP is unspecified Cannot read packet as source IP address is unspecified (ipv4 = 0.0.0.0/32; for ipv6 = ::0)
Checksum or IP ver or IPv4 IHL too short Cannot read packet due to header checksum error, IP version mismatch, or IPv4 header length is too short
Multicast MAC mismatch For IPv4, destination MAC address is not equal to {0x01-00-5E-0 (25 bits), DIP[22:0]} and DIP is multicast. For IPv6, destination MAC address is not equal to {0x3333, DIP[31:0]} and DIP is multicast
Source IP equals destination IP Packet has a source IP address equal to the destination IP address
IPv4 source IP is limited broadcast Packet has broadcast source IP address
IPv4 destination IP is local network (destination = 0.0.0.0/8) Packet has IPv4 destination address that is a local network (destination=0.0.0.0/8)
IPv4 destination IP is link-local (destination in 169.254.0.0/16) Packet has IPv4 destination address that is a local link
Ingress router interface is disabled Packet destined to a different subnet cannot be routed because ingress router interface is disabled
Egress router interface is disabled Packet destined to a different subnet cannot be routed because egress router interface is disabled
IPv4 routing table (LPM) unicast miss No route available in routing table for packet
IPv6 routing table (LPM) unicast miss No route available in routing table for packet
Router interface loopback Packet has destination IP address that is local. For example, SIP = 1.1.1.1, DIP = 1.1.1.128.
Packet size is larger than MTU Packet has larger MTU configured than the VLAN
TTL value is too small Packet has TTL value of 1

Tunnel Drops

Displays the reason for a tunnel to be down.

Reason Description
Overlay switch - source MAC is multicast Overlay packet’s source MAC address is multicast
Overlay switch - source MAC equals destination MAC Overlay packet’s source MAC address is the same as the destination MAC address
Decapsulation error De-capsulation produced incorrect format of packet. For example, encapsulation of packet with many VLANs or IP options on the underlay can cause de-capsulation to result in a short packet.