Brocade Fabric OS Message Reference (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 13)

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About This Document
In this chapter
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
• Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
• What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
• Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
• Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to System Messages” provides basic information on system
messages.
• Chapter 2, “Audit Messages” includes a lookup list for Audit messages.
• Chapter 3, “FFDC Messages” includes a lookup list for FFDC messages.
• Chapter 4, “Log Messages” includes a lookup list for LOG messages.
• Chapter 5, “Fabric OS System Messages” provides message text, probable cause,
recommended action, and severity for each of the messages.
Supported hardware and software
In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are
not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.3.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.