Root cause problems summary

Root-cause problems diagnosed by IP Availability Manager lists the network root-cause problems diagnosed by IP Availability Manager, including the condition and events for each problem. The table also identifies the managed objects for which the problems are diagnosed.

Table 1. Root-cause problems diagnosed by IP Availability Manager

Managed object	Root cause	Condition	Events (displayed in Codebook Tab in the Global Console)
System	Down	None	System MightBeDown
			DownOrFlapping
	Unstable	None	SNMPAgent RepeatedRestarts
Chassis	Down	Chassis packages more than one system, and all systems are down	System Down (all systems are down)
Card	Down	None	Card OperationallyDown
			Card Down (for cards within Card)
			Card SwitchOver
			Network adapter Down
			System Down (for systems packaged by Card)
Network adapter	Down	Port or interface is managed and not connected	DownOrFlapping
			System MightBeDown (connected system)
	Unstable	When IsFlapping = TRUE	DownOrFlapping
			SystemMightBeDown
	Disabled	Port or interface is connected or is a physical interface with subinterfaces layered over it or is part of a NetworkAdapterRedundancyGroup	AdministrativelyDown
			DownOrFlapping
			System MightBeDown (connected system)
	LogicalConnection-Down	No failure symptoms at physical layer	Network Adapter DownOrFlapping
		Physical interface with subinterfaces layered over it	System MightBeDown or Flapping
Device connection	Down	Physical connection such as cable, serial, or point-to-point	NetworkAdapter Down
		IsLogicalConnectionDownEnabled = FALSE or IsLogicalConnection = FALSE
	Unstable	Physical connection such as cable, serial, or point-to-point NetworkAdapterStatus= UNSTABLE	NetworkAdapterDown
		NetworkAdapterStatus= UNSTABLE IsLogicalConnectionDownEnabled = FALSE or IsLogicalConnection = FALSE
Partition	Down	Is not a proxy	System Unresponsive (all systems are unresponsive)
		None	LayeredOver Partition Down
SNMPAgent	NotResponding	None	Management agent Unresponsive