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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS System Message Guide Release 12.2(31)SGA
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Chapter 2 Messages and Recovery Procedures
EC Messages
Error Message C4K_EBM-4-ZEROETHERADDR:Filtering Ethernet MAC address of value zero
from agent host table interface (port: [char])
Explanation
The switch received a packet with the MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00. This MAC
address is not valid and was probably generated by some non-IEEE 802.1D-compliant hardware or
software in the network.
The host sort algorithm does not sort hosts with MAC addresses that have all zeros
(00:00:00:00:00:00), because a MAC address that has all zeros can not be listed in the learned host
table. A request to show learned hosts, either by the show cam dynamic command or by an SNMP
request, does not list a MAC address that has all zeros.
Recommended Action Track the source of the invalid MAC address because it might cause other
problems.
EC Messages
This section contains the EtherChannel (EC) messages.
EC-4
Error Message EC-4-NOMEM:Not enough memory available for [char]
Explanation
The Port Aggregation Protocol or EtherChannel cannot obtain the memory it needs.
Recommended Action This is an informational message only. No action is required.
EC-5
Error Message EC-5-BUNDLE:Interface [char] joined port-channel [char]
Explanation
The interface has joined the bundle.
Recommended Action This is an informational message only. No action is required.
Error Message EC-5-CANNOT_ALLOCATE_AGGREGATOR: Aggregator limit reached
Explanation
A new aggregator cannot be allocated in the group.
Recommended Action Change the port attributes of the ports in the group so that they match and join
the same aggregator.