PIM-DM (Dense Mode) on the 5300xl Switches 
Messages Related to PIM Operation 
Messages Related to PIM Operation 
These messages appear in the Event Log and, if Syslog Debug is configured, 
in the designated Debug destinations. 
Note  The <counter> value displayed at the end of each PIM Event Log message (and 
SNMP trap messages, if trap receivers are configured) indicates the number 
of times the switch has detected a recurring event since the last reboot. For 
more information, refer to “Using the Event Log To Identify Problem Sources” 
in the “Troubleshooting” appendix of the February, 2004 (or later) version of 
the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch. 
Message  Meaning 
< alpha-string > pkt, src IP < ip-addr > vid 
A PIM packet arrived from another router for which no 
< vlan-id > (not a nbr) (<counter>) 
neighbor was found. May indicate a misconfiguration 
between the sending and receiving router. May also occur 
if a connected router is disconnected, then reconnected. 
Bad TTL in State Refresh pkt from IP 
The switch detected a TTL of 0 (zero) in the PIM portion of 
< source-ip-addr > (<counter>) 
a state refresh packet. (Note that this is not the IP TTL.) 
Failed alloc of HW < alpha-str > for flow 
There are more than 1022 active flows. The switch routes 
< multicast-address >, < source-address > 
the excess through software, which processes traffic at a 
slower rate. If this will be an ongoing or chronic condition,
(<dup-msg-cnt>) 
transfer some of the flows to another router. 
Failed to alloc a PIM < data-type > pkt 
The router was unable to allocate memory for a PIM control 
(<counter>) 
packet. Router memory is oversubscribed. Reduce the 
number of VLANs or increase the hello delay and/or the 
override interval to reduce the number of simultaneous 
packet transmissions. Note that if the number of flows 
exceeds 1022, the excess flows are routed in software, 
which reduces the number of packet transmissions. In this 
case, reducing the number of flows by moving some clients 
to other routers can help. 
Failed to initialize < text-str > as a 
Indicates an internal error. Report the incident to your HP 
call back routine (<counter>) 
customer care center and re-install the router software. 
I/F configured with IP < ip-address > on 
Indicates that the interface (VLAN) has been configured 
vid < vlan-id > (<counter>) 
with the indicated primary IP address. At boot-up or when 
a primary IP address is changed, the switch generates this 
message for each PIM-configured VLAN. 
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