Path Error (Category Code = X'80')


This category indicates that the request could not be delivered to the intended receiver, because of a path outage, an invalid sequence of activation requests, or one of the listed path information unit (PIU) errors. Some PIU errors fall into other categories; for example, sequence number errors are sense code category X'20'. A path error received while the session is active generally indicates that the path to the session partner has been lost.

Category and modifier (in hexadecimal):

8001
Intermediate Node Failure: Machine or program check in a node providing intermediate routing function. A response may or may not be possible.
8002
Link Failure: Data link failure.
8003
NAU Inoperative: The NAU is unable to process requests or responses; for example, the NAU has been disrupted by an abnormal termination.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
Hierarchical Reset: The identified LU-LU session is being deactivated; an ACTLU/ACTPU(Cold) or DACTLU/DACTPU was received, or the PU has failed.
0003
Unrecoverable LU Failure: The identified LU-LU session had to be deactivated because of an abnormal termination of the PLU or SLU; recovery from the failure was not possible.
0004
Recoverable LU Failure: The identified LU-LU session had to be deactivated because of an abnormal termination of one of the LUs of the session; recovery from the failure may be possible.
0005
Hierarchical Reset: Backup session reset resulted from a hierarchical reset.
8004
Unrecognized Destination: A node in the path has no routing information for the destination specified either by the SLU name in a BIND request or by the TH.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
A request was received by a gateway function that could not be rerouted because of invalid or incomplete routing information.
8005
No Session: No half-session is active in the receiving end node for the indicated origination-destination pair, or no boundary function session connector is active for the origin-destination pair in a node providing the boundary function. A session activation request is needed.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
The receiver received a request other than session control request when no LU-LU session was active.
0002
The receiver received a request other than session control request when no LU-SSCP session was active.
0003
The receiver received a session control request other than BIND/UNBIND when no LU-LU session was active.
0004
The receiver received an UNBIND when no LU-LU session was active.
0005
The receiver received a session control request other than ACTLU/DACTLU for the LU-SSCP session when no LU-SSCP session was active.
0006
The receiver received DACTLU when no LU-SSCP session was active.
0007
Session Not Activated: A BIND was received for a dependent LU that has not received an ACTLU to activate the SSCP-LU session.
8006
Invalid FID: Invalid FID for the receiving node.
8007
Segmenting Error: First BIU segment had less than 10 bytes; or Mapping field sequencing error, such as first, last, middle; or segmenting not supported and Mapping field not set to BBIU, EBIU; or (in APPN) an expedited request or response was received segmented (see Note 2 located at the end of this section).

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
The node does not support receipt of segments, and a Mapping field value other than BBIU, EBIU was received. Sent in UNBIND.
0002
Interleaved BIND Segments Not Allowed: A BIND receiver that is in the middle of receiving segments of one BIND receives a segment from a different BIND; the receiver rejects both BINDs and disconnects the link.
8008
PU Not Active: The SSCP-PU secondary half-session in the receiving node has not been activated and the request was not ACTPU for this half-session; for example, the request was ACTLU from an SSCP that does not have an active SSCP-PU session with the PU associated with the addressed LU.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
A physical unit name was specified for an independent LU session stage. The specified PU name is either unknown or in an invalid state.
0002
NO ALS is defined for use by the origin independent LU. An implementation-defined automatic logon (autolog) request was specified for the subject resource, but, when the session establishment was attempted, no ALS was found to be associated with the subject resource.
8009
LU Not Active: The destination address specifies an LU for which the SSCP-LU secondary half-session has not been activated and the request was not ACTLU.
800A
Too-Long PIU: Transmission was truncated by a receiving node because the PIU exceeded a maximum length or sufficient buffering was not available.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
A received PIU exceeded 255 buffers.
0002
The node signaling this error on an EXR is including additional information in an EXR extension.
800B
Incomplete TH: Transmission received was shorter than a TH (see Note 1 located at the end of this section).
800C
DCF Error: Data Count field inconsistent with transmission length.
800D
Lost Contact: Contact with the link station for which the transmission was intended has been lost, but the link has not failed. If the difference between link failure and loss of contact is not detectable, link failure (X'8002') is sent.
800E
Unrecognized Origin: The origin address specified in the TH was not recognized.
800F
Invalid Address Combination.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
The (DAF', OAF') (FID2) combination or the LSID (FID3) specified an invalid type of session, for example, a PU-LU combination.
0001
The FID2 ODAI setting in a received BIND is incorrect; the BIND is rejected.
8010
Segmented RU Length Error: An RU was found to exceed a maximum length, or required buffer allocation that might cause future buffer depletion.
8011
ER Inoperative or Undefined: A PIU was received from a subarea node that does not support ER and VR protocols, and the explicit route to the destination is inoperative or undefined.
8012
Subarea PU Not Active or Invalid Virtual Route: A session-activation request for a peripheral PU or LU cannot be satisfied because there is no active SSCP-PU session for the subarea node providing boundary function support, or the virtual route for the specified SSCP-PU (type 1 or type 2 nodes) or SSCP-LU session is not the same as that used for the SSCP-PU session of the type 1 or type 2 node's PU or the LU's subarea PU.
8013
Route Not Available: No route is available to connect the specified OSA and DSA for the specified COS.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

Byte 2 indicates the environment in which the failure was detected:

00
Single network
01
Interconnected network: Failure was detected at a node in a subnetwork other than that of the NAU sending the activation request.

Byte 3 indicates the reason for the failure:

00
No Specific Code Applies: This means an error occurred, but none of the conditions listed below applies.
01
No Mapping Specified: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because for each VR in the VR identifier list for the session, no VR to ER mapping is specified.
02
No Explicit Routes Defined: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because each VR in the VR identifier list for the session maps to a corresponding ER that is not defined.
03
No VR Resource Available: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because each VR specified in the VR identifier list for the session requires a node resource that is not available.
04
No Explicit Routes Operative: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because no underlying ER is operative for any VR specified in the VR identifier list for the session.
05
No Explicit Route Can Be Activated: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because no VR specified in the VR identifier list for the session mapped to a defined and operative ER that could be activated.
06
No Virtual Route Can Be Activated: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because no VR specified in the VR identifier list for the session can be activated by the PU, though for at least one VR an underlying ER is defined, operative, and activated.
07
No Virtual Route Identifier List Available: A session-activation request cannot be satisfied because a VR identifier list is not available.

Note: If none of the virtual routes specified in the VR identifier list for the session is active or can be activated, the reported reason is set based on a hierarchy of failure events. The "highest" of the failures that occurred within the set of virtual routes is returned on the response. For example, if the VR manager receives a negative response to an NC_ACTVR request for a VR specified in the VR identifier list and for all other VRs in the list no VR to ER mapping is specified, then reason X'06' is reported. The hierarchy of the failure reasons is in ascending numeric order, that is, reason X'02' is higher than reason X'01'.

8014
No Path Exists to the Destination Node: Route selection services in the CP has determined from the topology database that no path exists to the destination node.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
No route to the destination node exists for the specified class of service.

* 0002
Invalid APPN COS name received.
0003
The topology database indicates that the destination node is not available at this time; the node either has inconsistent data or is quiescing.
0004
The topology database indicates that the endpoint resources are depleted; the node is out of either half-session control blocks or message buffers.
0005
The length of the generated RSCV exceeds the maximum allowed.
0006
No path using only HPR TGs exists to the destination node.
0007
A BIND RSCV specifies only an interchange TG.
0008
The local node calculated an RSCV specifying a boundary node that it does not own.
8015
Path Not Available.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
8017
PIU from Adjacent Pre-ER-VR Subarea Node Rejected: A PIU that requires intermediate path-control routing was received by a subarea node from an adjacent subarea node that does not support ER-VR protocols, but the receiving subarea node does not support intermediate path-control routing for adjacent subarea nodes that do not support ER-VR protocols.
8018
Management Services component is unable to find or recognize the name of the application transaction program specified in the request.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
The application transaction program specified in the request is not recognized by PUMS.
0002
The Cascaded Resource Name List is unrecognized.
0003
The Destination Application Name is unrecognized.
0004
The Destination Instance Identifier is unrecognized.
8019
Routing Exception: A node is unable to perform the required routing function for a request.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
Unknown Routing Group Name.
0002
Unknown Routing Group Name, Routing Element Name combination.
0003
Reserved
0004
No connection is available for level of service required. When this SNA report code is used in an SNA condition report, it is accompanied by a supplemental report containing the service parameter triplet (or combination of triplets) for which a connection could not be found.
0005
The Routing and Targeting Instructions GDS variable is required but is not present.
000C
Upon receiving a Locate request for a DLUS-served dependent LU, the DLUS node has determined that at least one intersubnetwork TG on the path between the DLUS and the PLU was not between two extended border nodes.
801A
Confirmation of Forwarding
0001
The identified request has been successfully forwarded by the reporting node. When this SNA report code is used within an SNA condition report, the reported-on destination list identifies the list of destinations to which the request has been forwarded.
801B
Confirmation of Acceptance
0001
The identified request has been successfully received by the intended destination(s) at the reporting node. When this SNA report code is used within an SNA condition report, the reported on destination list identifies the list of destinations for which the request has been accepted.
801C
Hop Count Exhausted
0001
The request has been forwarded by an excessive number of nodes (e.g., the count has been decremented at each node and has reached 0) and, therefore, the request could not be delivered to one or more destinations. Typically, this exception indicates that one or more nodes have incorrectly routed or directed the request. The exception may also indicate that the routing/directing count was not appropriately initiated according to network size.
801E
Invalid Switching Mode: The Switching Mode field received in a network header was invalid or not supported by the receiving node.
801F
Invalid Link Header: The link header in the received frame was not valid for the current state of the receiver.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
A frame in the supervisory or information format was received over a TG configured for no error recovery.
8020
Session Reset: The LU-LU session identified in the UNBIND is being deactivated because of a reset condition.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
Virtual Route Inoperative: The virtual route used by the LU-LU session has become inoperative, thus forcing the deactivation of the identifed LU-LU session.
0002
Hierarchical Reset of Both XRF-active and XRF-backup Sessions: The XRF-backup session has failed; therefore, both the XRF-active and XRF-backup session are being reset.
0003
Virtual Route Deactivated: The identified LU-LU session had to be deactivated because of a forced deactivation of the virtual route being used by the LU-LU session.
0004
Route Extension Failure: The route extension used by the LU-LU session has become inoperative, thus forcing the deactivation of the identified LU-LU session.
0005
Route Extension Failure: The route extension used by the XRF-backup LU-LU session has become inoperative, thus forcing the deactivation of the identified XRF-backup LU-LU session.
0006
Virtual Route Inoperative: The virtual route used by the LU-LU session has become inoperative, thus forcing the deactivation via VR-INOP of the identifed XRF-backup LU-LU session.
0007
Third-Party Termination: The network operator caused the forced or cleanup termination of the LU-LU session.
0008
BFTERM has been received with no indication of the cause of the reset.
0009
Termination was requested by the dependent SLU with a TERMINATE SELF or character-coded logoff.
000A
The identified LU-LU session had to be deactivated because its underlying RTP connection has become inoperative.
000B
The identified LU-LU session had to be deactivated because its underlying RTP connection was deactivated.
8021
Path Switch Failure: The attempt to switch the path traversed by an RTP connection has failed.

Bytes 2 and 3 following the sense code contain sense code specific information. Settings allowed are:

0000
No specific code applies.
0001
The original path of the RTP connection is inoperative. Because the path switch failed, all sessions using the RTP connection will be terminated.
0002
The original path of the RTP connection is still operative. The RTP connection will continue operation over the original path.

Notes:

  1. It is generally not possible to send a response for this exception condition, since information (FID, addresses) required to generate a response is not available. It is logged as an error if this capability exists in the receiver.
  2. If segmenting is not supported, a negative response is returned for the first segment only, since this contains the RH. Subsequent segments are discarded.