- Preface
- Get Started with Cisco CMX
- The Cisco CMX Detect and Locate Service
- The Cisco CMX Analytics Service
- Managing Cisco CMX Configuration
- Managing Cisco CMX System Settings
- FIPS, CC, and UCAPL Support in Cisco CMX
- Performing Administrative Tasks
- Guidelines for Managing Maps in Cisco CMX
- Guidelines for Managing Zones in Cisco CMX
- Cisco CMX Alerts
- Cisco CMX Network Protocols and Port Matrix
- Index
Cisco CMX Alerts
Cisco CMX alerts can be of different level of severity. For critical alerts, there is an immediate impact on Cisco CMX and as a customer you should take necessary steps to resolve. Else, you will be risking losing data, for example, if a controller is down,you will not be able to retrieve data for any floor/access point that the controller manages.
As a customer, you can only resolve the obvious alerts such as controller not working. Most of the other alerts either indicate an undersized Cisco CMX or a critical failure in Cisco CMX. Both these cases would require intervention from Cisco CMX technical experts. You can use some of the cmxos and cmxctl commands to fix these critical failures. We recommend that you seek Cisco CMX technical help for troubleshooting.
Cisco CMX Alert |
Description |
Possible Solution |
---|---|---|
CPU_USAGE |
Displayed when your CPU exceeds 80% on a Cisco CMX box. |
Upgrade to a bigger Cisco CMX box. |
MEMORY_USAGE |
This alert is displayed when the memory usage is high. |
Reduce the load on the Cisco CMX. Probably need a bigger CMX. Support should be able to figure that out. |
SERVICE_STATUS |
Displayed when a Cisco CMX service is crashed. |
We recommend that you call the support. |
DATA_PROCESSING_STATUS |
Displayed when the Analytics service is slowing down. |
Reduce load. |
NMSP_CONNECTION_STATUS |
Displayed when the Controller goes down for some reason. |
Troubleshoot for a probable networking issue. |
OUT_OF_MEMORY |
Not used in Cisco CMX. |
NA. |
QUEUE_FULL |
Not used in Cisco CMX. |
NA |
ARRAY_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUND |
Not used in Cisco CMX |
NA |
BEACON_STATUS |
Not supported |
NA |
BEACON_MOVEMENT |
Not supported |
NA |
DISK_USAGE |
Displayed when the Hard drive is getting full. |
Run the cmx cleanup tool or remove unnecessary load from the hard drive. |
AWIPS_LICENSE |
Not used in Cisco CMX |
NA |
NMSP_MSG_RATE_EXCEEDED |
Displayed when the system is getting too many NMSP messages for its box type. |
We recommend that you either get a bigger box or clear unwanted clients by removing a controller or a map. |
LOCATION_OVERLOADED |
Critical alert that is not expected to happen. |
NA |
EVAL_LICENSE_EXPIRY |
Displayed after the built in license expired after 120 days. |
We recommend that you buy and activate a new Cisco CMX license. |
AP_CONTROLLER_FETCH_STATUS |
Displayed if SNMP information from the controller cannot be fetched. |
Provide Cisco CMX with valid SNMP credentials. |
SSID_CONTROLLER_FETCH_STATUS |
Same as AP Controller. |
NA |
MAP_IMPORT_ERROR |
Displayed if maps are not imported successfully during the import process from Cisco Prime Infrastructure. |
We recommend that you contact support to re-import maps from Cisco Prime Infrastructure. |
ANALYTICS_MISMATCH |
Displayed if Analytics sanity test is failed. |
We recommend that you call the Cisco support. |
HETERARCHY_SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED |
Displayed if maps/aps/zones numbers exceed their limit for the corresponding Cisco CMX service type. |
This might affect Cisco CMX performance. We recommend that you either reduce the number of elements or move them to a larger Cisco CMX box. |
mem_usage |
Displayed once the memory usage is above 80%. This is a critical error. |
Consider upgrading hardware or VM specs. |
SERVER_STATUS |
Displayed after the High Availability is successfully disabled. The Primary server is no longer syncing with secondary server. |
This is an informational alert, and no action required. |
SERVER_STATUS |
Displayed when attempting to failback from secondary server to primary server: 192.168.99.110. |
This is an informational alert, and no action required. |
UNIQUE_DEVICE_EXCEEDED |
Two alerts will be generated on Cisco CMX. First warning alert is generated when the number of unique devices seen in a particular day reaches 90% of allowed limit for that Cisco CMX. The second critical alert is generated when the number of unique devices seen in that day exceeds the allowed limit for that Cisco CMX. |
This alert indicates that Cisco CMX is having heavy load than allowed in a day and this could lead to performance issue on Cisco CMX. One of the possible solution will be to lower the traffic using filtering parameters such as Disable Probing Clients or split the traffic among multiple Cisco CMX. |
Monit Email |
Customer Action |
---|---|
1m Load avg. above 3 |
No action required. |
1m Load avg. recovered |
No action required. |
5m Load avg. above 3 |
No action required. |
5m Load avg. recovered |
No action required. |
15m Load avg. above 2 |
No action required. |
15m Load avg. recovered |
No action required. |
Adminui service is down |
Run the cmxos adminui start command. |
Agent service is down |
Run the cmxctl agent start command. |
Analytics service is down |
Run the cmxctl analytics start command. |
Analytics service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6378 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6378 start command. |
cache_6378 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6379 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6379 start command. |
cache_6379 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6380 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6380 start command. |
cache_6380 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6381 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6381 start command. |
cache_6381 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6382 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6382 start command. |
cache_6382 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6383 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6383 start command. |
cache_6383 service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6385 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6385 start command. |
cache_6385 service recovered |
No action required. |
cassandra service is down |
Run the cmxctl cassandra start command. |
cassandra service recovered |
No action required. |
Collectd service is down |
No action required. |
Collectd service is up |
No action required. |
Confd service is down |
Run the cmxctl confd start command. |
Confd service is up |
No action required. |
configuration service is down |
Run the cmxctl configuration start command. |
configuration service recovered |
No action required. |
Consul Service is down |
Run the cmxctl consul start command. |
Disk usage is above 80% |
Remove files. Add storage. |
Disk usage recovered |
No action required. |
DNSMasq service is down |
No action required. |
File Descriptors are above bounds |
No action required. |
File Descriptors recovered |
No action required. |
File system |
|
HAProxy service is down |
Run the cmxctl haproxy start command. |
HAProxy service is up |
No action required. |
hyperlocation service is down |
Run the cmxctl hyperlocation start command. |
hyperlocation service recovered |
No action required. |
Influxdb service is down |
Run the cmxctl influxdb start command. |
Influxdb service is up |
No action required. |
Inode usage is above 80% |
Remove files. |
Inode usage recovered |
No action required. |
Load |
Suggested actions to lessen the load:
|
location service is down |
Run the cmxctl location start command. |
location service recovered |
No action required. |
matlabengine service is down |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
matlabengine service recovered |
No action required. |
Memory usage is above 80% |
Restart the system during a quiet period. Upgrade system. |
Memory usage recovered |
No action required. |
Monit instance changed |
None. Informational. |
nmsplb service is down |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
nmsplb service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 5432 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl database stop and cmxctl database start command. |
Port 5432 is responding |
No action required. |
Port 6378 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6378 stop and cmxctl cache_6378 start command. |
Port 6378 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6379 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6379 stop and cmxctl cache_6379 start command. |
Port 6379 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6380 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6380 stop and cmxctl cache_6380 start command. |
Port 6380 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6381 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6381 stop and cmxctl cache_6381 start command. |
Port 6381 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6382 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6382 stop and cmxctl cache_6382 start command. |
Port 6382 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6383 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6383 stop and cmxctl cache_6383 start command. |
Port 6383 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6385 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6385 stop and cmxctl cache_6385 start command. |
Port 6385 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6511 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl hyperlocation stop and cmxctl hyperlocation start command. |
Port 6512 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6531 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
Port 6531 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6532 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
Port 6532 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6541 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl analytics stop and cmxctl analytics start command. |
Port 6541 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6542 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl analytics stop and cmxctl analytics start command. |
Port 6542 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6551 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl configuration stop and cmxctl configuration start command. |
Port 6551 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6552 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl configuration stop and cmxctl configuration start command. |
Port 6552 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6571 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb stop and cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
Port 6571 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6572 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb stop and cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
Port 6572 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6581 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
Port 6581 is responding |
No action required. |
Port 6582 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
Port 6582 is responding |
No action required. |
Port 9042 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cassandra stop and cmxctl cassandra start command. |
Port 9042 is responding |
No action required. |
postgres service is down |
Run the cmxctl database start command. |
postgres service is up |
No action required. |
qlesspy service is down |
Run the cmxctl qlesspy start command. |
qlesspy service recovered |
No action required. |
Socket 5432 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl database stop and cmxctl database start command. |
Socket 5432 is responding |
No action required. |
Swap usage is above 80% |
Increase swap space or reduce memory usage. |
Swap usage recovered |
No action required. |
SYS CPU usage is above 60% |
No action required. |
SYS CPU usage recovered |
No action required. |
The analytics service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl analytics stop and cmxctl analytics start command. |
The analytics service reporting health |
No action required. |
The configuration service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl configuration stop and cmxctl configuration start command. |
The configuration service reporting health |
No action required. |
The hyperlocation service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl hyperlocation stop and cmxctl hyperlocation start command. |
The hyperlocation service reporting health |
No action required. |
The location service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
The location service reporting health |
No action required. |
The matlabengine service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
The matlabengine service reporting health |
No action required. |
The nmsplb service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb stop and cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
The nmsplb service reporting health |
No action required. |
USR CPU usage is above 80% |
No action required. |
USR CPU usage recovered |
No action required. |
WAIT CPU usage is above 60% |
No action required. |
WAIT CPU usage recovered |
No action required. |
Memory usage is above 80% |
Restart the system during a quiet period. Upgrade system. |
Memory usage recovered |
No action required. |
Swap usage is above 80% |
Increase swap space or reduce memory usage. |
File system |
|
Disk usage is above 80% |
Remove files. Add storage. |
Disk usage recovered |
No action required. |
Inode usage is above 80% |
Remove files. |
Inode usage recovered |
No action required. |
File Descriptors are above bounds |
Restart the system. |
File Descriptors recovered |
No action required. |
ocation service is down |
Run the cmxctl location start command. |
location service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6531 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
Port 6531 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6532 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
Port 6532 responding |
No action required. |
The location service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl location stop and cmxctl location start command. |
The location service reporting health |
No action required. |
matlabengine service is down |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
matlabengine service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6581 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
Port 6581 responding |
No action required. |
Port 6582 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
Port 6582 responding |
No action required. |
The matlabengine service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl matlabengine stop and cmxctl matlabengine start command. |
The matlabengine service reporting health |
No action required. |
nmsplb service is down |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
nmsplb service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6571 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb stop and cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
Port 6572 responding |
No action required. |
The nmsplb service is not reporting health |
Run the cmxctl nmsplb stop and cmxctl nmsplb start command. |
The nmsplb service reporting health |
No action required. |
postgres service is down |
Run the cmxctl database start command. |
postgres service is up |
No action required. |
Socket 5432 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl database stop and cmxctl database start command. |
Socket 5432 is responding |
No action required. |
Port 5432 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl database stop and cmxctl database start command. |
Port 5432 is responding |
No action required. |
qlesspy service is down |
Run the cmxctl qlesspy start command. |
qlesspy service recovered |
No action required. |
cache_6378 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6378 start command. |
cache_6378 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6378 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6378 stop and cmxctl cache_6378 start command. |
Port 6378 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6379 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6379 start command. |
cache_6379 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6379 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6379 stop and cmxctl cache_6379 start command. |
Port 6379 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6380 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6380 start command. |
cache_6380 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6380 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6380 stop and cmxctl cache_6380 start command. |
Port 6380 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6381 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6381 start command. |
cache_6381 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6381 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6381 stop and cmxctl cache_6381 start command. |
Port 6381 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6382 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6382 start command. |
cache_6382 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6382 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6382 stop and cmxctl cache_6382 start command. |
Port 6382 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6383 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6383 start command. |
cache_6383 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6383 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6383 stop and cmxctl cache_6383 start command. |
Port 6383 responding |
No action required. |
cache_6385 service is down |
Run the cmxctl cache_6385 start command. |
cache_6385 service recovered |
No action required. |
Port 6385 is not responding |
Run the cmxctl cache_6385 stop and cmxctl cache_6385 start command. |
Port 6385 responding |
No action required. |