A message was received by CMIP services from one of its application programs. This message included an association identifier (either because it was a response or because the initiator wished to use a specific association for the request). The association identifier does not represent a currently active association, so the message cannot be sent. This may have occurred because:

• The application program used an invalid handle that never represented a valid association.
• The application program is trying to use the same association for all of its requests and the association has been terminated.
• The application program is attempting to respond to an indication and the association terminated between the time the indication was received and the response was sent.