Non-OAM components—message keywords

This section is for messages that contain OAM information only. The OAM component does not issue these messages.

Whereas messages issued by OAM have the prefix CBR, software applications that use OAM services issue their own messages while referring to OAM processing information.

The following are valid message keywords:

External return code keyword prefix: The characters XRC, to which each external OAM return code is appended.
External reason code keyword prefix: The characters XRSN, to which each external OAM reason code is appended.

Example: Suppose the message is the following one:

ECK0703E  OAM ERROR OCCURRED ON OBJECT objectname MODERR:
          modname RETCODE: 12 REACODE: 20
          XRETCODE: 16 XREACODE: A0020D00

Specify the keyword string as follows:

MSGEKC0703E RC12 RSN20 XRC16 XRSNA0020D00

OAM passes the return, reason, external return, and external reason codes to the application code that uses OAM services. These codes are in the syslog or in an application log. For more information, refer to OAM diagnostic aids.