Brocade Communications Systems 8 Reference page 263

Recommended Make sure that all the switches in the fabric have the same Base Switch attribute or disable VF
Action mode for the conflicting switch using the fosconfig command.
Severity ERROR
FABR-1046
Message
<timestamp>, [FABR-1046], <sequence-number>, ERROR, <system-name>, Detected Base
Switch conflict with neighbor switch <Switchname> (domain <Domain ID>), BS <Base
Switch Mode>.
disabled.
Probable Cause Indicates that the remote switch has a Base Switch attribute conflict with the local switch. All the
E_ports directly connected to the conflicting switch are disabled.
Recommended Make sure that all the switches in the fabric have the same Base Switch attribute or upgrade the
Action switch firmware to a VF-capable firmware.
Severity ERROR
FABR-1047
Message
<timestamp>, [FABR-1047], <sequence-number>, INFO, <system-name>, Area
unavailable to assign to the port. Persistently disabling port <Port that is being
disabled>.
Probable Cause Indicates that there are no areas available to assign to the port during port creation.
Recommended Move some ports out of the default switch to make areas available.
Action
Severity INFO
FABR-1048
Message
<timestamp>, [FABR-1048], <sequence-number>, ERROR, <system-name>, Detected
Fabric ID (FID <InheritedFID> inherited) conflict with remote (not neighbor)
switch <Switchname> (domain <Domain ID>, FID <Fabric ID>). No local E-ports
disabled.
Probable Cause Indicates that the remote switch has a Fabric ID conflict with the inherited FID of the local switch.
But no ports are disabled because the remote switch is not adjacent to the local switch.
Recommended Make sure that all the switches in the fabric have same Fabric ID or upgrade the switch firmware to
Action a VF-capable firmware.
Severity ERROR
Fabric OS Message Reference
53-1001767-01
E-ports (<Number of E-ports disabled>) connected to the switch are
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FABR-1046
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