Interpret VPN Error Messages
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Interpret VPN Error Messages

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The following table lists some of the common VPN error messages that are logged in the system log.

Syslog Error Messages for VPN Issues

If error is this:
Try this:
IKE phase-1 negotiation is failed as initiator, main mode. Failed SA: x.x.x.x[500]-y.y.y.y[500] cookie:84222f276c2fa2e9:0000000000000000 due to timeout.
or
IKE phase 1 negotiation is failed. Couldn’t find configuration for IKE phase-1 request for peer IP x.x.x.x[1929]
  • Verify that the public IP address for each VPN peer is accurate in the IKE Gateway configuration.
  • Verify that the IP addresses can be pinged and that routing issues are not causing the connection failure.
Received unencrypted notify payload (no proposal chosen) from IP x.x.x.x[500] to y.y.y.y[500], ignored...
or
IKE phase-1 negotiation is failed. Unable to process peer’s SA payload.
Check the IKE Crypto profile configuration to verify that the proposals on both sides have a common encryption, authentication, and DH Group proposal.
pfs group mismatched:my: 2peer: 0
or
IKE phase-2 negotiation failed when processing SA payload. No suitable proposal found in peer’s SA payload.
Check the IPSec Crypto profile configuration to verify that:
  • pfs is either enabled or disabled on both VPN peers
  • the DH Groups proposed by each peer has at least one DH Group in common
IKE phase-2 negotiation failed when processing Proxy ID. Received local id x.x.x.x/x type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0, received remote id y.y.y.y/y type IPv4 address protocol 0 port 0.
The VPN peer on one end is using policy-based VPN. You must configure a Proxy ID on the Palo Alto Networks firewall. See Create a Proxy ID to identify the VPN peers..