Informix Error -14509: CSS: CSM disconnected inside cascade.
Cause and resolution
CSS: CSM disconnected inside cascade.
For Communications Support Module: a Communications Support Module inside the cascade disconnected.
If the disconnection seems unexpected and the problem persists, contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor and have the following information available: CSS configuration files and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-14509 fires when a Communications Support Module (CSM) inside a cascade disconnects — per the official guidance.
- A CSM within the cascade disconnecting, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- If the disconnection seems unexpected and the problem persists, contact IBM Informix
Technical Support or the CSM vendor, per the official guidance, with the CSS
configuration files and
sqlhostsinformation for both the client and the database server available.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a CSM in the cascade disconnecting.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check whether the disconnection was expected, and escalate with the CSS configuration
and
sqlhostsdetails if not.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -14507 — "CSS: cascade disconnected." The same disconnection condition, for the peer at the far end rather than a CSM within the cascade.
A CSM within the cascade disconnected — check whether this was expected before escalating.