[c-nsp] Catalyst 6509 - High CPU - Process ios-base

Jon Lewis jlewis at lewis.org
Wed Jan 16 15:26:26 EST 2008


You wouldn't have close to a full BGP table on that router...would you?

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Patrick J Greene wrote:

> The CPU just started spiking on my Cat6509 running 12.2(18)SXF9 IP Services.  The process ios-base is running at 99%.  What could this be.  I can't find anything on Google or on CCO.
>
>
> Cat6509e-r1#sh proc cpu
> CPU utilization for five seconds: 100%; one minute: 99%; five minutes: 99%
> PID       5Sec    1Min     5Min Process
> 1         0.1%    0.4%     0.4% kernel
> 3         0.0%    0.0%     0.0% qdelogger
> 4         0.0%    0.0%     0.0% devc-pty
> 5         0.0%    0.0%     0.0% devc-mistral.proc
> 6         0.0%    0.0%     0.0% pipe
> 7         0.0%    0.0%     0.0% dumper.proc
> 4104      0.0%    0.0%     0.0% bflash_driver.proc
> 12297     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% pcmcia_driver.proc
> 12298     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% mqueue
> 12299     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% flashfs_hes.proc
> 12300     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% dfs_bootdisk.proc
> 12301     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% ldcache.proc
> 12302     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% watchdog.proc
> 12303     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% syslogd.proc
> 12304     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% name_svr.proc
> 12305     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% wdsysmon.proc
> 12306     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% sysmgr.proc
> 16386     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% chkptd.proc
> 16403     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% sysmgr.proc
> 16404     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% syslog_dev.proc
> 16405     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% itrace_exec.proc
> 16406     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% packet.proc
> 16407     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% installer.proc
> 16408    98.2%   97.2%    97.0% ios-base
> 16409     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_oir.proc
> 16410     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_cli.proc
> 16411     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_metric_dir.proc
> 16412     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_snmp.proc
> 16413     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_none.proc
> 16414     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_intf.proc
> 16415     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_gold.proc
> 16416     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_rf.proc
> 16417     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_counter.proc
> 16418     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_timer.proc
> 16419     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_fd_ioswd.proc
> 16420     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_server.proc
> 16421     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% fh_policy_dir.proc
> 16422     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% ipfs_daemon.proc
> 16423     0.2%    0.1%     0.1% raw_ip.proc
> 16424     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% inetd.proc
> 16425     0.7%    0.8%     0.8% tcp.proc
> 16426     0.2%    0.1%     0.1% udp.proc
> PID       5Sec    1Min     5Min Process
> 16427     0.0%    0.0%     0.0% iprouting.iosproc
> 16428     0.4%    0.4%     0.3% cdp2.iosproc
>
>
>
> Here's my hardware (serial numbers removed)
>
> waflnapcore-r1#sh module
> Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
> --- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ -----------
>  1   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX
>  5    2  Supervisor Engine 720 (Active)         WS-SUP720-3B
>  6    2  Supervisor Engine 720 (Hot)            WS-SUP720-3B
>  9    8  8 port 1000mb GBIC Enhanced QoS        WS-X6408A-GBIC
>
> Mod MAC addresses                       Hw    Fw           Sw           Status
> --- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ -------
>  1  001b.2ad3.3798 to 001b.2ad3.37c7   2.6   12.2(14r)S5  12.2(18)SXF9 Ok
>  5  0017.9444.c15c to 0017.9444.c15f   5.4   8.4(2)       12.2(18)SXF9 Ok
>  6  001a.2f3b.f8e0 to 001a.2f3b.f8e3   5.4   8.4(2)       12.2(18)SXF9 Ok
>  9  0012.dafe.720a to 0012.dafe.7211   2.3   5.4(2)       8.5(0.46)RFW Ok
>
> Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw     Status
> ---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- ------- -------
>  1  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       XXXXXXXXXXX  3.1    Ok
>  5  Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3B       XXXXXXXXXXX  2.3    Ok
>  5  MSFC3 Daughterboard         WS-SUP720          xxxxxxxxxxx  3.0    Ok
>  6  Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3B       XXXXXXXXXXX  2.3    Ok
>  6  MSFC3 Daughterboard         WS-SUP720          XXXXXXXXXXX  3.0    Ok
>
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
> Patrick
>
>
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