[c-nsp] 6506/Sup720-3BXL error: SYS-DFC1-2-MALLOCFAIL

[Brandon Bennett]

You have a DFC (Distributed Forwarding Card) that does not have enough
memory avaible to hold the FIB.   Look into purchasing a memory
upgrade for this DFC to match the memory on your PFC.

-Brandon

On 5/11/06, Stephen Fulton <cisco-nsp at lists.esoteric.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've discovered the following error on one of our 6506's today, and I
> have not been able to find a reference on either Cisco's site or Google.
>     Could someone enlighten me?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Stephen
>
> >> START
>
> May 11 02:26:17: %SYS-DFC1-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 65536
> bytes failed from 0x203A88FC, alignment 8
> Pool: Processor  Free: 1735144  Cause: Memory fragmentation
> Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool
>
> -Process= "FIB Control Task", ipl= 0, pid= 62
> -Traceback= 20390624 20393014 203A8904 204B5488 204AC7E4 204ACB64 204A4FA8
> May 11 02:27:18: %SYS-DFC1-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 65536
> bytes failed from 0x203A88FC, alignment 8
> Pool: Processor  Free: 1722536  Cause: Memory fragmentation
> Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool
>
> -Process= "FIB Control Task", ipl= 0, pid= 62
> -Traceback= 20390624 20393014 203A8904 204B5488 204AC7E4 204ACB64 204A4FA8
> May 11 09:13:26: %SYS-DFC1-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 65536
> bytes failed from 0x203A88FC, alignment 8
> Pool: Processor  Free: 1737472  Cause: Memory fragmentation
> Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool
>
> -Process= "FIB Control Task", ipl= 0, pid= 62
> -Traceback= 20390624 20393014 203A8904 204B5488 204AC7E4 204ACB64 204A4FA8
> May 11 09:14:26: %SYS-DFC1-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 65536
> bytes failed from 0x203A88FC, alignment 8
> Pool: Processor  Free: 1722736  Cause: Memory fragmentation
> Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool
>
> -Process= "FIB Control Task", ipl= 0, pid= 62
> -Traceback= 20390624 20393014 203A8904 204B5488 204AC7E4 204ACB64 204A4FA8
>
> << END
>
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