[c-nsp] %FIB-3-NOMEM: Malloc Failure, disabling CEF

[Jon Lewis]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Joe Maimon wrote:

> exception memory ?

Cool

(config)#exception memory ?
   fragment  Crash if we can't allocate contiguous memory above limit
   minimum   Crash if free memory pool shrinks below limit

(config)#exception memory fragment ?
   <1-4294967294>  bytes
   io              IO memory
   processor       Processor memory

(config)#exception memory fragment processor ?
   <1-4294967294>  bytes

Hmm...so I have to decide where the cutoff is and tell the router to crash 
(reload) if memory gets low enough (and again for fragmented enough) that 
some threshold I set is reached.

>> I suspect this is something many with NPE300's and lower can look forward 
>> to in the coming months / year or two.
>
> Seen it already quite a few times. Also a product of IOS bugs....

Yeah, but as all the 256mb routers reach the point where full routes and 
modern IOS just don't fit, I have a feeling this is going to be seen quite 
a bit more frequently and widely.

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