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

David Prall dcp at dcptech.com
Wed Jan 16 19:18:07 EST 2008


Your running Modular Code (IOS-BASE)

The one tunnel per source address is in order to make it so that the
tunnel's are hardware processed. It isn't a bug, but rather a limitation of
the hardware. Unless a VPNSM or VPN-SPA is installed, where the tunnels are
then offloaded to the the crypto hardware.

David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Patrick J Greene
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:14 PM
> To: Jon Lewis; Cisco Nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Catalyst 6509 - High CPU - Process ios-base
> 
> Nope...none.
> 
> Well I opened a case with TAC and apparently it is a bug.  We 
> have about 30 tunnel interfaces all using the same source 
> interface.  TAC says to create a separate loopback interface 
> as the source for each Tunnel to work around the bug.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> Patrick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jlewis at lewis.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:26 PM
> To: Patrick J Greene
> Cc: Cisco Nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Catalyst 6509 - High CPU - Process ios-base
> 
> 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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