Appendix B
Troubleshooting Tools and Methodology
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
The ER state typically designates a process that has been restarted too many times, causing the system
Note
to classify it as faulty and disable it.
Example B-3
switch# show processes ?
cpu
log
memory
switch# show processes
PID
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. . .
457
1218
1249
1250
1251
1253
1254
1255
Viewing CPU Time In Device Manager
The Running Processes dialog display can be sorted based on any column header. To sort on CPU
utilization, click the CPU column header. An arrow in the column header indicates the order of CPU
utilization. Click the column header to toggle between ascending or descending order.
Example B-4
Using the show processes cpu CLI Command
Use the show processes cpu command to display CPU utilization. The command output includes:
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OL-9285-05
show processes Command
Show processes CPU Info
Show information about process logs
Show processes Memory Info
State
PC
Start_cnt
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S
2abaa76f
S
2acbac24
S
2ade633e
S
2aca833e
S
2aebbc24
S
2ade433e
S
2ac51ef4
S
2af7333e
CPU Time Column Header
Runtime(ms) = CPU time the process has used, expressed in milliseconds.
Invoked = number of times the process has been invoked.
TTY
Process
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1
-
portmap
1
-
licmgr
1
-
xbar_client
1
-
wwn
1
-
vsan
1
-
ttyd
1
-
sysinfo
1
-
span
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
Using Cisco MDS 9000 Family Tools
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