Commands Used To Display Process And Thread Details - Cisco CRS-1 - Carrier Routing System Router Getting Started Manual

Chapter 9 Troubleshooting the Cisco IOS XR Software
Under normal operating conditions, processes are managed automatically by the
Cisco IOS XR software. Processes are started, stopped, or restarted as required by the running
configuration of the router. In addition, processes are checkpointed to optimize performance during
process restart and failover.
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a message, passing "bus" to coordinate interactions between processes. In this way, processes can run
independently, but still communicate and cooperate with other processes. If a process needs to be
stopped or restarted, it affects only that process and related processes and threads.
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Commands Used to Display Process and Thread Details

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running on a router.
For complete details on the commands and options related to process and thread management, refer to
the "Process and Memory Management Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software" in the Cisco IOS XR
System Management Command Reference.
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Command
monitor processes
monitor threads
show processes
show processes abort
illustrates how the Cisco IOS XR software manages the operations of processes, and acts as
Modular Process Architecture in Cisco IOS XR Software
"Message passing bus"
OS
Microkernel
Process manager
describes some of the commands used to display information on the processes and threads
Commands to Display Process and Thread Information
Processes
Processes
Description
Displays the ten most active processes and the
current CPU usage. The output from this
command continually refreshes until quit (enter
the q-key to quit).
Displays interactive, auto-updating process and
thread statistics in a full-screen mode.
Displays information about active processes.
Displays process aborts.
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