Understanding Processes and Threads
The following is sample output from the monitor processes command:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# monitor processes
195 processes; 628 threads; 3300 channels, 4579 fds
CPU states: 47.6% idle, 1.2% user, 51.1% kernel
Memory: 2048M total, 1576M avail, page size 4K
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To list the interactive commands, type ? during the display. The options are described in
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Command Description
?
q
n
d
k
l
t
m
c
f
Commands Used to Manage Process and Threads
Table 9-9
restart a process.
For complete details on the commands and options related to process and thread management, refer to
"Process and Memory Management Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software" in the Cisco IOS XR System
Management Command Reference.
Manually stopping, starting, or restarting a process can seriously impact the operation of a router. Use
Caution
these commands only under the direction of a technical support representative.
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JID TIDS Chans
FDs Tmrs
1
27
198
8
52
5
215
44
342
4
195
14
1
1
10
293
7
31
39
11
55
11
24
14
121
3
10
8
311
4
7
18
138
4
14
40
265
5
31
19
Interactive Display Commands for the monitor processes Command
Displays or prints the interactive commands.
Quits the monitor processes display and returns to the system prompt.
Changes the number of processes to be displayed.
Changes the delay interval between updates.
Kills a process.
Refreshes the screen.
Sorts the display by time (default).
Sorts the display by memory used.
Sorts the display by number of open channels.
Sorts the display by number of open files.
describes the commands used to reset the options for a thread, or to manually stop, start, and
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MEM
HH:MM:SS
CPU
1
0
5:53:31 51.11% kernel
5
228K
0:00:02
0.52% devc-conaux
6
1M
0:00:08
0.34% wdsysmon
0
648K
0:00:00
0.16% ptop
352K
0:00:09
0.07% shelfmgr
5
16M
0:00:29
0.06% eth_server
2
564K
0:00:05
0.02% bcm_process
4
216K
0:00:02
0.01% sysdb_medusa_s
5
240K
0:00:01
0.01% devc-vty
4
204K
0:00:09
0.01% packet
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Table
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