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PIX memory error

craig bache — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:23:56 GMT

Is there any way to see what the following error is and how to stop it,

Message #102 : _tcp_listen: failed to create thread for interface 2 port 23
Message #103 : process_create: out of memory

Thanks Craig

PIX memory error

Maykol Rojas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:40:02 GMT

Craig,

We may need more information than this to find out the root cause. It seems like the Pix was trying to open telnet for either itself or pass through because it was low on memory.

This troubleshooting should be focused on memory. What is the status of it at this point?

Mike

PIX memory error

craig bache — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:30:40 GMT

Hi Mike

Thank you for the response, on the interface in question this is a DMZ interface and Telnet should not be on the interface or being sourced from any server.

Please see the following:

------------------ show memory ------------------

Free memory:        11793352 bytes (18%)
Used memory:        55315512 bytes (82%)
-------------     ----------------
Total memory:       67108864 bytes (100%)

------------------ show conn count ------------------

41 in use, 2560 most used

------------------ show xlate count ------------------

43 in use, 49 most used

------------------ show blocks ------------------

SIZE    MAX    LOW    CNT
     0    300    291    300
     4    100     99    100
    80    100     54    100
   256   1624   1584   1624
1550   2799   1685   2022
2048    100    100    100

------------------ show blocks queue history detail ------------------

History buffer memory usage: 2136 bytes (default)

Regards Craig

PIX memory error

Maykol Rojas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:53 GMT

Indeed,

Is this during business hours? Cuz It may increase during heavy traffic. Is this a normal usage of the memory, have you noticed it going up or something? We may be hitting a hardware limitation.

Mike