MEMORY_ALARM : Memory threshold crossed

[aridy]

Hi,

I have a Cisco ASR 9010 Router with a total memory of 4G. I often get the following alarm:

RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-4-MEMORY_ALARM : Memory threshold crossed: Minor with 409.586MB free
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USERS_INFO : Top 5 consumers of system memory (419416 Kbytes free):
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USER_INFO : 0: Process Name: bgp[1054], pid: 598306, Heap usage: 937348 kbytes, Virtual Shared memory usage: 54872 kbytes.
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USER_INFO : 1: Process Name: ipv4_rib[1145], pid: 598314, Heap usage: 348052 kbytes, Virtual Shared memory usage: 28840 kbytes.
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USER_INFO : 2: Process Name: nvgen_server[349], pid: 262267, Heap usage: 72752 kbytes, Virtual Shared memory usage: 7244 kbytes.
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USER_INFO : 3: Process Name: ipv6_rib[1146], pid: 598294, Heap usage: 62484 kbytes, Virtual Shared memory usage: 27176 kbytes.
RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:19:11.306 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-6-TOP_MEMORY_USER_INFO : 4: Process Name: cfgmgr-rp[164], pid: 233560, Heap usage: 25948 kbytes, Virtual Shared memory usage: 11384 kbytes.

After it stays active it is cleaned by itself with the following notification:

RP/0/RSP1/CPU0:Jul 7 15:26:58.208 : wdsysmon[457]: %HA-HA_WD-4-MEMORY_ALARM : Memory threshold crossed: Normal with 412.000MB free

Is there any way to free memory space without affecting the service?

Thanks,

Aridy

[Mark Elsen]

 - Not sure about your question, you may also want to check the current software version the device is on, sometimes later releases can resolve such issues.

 M.

[aridy]

Hi Marce,

Thanks for your reply. My IOS is Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 5.1.3[Default].

Is it considered an old version and if so, what new version do i need?

Thanks,

Aridy

[Mark Elsen]

- Then it would certainly be advisable to upgrade :

         https://software.cisco.com/download/home/282414851/type/280805694/release/7.0.2

 (take the suggested release, but study release notes and upgrade guidelines too)

 M.