11-17-2012 06:45 AM - edited 03-04-2019 06:10 PM
Good day!
We've got Cisco 881 and some why process *Init* uses most memory:
IT#show proc mem sorted allocated
Processor Pool Total: 156433128 Used: 45830872 Free: 110602256
I/O Pool Total: 26214400 Used: 9815936 Free: 16398464
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
0 0 143673644 98177244 43180072 0 0 *Init*
106 0 11402608 6620 73676 780 0 IP Input
64 0 2933316 2172 1422984 0 0 ESWPPM
1 0 2160524 0 2167652 0 0 Chunk Manager
96 8 2121716 1507700 613756 0 0 SSH Process
200 0 2079608 1818764 265172 0 0 Crypto IKMP
12 0 1727040 1727040 7128 0 0 Licensing Auto U
266 0 981444 0 988572 0 0 l4f mgt task
196 0 557644 559820 7672 0 0 crypto sw pk pro
223 0 528608 6268 508668 0 0 VLAN Manager
78 0 427492 423816 13116 0 0 crypto engine pr
199 0 358132 336924 34580 2268 0 Crypto IKE Dispa
69 0 300756 2400 310260 0 0 EEM ED ND
214 0 273628 0 283756 100548 0 EEM ED Syslog
225 0 233608 0 240736 0 0 EEM Server
174 0 218404 660 215744 0 0 Crypto HW Proc
74 0 131524 848 113132 0 0 USB Startup
190 0 106760 392 119496 0 0 Crypto IKEv2
204 0 100688 42292 83524 0 0 Crypto ACL
226 0 78088 28992 73880 0 0 Call Home proces
Is it ok?
09-19-2018 12:28 AM
HI,
Anyone can tell me that what *init* process will do in cisco routers?
10-22-2023 12:38 AM
Init is a fixed value, that allocates memory when the router is booting and also reserve some memory if necessary for certain configurations/feature, this is a fix value and will not increase over the time . When the IOS boots, the system_init function runs which initializes all of the data structures, devices, configuration, etc . The amount of space taken by INIT depends on the configuration on the router.
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