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Please help!! WAN router "misses in cache" keep increasing in "show buffer"

jacky.cheuk
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Hi all,

 

I see ""misses in cache" keep increasing for Gi0/1 when using "show buffer".

Yet,  no increasing of "no buffer" when using "show int gi0/0".

Also, no "cache misses" when using "show int gi0/1 switching"

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Router#show buffer

Private particle pools:
GigabitEthernet0/0 buffers, 1664 bytes (total 768, permanent 768):
     0 in free list (0 min, 768 max allowed)
     768 hits, 0 fallbacks
     768 max cache size, 512 in cache
     3600120405 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
GigabitEthernet0/1 buffers, 1664 bytes (total 768, permanent 768):
     0 in free list (0 min, 768 max allowed)
     768 hits, 0 fallbacks
     768 max cache size, 512 in cache
     2726795893 hits in cache, 200441 misses in cache

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Router# sh int gi0/1 | be rate
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/768 (size/max)
  30 second input rate 4693000 bits/sec, 1611 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 2979000 bits/sec, 1539 packets/sec
     254675070 packets input, 95687414119 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 219458 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 215127 multicast, 0 pause input
     248063195 packets output, 69304150380 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     4320 unknown protocol drops
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Router#sh int gi0/1 switching
GigabitEthernet0/1 ## To Customer LAN ##
          Throttle count          1
                   Drops         RP          1         SP          0
             SPD Flushes       Fast          0        SSE          0
             SPD Aggress       Fast          0
            SPD Priority     Inputs          0      Drops          0

    Protocol  IP
          Switching path    Pkts In   Chars In   Pkts Out  Chars Out
                 Process    4942282  351308330    3318353  251134393
            Cache misses          0          -          -          -
                    Fast 2723729330 1182856208773 2588069178 720679718936
               Auton/SSE          0          0          0          0

    Protocol  DEC MOP
          Switching path    Pkts In   Chars In   Pkts Out  Chars Out
                 Process          0          0       3501     269577
            Cache misses          0          -          -          -
                    Fast          0          0          0          0
               Auton/SSE          0          0          0          0

    Protocol  ARP
          Switching path    Pkts In   Chars In   Pkts Out  Chars Out
                 Process      61525    3691500      26317    1579020
            Cache misses          0          -          -          -
                    Fast          0          0          0          0
               Auton/SSE          0          0          0          0

    Protocol  Other
          Switching path    Pkts In   Chars In   Pkts Out  Chars Out
                 Process      35024   17161760     210174   12610440
            Cache misses          0          -          -          -
                    Fast          0          0          0          0
               Auton/SSE          0          0          0          0

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BTW,what is the meaning of "Throttle" when using "sh int [interface] switching"

 

Router# sh int gi0/0 switching
GigabitEthernet0/0 ## To ##
          Throttle count        767
                   Drops         RP       1132         SP          0
             SPD Flushes       Fast          0        SSE          0
             SPD Aggress       Fast          0
            SPD Priority     Inputs          1      Drops          0
 

 

Thanks a lot in advance.

 

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Joseph W. Doherty
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Unsure same applies to interface cache buffers, but in documentation for router buffers, a buffer cache miss just means a buffer needed to allocated.  No buffer should indicate a packet drop as a buffer was not immediately availalble (a hit miss) or couldn't be allocated at all (a cache miss).  I.e. other then perhaps slower perforamnce, waiting for a buffer allocation, not something to be worried about.

 

Re: throttle

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/thread/55975

https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/9522611/throttles-ethernet

Thanks for the information, Joseph.

This is a WAN router and it only has one WAN interface and one LAN interface. What goes in the WAN , must go out from the LAN and vice versa.

But why only Gi0/1(LAN interface) keep increasing "misses in cache", yet Gi(0/0) doesn't?

And is there a way to tune the buffer of the interface ?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

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Although you note you have just a single LAN and WAN interface, my guess would be cache misses might be caused by microbursts.

 

I don't know of a away to "tune" interface buffers.

 

If you believe this is an issue, contact TAC.

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