01-14-2010 03:21 AM - edited 03-06-2019 09:17 AM
All,
What do the buffers RxQFB, RxQ0, RxQ1, RxQ15 etc.. mean in the "sh buffers" output ?
Interface buffer pools:
RxQFB buffers, 2040 bytes (total 904, permanent 904):
895 in free list (0 min, 904 max allowed)
18497860 hits, 0 misses
RxQ0 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 1200, permanent 1200):
700 in free list (0 min, 1200 max allowed)
500 hits, 0 misses
RxQ1 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
6 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
126686331 hits, 3512849 fallbacks
RxQ2 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
128 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
RxQ3 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
1 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
418039249 hits, 3265942 fallbacks
RxQ4 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
1 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
6658523 hits, 52248 fallbacks
RxQ5 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
64 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 misses
RxQ6 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
128 hits, 0 misses
RxQ7 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 192, permanent 192):
61 in free list (0 min, 192 max allowed)
3370617 hits, 65 misses
RxQ8 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 64, permanent 64):
0 in free list (0 min, 64 max allowed)
94425576 hits, 91194669 misses
RxQ9 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 1, permanent 1):
0 in free list (0 min, 1 max allowed)
1 hits, 0 misses
RxQ10 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 64, permanent 64):
1 in free list (0 min, 64 max allowed)
370156615 hits, 11585433 fallbacks
RxQ11 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 16, permanent 16):
0 in free list (0 min, 16 max allowed)
16 hits, 0 misses
RxQ12 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
0 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
96 hits, 0 misses
RxQ13 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 16, permanent 16):
0 in free list (0 min, 16 max allowed)
16 hits, 0 misses
RxQ15 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 4, permanent 4):
0 in free list (0 min, 4 max allowed)
372062235 hits, 372062231 misses
IPC buffers, 2048 bytes (total 300, permanent 300):
296 in free list (150 min, 500 max allowed)
2494138 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Jumbo buffers, 9240 bytes (total 200, permanent 200):
200 in free list (0 min, 200 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 misses
I have a switch where the RxQ15 buffer misses are increasing continiously and 0 are in the free list:
sh buffer | b RxQ15
RxQ15 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 4, permanent 4):
0 in free list (0 min, 4 max allowed)
372064342 hits, 372064338 misses
sh buffer | b RxQ15
RxQ15 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 4, permanent 4):
0 in free list (0 min, 4 max allowed)
372064358 hits, 372064354 misses
regards,
Geert
01-14-2010 04:04 AM
Hi Geert,
CPU buffer pools are named as RxQ0 to RxQ15 The switches have 16 different CPU queues for different types traffic each queue can only send a certain amount of traffic to the CPU. The port asic will drop the rest an overload on one queue should not cause problems
for the other queues.
To see what packets are located in the buffers use the
show buffer command
In your case RxQ15 is increasing the buffer means can you check the cpu utilization of the switch.
HTH
Regards
Ganesh.H
01-14-2010 04:29 AM
Hello Ganesh,
CPU utilization is very low on the switch:
sh process cpu hist
1111111
1133333666666666688888666667777777777777777777766666777799
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10 **********************************************************
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)
1 1 111 1 1 1 11 111 111 11 1 1322 11 111131
0990992009090909009021911099900999909001999999999119605070
100
90
80
70
60
50
40 *
30 * * *
20 *** * * *
10 ##########################################################
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%
Looking into the buffer content of RxQ15 , i get:
(seems to be strange packets):
(seems to me that the buffer is used by different processes to communicate between each other maybe ?)
sh buffer pool RxQ15 packet
Buffer information for RxQ15 buffer at 0x4948A18
data_area 0xF8154B0, refcount 1, next 0x4948DAC, flags 0x0
linktype 0 (None), enctype 0 (None), encsize 0, rxtype 0
if_input 0x0 (None), if_output 0x0 (None)
inputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never)
outputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never), oqnumber 65535
datagramstart 0xF8154DE, datagramsize 64, maximum size 2196
mac_start 0x0, addr_start 0x0, info_start 0x0
network_start 0xF815504, transport_start 0x0, caller_pc 0x806A20
0: FC0003F9 00000000 00804044 |..y......@D
12: 00000028 00000000 00000000 F4000000 ...(........t...
28: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
44: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
60: 00000000 00 .....
Buffer information for RxQ15 buffer at 0x4948DAC
data_area 0xF815D70, refcount 1, next 0x0, flags 0x0
linktype 0 (None), enctype 0 (None), encsize 0, rxtype 0
if_input 0x0 (None), if_output 0x0 (None)
inputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never)
outputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never), oqnumber 65535
datagramstart 0xF815D9E, datagramsize 64, maximum size 2196
mac_start 0x0, addr_start 0x0, info_start 0x0
network_start 0xF815DC4, transport_start 0x0, caller_pc 0x806A20
0: FC0003F9 00000000 00804044 |..y......@D
12: 00000028 00000000 00000000 F5000000 ...(........u...
28: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
44: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
60: 00000000 00 .....
Buffer information for RxQ15 buffer at 0x4949140
data_area 0xF816630, refcount 1, next 0x49494D4, flags 0x0
linktype 0 (None), enctype 0 (None), encsize 0, rxtype 0
if_input 0x0 (None), if_output 0x0 (None)
inputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never)
outputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never), oqnumber 65535
datagramstart 0xF81665E, datagramsize 64, maximum size 2196
mac_start 0x0, addr_start 0x0, info_start 0x0
network_start 0xF816684, transport_start 0x0, caller_pc 0x806A20
0: FC0003F9 00000000 00804044 |..y......@D
12: 00000028 00000000 00000000 F2000000 ...(........r...
28: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
44: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
60: 00000000 00 .....
Buffer information for RxQ15 buffer at 0x49494D4
data_area 0xF816EF0, refcount 1, next 0x4948A18, flags 0x0
linktype 0 (None), enctype 0 (None), encsize 0, rxtype 0
if_input 0x0 (None), if_output 0x0 (None)
inputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never)
outputtime 00:00:00.000 (elapsed never), oqnumber 65535
datagramstart 0xF816F1E, datagramsize 64, maximum size 2196
mac_start 0x0, addr_start 0x0, info_start 0x0
network_start 0xF816F44, transport_start 0x0, caller_pc 0x806A20
0: FC0003F9 00000000 00804044 |..y......@D
12: 00000028 00000000 00000000 F3000000 ...(........s...
28: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
44: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................
60: 00000000 00 .....
10-28-2011 07:46 AM
Were you ever able to get to the bottom of this issue? We are seeing a similiar issue:
Interface buffer pools:
Syslog ED Pool buffers, 600 bytes (total 132, permanent 132):
100 in free list (132 min, 132 max allowed)
1224 hits, 0 misses
RxQFB buffers, 2040 bytes (total 904, permanent 904):
898 in free list (0 min, 904 max allowed)
2403548 hits, 0 misses
RxQ0 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 1200, permanent 1200):
700 in free list (0 min, 1200 max allowed)
500 hits, 0 misses
RxQ1 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
2 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
48276275 hits, 960284 fallbacks
RxQ2 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
128 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
RxQ3 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
2 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
41544795 hits, 821368 fallbacks
RxQ4 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
4602417 hits, 5797274 misses
RxQ5 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
64 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 misses
RxQ6 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 128, permanent 128):
0 in free list (0 min, 128 max allowed)
21950 hits, 22032 misses
RxQ7 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 192, permanent 192):
63 in free list (0 min, 192 max allowed)
5677427 hits, 0 misses
RxQ8 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 64, permanent 64):
0 in free list (0 min, 64 max allowed)
171643 hits, 187213 misses
RxQ9 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 1, permanent 1):
0 in free list (0 min, 1 max allowed)
1 hits, 0 misses
RxQ10 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 64, permanent 64):
2 in free list (0 min, 64 max allowed)
6928620 hits, 621650 fallbacks
RxQ11 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 16, permanent 16):
0 in free list (0 min, 16 max allowed)
267518 hits, 268190 misses
RxQ12 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
0 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
96 hits, 0 misses
RxQ13 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 16, permanent 16):
0 in free list (0 min, 16 max allowed)
16 hits, 0 misses
RxQ15 buffers, 2040 bytes (total 4, permanent 4):
1 in free list (0 min, 4 max allowed)
435591684 hits, 435591681 misses
IPC buffers, 2048 bytes (total 300, permanent 300):
296 in free list (150 min, 500 max allowed)
14481930 hits, 0 fallbacks, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Jumbo buffers, 9240 bytes (total 200, permanent 200):
200 in free list (0 min, 200 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 misses
A number of our interfaces are dropping packets:
GigabitEthernet1/0/5 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 15360 Kbit, DLY 100 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 24/255, rxload 30/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, media type is 10/100/1000BaseTX
input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:04, output 00:00:04, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 1d01h
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 7354
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
30 second input rate 1843000 bits/sec, 319 packets/sec
30 second output rate 1477000 bits/sec, 312 packets/sec
23196023 packets input, 8342864505 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 10538 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 10538 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
28221743 packets output, 16252406649 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
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
09-02-2016 06:34 AM
I have had the same problem.... The fix for me was to disable QoS. Our application performance went down so far we could barely use our internet connection. Turning off QoS increased the packet buffers to one pool thus higher throughput.
In addition setup an etherchannel to the highly utilized up-links to other switches and to your servers.
06-15-2012 01:19 PM
hi
I am seeing the similar issue.cpu utilization is very low. same symptom.
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