Low on memory in 4506

[murugananthamamir]

4506 switch had experienced low on memory message while taking console. and got below console message

%SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 784 bytes failed from 0x1025F354, alignment 8

Pool: Processor  Free: 123028  Cause: Memory fragmentation

Alternate Pool: None  Free: 0  Cause: No Alternate pool

It's running in cat4000-i9k91s-mz.122-25.EWA7.bin

tech support has attached. Plz provide the resolution.

[Leo Laohoo]

Wow, that's a pretty old IOS.  Did you ever consider upgrading to something newer?

[murugananthamamir]

Planning to upgrade 122-54.SG1 enterprise services version. Will it help any way?

[Leo Laohoo]

Go through the Release Notes and you'll be able to determine if this IOS is suitable.

[murugananthamamir]

Thxz, I"ll do it

[glen.grant · Accepted solution]

  The only way to fix that is to reload the switch .  It has a slow memory leak and reloading will fix that at least temporarily.  I would upgrade it also if possible.

[murugananthamamir]

Hi glen,

Thanks for your support. Is there any permenant solution to fix this issue?

[glen.grant]

  I haven't found that to be a common problem so once you upgrade unless you have a hardware issue I doubt you will see it again.