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RedEarth processes on 3560 Switch

Elie Bassil
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Hello,

We have recently bought/installed a 3560 Switch in our network, it is showing highest processes as "RedEarth" processes.

#show proc cpu sort
CPU utilization for five seconds: 9%/0%; one minute: 13%; five minutes: 12%
PID Runtime(ms)     Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  79       12094        5466       2212  2.07%  2.01%  1.75%   0 RedEarth I2C dri
  80       14816        3934       3766  2.07%  2.59%  2.12%   0 RedEarth Tx Mana
227         902        2128        423  0.47%  0.17%  0.13%   0 Spanning Tree
  51          65         612        106  0.15%  0.01%  0.00%   0 Per-Second Jobs
175         908         129       7038  0.15%  0.17%  0.16%   0 HQM Stack Proces
176         163         239        682  0.15%  0.07%  0.02%   0 HRPC qos request
   6           0           1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DiscardQ Backgro
   8           0          73          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 WATCH_AFS

#sh ver

Cisco IOS Software, C3560E Software (C3560E-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 12.2(58)SE1,

From what I was able to find is that "RedEarth Tx Mana" is related to "Microprocessor communication process"

On a Layer 3 switch, when the IP route is not known, the switch hardware punts (sends) IP packets to the CPU for IP routing. Punted packets are handled at the interrupt level and can cause the CPU to become too busy.

Can anyone provide additional information concerning those 2 processes? Any suggested commands to provide additional troubleshooting/information?

Thanks,

E.B:.

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Elie Bassil
Level 1
Level 1

Anyone... ?

Hi Elie

I have a switch with exactly the same symptoms as you describe here. Did you get any answer in any other side?

Thanks

Hi!

No actually I didn't get a reply. What's the average CPU consumption on your switch? Can you post a "sh proc cpu sorted"?

CPU utilization for five seconds: 8%/0%; one minute: 9%; five minutes: 9%

PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process

  60   702630240 159517322       4404  1.91%  2.06%  2.07%   0 RedEarth Tx Mana

  96   228207340  44591660       5117  0.79%  0.68%  0.68%   0 hpm counter proc

It's a switch not in production yet, so, there are not traffic.

Another curious thing, show proc cpu hist show that cpu is about 20% average with peaks of 100%, but when I telnet the switch, cpu is going down to 8-10 %

IOS version is 12.2(53)SE2, I'm going to upgrade to 10.2.(58)SE2

Yea, I would suggest to upgrade to 122-58.SE2. Once we did that, the CPU dropped to about 10%.

Can you post "dir flash:" ?

I have upgraded the IOS, cpu looks fine. Always is under 8%

Thanks

Anybody have any answers? Still all I can find is that it is for microprocessor communications.

I'm seeing these RedEarth processes take 6-10% of our cpu utilization on L2 access switches.

Can you post "sh ver" and "sh proc cpu sorted"?

It is happening on all of our 3560x and 3750x's, but here is the output from one of them:

sh ver

Cisco IOS Software, C3560E Software (C3560E-IPBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(55)SE4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1986-2011 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Tue 06-Sep-11 02:27 by prod_rel_team

Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x02800000

ROM: Bootstrap program is C3560E boot loader

BOOTLDR: C3560E Boot Loader (C3560X-HBOOT-M) Version 12.2(53r)SE2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

BAGBUSSW065-Mine-Ops uptime is 2 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System restarted at 06:20:51 MST Mon May 13 2013

System image file is "flash:c3560e-ipbasek9-mz.122-55.SE4.bin"

This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United

States and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and

use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply

third-party authority to import, export, distribute or use encryption.

Importers, exporters, distributors and users are responsible for

compliance with U.S. and local country laws. By using this product you

agree to comply with applicable laws and regulations. If you are unable

to comply with U.S. and local laws, return this product immediately.

A summary of U.S. laws governing Cisco cryptographic products may be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to

export@cisco.com.

License Level: ipbase

License Type: Permanent

Next reload license Level: ipbase

cisco WS-C3560X-48P (PowerPC405) processor (revision A0) with 262144K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID FDO1551K0JL

Last reset from power-on

2 Virtual Ethernet interfaces

1 FastEthernet interface

52 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

2 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

512K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.

Base ethernet MAC Address       : C4:64:13:E5:76:00

Motherboard assembly number     : 73-12557-05

Motherboard serial number       : FDO1552017D

Model revision number           : A0

Motherboard revision number     : D0

Model number                    : WS-C3560X-48P-S

Daughterboard assembly number   : 800-32786-01

Daughterboard serial number     : FDO155125PK

System serial number            : FDO1551K0JL

Top Assembly Part Number        : 800-31328-02

Top Assembly Revision Number    : E0

Version ID                      : V02

CLEI Code Number                : COMJP00ARB

Hardware Board Revision Number  : 0x03

Switch Ports Model              SW Version            SW Image

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

*    1 54    WS-C3560X-48P      12.2(55)SE4           C3560E-IPBASEK9-M

Configuration register is 0xF

sh proc cpu sorted

CPU utilization for five seconds: 27%/0%; one minute: 33%; five minutes: 32%

PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process

145    22561602   3795917       5943  8.94%  8.41%  8.27%   0 Hulc LED Process

  66    11777690   1742883       6757  5.75%  5.78%  5.83%   0 RedEarth Tx Mana

  65     3981066   3567743       1115  2.07%  2.53%  2.49%   0 RedEarth I2C dri

106     3010514    175081      17194  1.59%  1.59%  1.59%   0 hpm counter proc

  87      887203   5011407        177  1.11%  0.78%  0.77%   0 HLFM address lea

150        3822      3779       1011  0.47%  2.79%  1.00%   1 SSH Process

296      134149    855293        156  0.47%  0.15%  0.11%   0 PM Callback

103      709852   2394329        296  0.31%  0.44%  0.56%   0 hpm main process

205     1902292   7080915        268  0.31%  0.92%  1.04%   0 Spanning Tree

155      642950     35851      17933  0.31%  0.35%  0.33%   0 HQM Stack Proces

  49      197665   3504507         56  0.15%  0.12%  0.13%   0 DownWhenLooped

258      174591    393965        443  0.15%  0.12%  0.13%   0 Marvell wk-a Pow

190      240438   1762190        136  0.15%  0.13%  0.14%   0 MDFS MFIB Proces

  61       47909     35769       1339  0.15%  0.05%  0.01%   0 Compute load avg

185       73060    403828        180  0.15%  0.22%  0.08%   0 IP Input

146       44128    131137        336  0.15%  0.05%  0.04%   0 HL3U bkgrd proce

  89      392899   5021955         78  0.15%  0.34%  0.35%   0 HLFM address ret

134      169483    875256        193  0.15%  0.06%  0.05%   0 Hulc Storm Contr

  18           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Zone Manager

  17          42      2987         14  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Dynamic Cach

  16           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IFS Agent Manage

Thanks

upgrade a switch to 122-58.SE2, most likely it will solve your problem, then you can apply the new IOS to all other switches.

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Upgrading isn't an option as it is an ios we use globally. I was more just curious as to what the processes are doing...

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