Switch C2960 high memory usage

[Aida Hadad]

hi everyone,

Recently I found a process (Authenticate Pro) in my switch which I don't have in other Lan switches and it is devoted most of my memory usage.

I would be appreciate if some one tell me how could I restart a process or remove it from memory process.

S3#show processes memory sorted allocated
Processor Pool Total: 21988468 Used: 17903668 Free: 4084800
I/O Pool Total: 4194304 Used: 2370532 Free: 1823772
Driver te Pool Total: 1048576 Used: 40 Free: 1048536

PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
139 0 2995545952 2995542280 10832 0 0 HQM Stack Proces
287 0 2953413996 3264656440 13160 0 0 SNMP ENGINE
140 0 2244826076 2244595416 83596 121824 0 HRPC qos request
199 0 774441992 774436948 12204 0 0 Spanning Tree St
0 0 518552852 517270256 1155588 3738735 1182914 *Dead*
286 0 311164224 0 13224 0 0 PDU DISPATCHER
5 0 308519584 309524160 42192 203533984 204036799 Pool Manager
241 0 235225148 235225148 7160 0 0 LOCAL AAA
285 0 160352168 160262980 24128 0 0 IP SNMP
61 0 121626416 121626416 7160 0 0 Authenticate Pro
179 0 107014864 300 18004 0 0 CDP Protocol
99 0 90255060 84166012 34552 0 0 hpm main process
207 0 45208460 45207696 7924 0 0 Cluster Base
235 0 42083796 42083796 7160 0 0 QoS stats proces
247 0 39742636 39741260 8536 0 0 NIST rng proc
0 0 23010368 6109800 13745576 0 0 *Init*
259 0 18698904 22052440 24792 0 0 PM Callback
272 0 9162296 9128176 32568 6804 1692 Syslog
154 0 8523524 7196784 67840 0 0 DTP Protocol
149 0 5826092 3982392 406048 0 0 Auth Manager

S3#show processes memory sorted allocated | include Auth
61 0 121630000 121630000 7160 0 0 Authenticate Pro
149 0 5826092 3982392 406048 0 0 Auth Manager
177 0 0 0 7160 0 0 Auth-proxy AAA B
181 0 0 0 7160 0 0 Critical Auth

Thanks in advance

[Deepak Kumar]

Hi,

Are you using "Wired 802.1X " feature?

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

[Aida Hadad]

no, we are not!! We have local aaa instead.

I would be appreciate if tell me how can I stop this process?

[Deepak Kumar]

Hi,
As per my knowledge, there is no command to kill any process in Cisco Switch/router.

Regards,
Deepak Kumar

[Aida Hadad]

Hi Guys,

Any idea about this log?????reason of high memory process???

S3# show processes memory sorted allocated
Processor Pool Total: 21988468 Used: 18066488 Free: 3921980
I/O Pool Total: 4194304 Used: 2523052 Free: 1671252
Driver te Pool Total: 1048576 Used: 40 Free: 1048536

PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
140 0 3835166828 3834936168 83596 121824 0 HRPC qos request
287 0 3204046748 3528746140 13160 0 0 SNMP ENGINE
139 0 2110762608 2110758936 10832 0 0 HQM Stack Proces
199 0 837625176 837620132 12204 0 0 Spanning Tree St
0 0 547337176 546046836 1159956 3741003 1182914 *Dead*
5 0 333764000 335071008 42192 220184000 220814039 Pool Manager
286 0 324617140 0 13224 0 0 PDU DISPATCHER
241 0 244847744 244847744 7160 0 0 LOCAL AAA
285 0 176120672 176027452 24128 0 0 IP SNMP
61 0 131879496 131879496 7160 0 0 Authenticate Pro
179 0 115649172 300 18004 0 0 CDP Protocol
99 0 100498116 93646856 34688 0 0 hpm main process
207 0 48931976 48931212 7924 0 0 Cluster Base
235 0 45489396 45489396 7160 0 0 QoS stats proces
247 0 42989128 42987752 8536 0 0 NIST rng proc
0 0 23010368 6109800 13719908 0 0 *Init*
259 0 20665884 24383568 24792 0 0 PM Callback
272 0 10637396 10509380 44304 43092 1692 Syslog
154 0 9439220 7974136 68144 0 0 DTP Protocol
149 0 6282248 4227860 539300 52164 0 Auth Manager

[Aida Hadad]

Hi, every one...

I still have this problem with my switch any comments will be appreciated.

S3#show processes memory sorted allocated | include Authenticate Pro
61 0 28145084 28145084 7160 0 0 Authenticate Pro
S3#show processes memory sorted allocated | include LOCAL AAA
241 0 44905692 44905692 7160 0 0 LOCAL AAA

---->is there anyway to limit local aaa and Authenticate Pro process?

LOCAL AAA process is high in just this switch and also the other switches don't have Authenticate Pro process. 

BR

Aida