From: Brian Dennis (brian@5g.net)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 19:58:05 GMT-3
Send the first 5 lines of a "show mem".
Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
Director of CCIE Training and Development - IPexpert, Inc.
Mailto: brian@ipexpert.net
Toll Free: 866.225.8064
Outside U.S. & Canada: 312.321.6924
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
John Tafasi
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:29 PM
To: ccielab; Brian Dennis
Subject: Re: Memory allocation of 40 bytes failed
Brian,
So what is the solution for this problem?
r6-Whitetooth#show buffers
Buffer elements:
499 in free list (500 max allowed)
43498 hits, 0 misses, 0 created
Public buffer pools:
Small buffers, 104 bytes (total 50, permanent 50):
50 in free list (20 min, 150 max allowed)
20893 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Middle buffers, 600 bytes (total 25, permanent 25):
25 in free list (10 min, 150 max allowed)
178 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Big buffers, 1536 bytes (total 50, permanent 50):
50 in free list (5 min, 150 max allowed)
953 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
VeryBig buffers, 4520 bytes (total 10, permanent 10):
10 in free list (0 min, 100 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Large buffers, 5024 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 10 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Huge buffers, 18024 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 4 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 misses, 0 trims, 0 created
0 failures (0 no memory)
Interface buffer pools:
ATM0 Small buffers, 104 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
ATM0 Middle buffers, 600 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
Ethernet0 buffers, 1524 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
32 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 fallbacks
32 max cache size, 32 in cache
2027 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
Ethernet1 buffers, 1524 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
32 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 fallbacks
32 max cache size, 32 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
Serial0 buffers, 1524 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
32 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 fallbacks
32 max cache size, 32 in cache
20234 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
Serial1 buffers, 1524 bytes (total 96, permanent 96):
32 in free list (0 min, 96 max allowed)
64 hits, 0 fallbacks
32 max cache size, 32 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
ATM0 Big buffers, 1558 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
ATM0 Large buffers, 4558 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
ATM0 Semi-Huge buffers, 9238 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
ATM0 Huge buffers, 18024 bytes (total 0, permanent 0):
0 in free list (0 min, 0 max allowed)
0 hits, 0 fallbacks
0 max cache size, 0 in cache
0 hits in cache, 0 misses in cache
r6-Whitetooth#
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r6-Whitetooth#show processes mem
Total: 5231328, Used: 4010772, Free: 1220556
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
0 0 87272 1848 2874592 0 0 *Init*
0 0 488 184056 488 0 0 *Sched*
0 0 13256620 8636956 2728 808380 0 *Dead*
1 0 284 284 3828 0 0 Load
Meter
2 0 2040 12696 11892 0 0 OSPF
Hello
3 0 0 0 6828 0 0 Check
heaps
4 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Chunk
Manager
5 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Pool
Manager
6 0 284 284 6828 0 0 Timers
7 0 284 284 6828 0 0 Serial
Backgroun
8 0 96 0 6924 0 0 ARP
Input
9 0 0 0 6828 0 0 HC
Counter
Timer
10 0 284 284 6828 0 0 DDR
Timers
11 0 284 284 12828 0 0 Dialer
event
12 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Entity
MIB
API
13 0 96 0 6924 0 0 SERIAL
A'detect
14 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Critical
Bkgnd
15 0 20844 0 13188 0 0 Net
Background
16 0 380 284 12924 0 0 Logger
17 0 13200 284 6916 0 0 TTY
Background
18 0 0 0 9828 0 0
Per-Second
Jobs
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
19 0 192 0 7020 0 0 Net
Input
20 0 284 284 6828 0 0 Compute
load
avg
21 0 0 196 6828 0 0
Per-minute
Jobs
22 0 532 284 13076 0 0 ATM OAM
Input
23 0 284 284 12828 0 0 ATM OAM
TIMER
24 0 0 0 9828 0 0 ATM
Periodic
25 0 140 0 6968 0 0 ATM ARP
INPUT
26 0 380 284 6924 0 0 AAA
Dictionary R
27 0 1372 0 14200 0 0 IP Input
28 0 65016 62436 9408 0 0 CDP
Protocol
29 0 568 284 13112 0 0 PASVC
create
VA
30 0 568 284 7112 0 0 MOP
Protocols
31 0 192 0 7020 0 0 X.25
Encaps
Mana
32 0 0 0 6828 0 0 LDP
Background
33 0 0 0 12828 0 0
frr_tunnel
34 0 380 284 6924 0 0 SSCOP
Input
35 0 380 284 6924 0 0 SSCOP
Output
36 0 284 284 6828 0 0 SSCOP
Timer
37 0 648 0 10476 0 0 IP
Background
38 0 0 0 6828 0 0 SNMP
Timers
39 0 380 284 12924 0 0 ILMI
Input
40 0 380 284 6924 0 0 ILMI
Request
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
41 0 380 284 6924 0 0 ILMI
Response
42 0 0 0 6828 0 0 ILMI
Timer
Proce
43 0 6892 700 19020 0 0 ATM PVC
Discover
44 0 284 284 6828 0 0 ATMSIG
ILMI
Time
45 0 380 284 6924 0 0 ATMSIG
DRIVERAPI
46 0 284 284 12828 0 0 ATMSIG
Timer
47 0 380 284 12924 0 0 ATMSIG
Input
48 0 476 284 13020 0 0 ATMSIG
Client
49 0 0 0 6828 0 0 PPP IP
Add
Route
50 0 0 0 12828 0 0 TCP
Timer
51 0 0 0 12828 0 0 TCP
Protocols
52 0 248 0 7076 0 0 Probe
Input
53 0 96 0 6924 0 0 RARP
Input
54 0 0 0 6828 0 0 HTTP
Timer
55 0 0 0 6828 0 0 Socket
Timers
56 0 30052 284 22896 0 0 DHCPD
Receive
57 0 0 0 6828 0 0 IP Cache
Ager
58 0 1316 0 26144 0 0 COPS
59 0 248 0 7076 0 0 PAD
InCall
60 0 380 284 12924 0 0 X.25
Background
61 0 0 0 6828 0 0 TCP
Intercept Ti
62 0 284 284 6828 0 0 SPX
Input
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
63 0 536 284 7080 0 0 Adj
Manager
64 0 748 284 7292 0 0 TC-ATM
Proc
65 0 476 284 7020 0 0 Tag
Input
66 0 45924 8268 25312 0 0 OSPF
Router
67 0 284 284 6828 0 0 Net Serv
Timer
68 0 480 0 7308 0 0 Crypto
Support
69 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Router
Autoconf
70 0 3000 1284 15828 0 0 Crypto
ACL
71 0 232 0 13060 0 0 Encrypt
Proc
72 0 136 0 8964 0 0 Key Proc
73 0 9436 284 17980 0 0 Crypto
CA
74 0 10600 284 23144 0 0 Crypto
IKMP
75 0 28768 28252 7012 0 0 IPSEC
key
engine
76 0 0 0 6828 0 0 IPSEC
manual
key
77 0 96 0 6924 0 0 Syslog
Traps
78 0 676 0 7520 0 0 FR LMI
79 0 0 0 6844 0 0 FR
Broadcast
Out
80 0 292 0 7136 0 0 FR ARP
81 0 324 0 7152 0 0 FR
TUNNEL
82 0 0 0 6828 0 0 FR
FRAGMENTATION
83 0 248 0 7076 0 0 FRF9
manager
84 0 248 0 7076 0 0 FRF9
timed
event
PID TTY Allocated Freed Holding Getbufs Retbufs Process
85 0 2786004 2592940 320528 0 0 Exec
86 0 0 0 6828 0 0 DHCPD
Timer
87 0 196 0 7068 0 0 DHCPD
Database
4010052 Total
r6-Whitetooth#
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Dennis" <brian@5g.net>
To: "'Lupi, Guy'" <Guy.Lupi@eurekanetworks.net>; "'John Tafasi'"
<johntafasi@yahoo.com>; "'ccielab'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: Memory allocation of 40 bytes failed
> Technically your router could have enough memory but not enough free
> continuous memory (aka fragmented memory). So when checking the amount
> of free memory you need to also check the largest free block of memory
> available. Under normal operations these numbers should be pretty
close.
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
> Director of CCIE Training and Development -
> IPexpert, Inc.
> Mailto: brian@ipexpert.net
> Toll Free: 866.225.8064
> Outside U.S. & Canada: 312.321.6924
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Lupi, Guy
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:50 AM
> To: 'John Tafasi'; ccielab
> Subject: RE: Memory allocation of 40 bytes failed
>
> Do a show proc mem with no bgp configured and see what your free
memory
> level is. If it is too low, the router won't be able to start certain
> processes. Take a look at this link:
>
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_not
> e091
> 86a00800a6f3a.shtml#topic1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tafasi [mailto:johntafasi@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 1:37 PM
> To: ccielab
> Subject: Memory allocation of 40 bytes failed
>
>
> Hi Group,
>
> I have a problem with my 4500 series router. The router has a 32 MB
> memory,
> but as soon as I start configuring bgp it runs out of memory. Below
you
> will find the error message. Can some one tell me if this can be cured
> through configuration?
>
>
> Thanks
> John Tafasi
>
>
> r6-Whitetooth(config)#router bgp 65535
> r6-Whitetooth(config-router)#
> 00:05:42: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 40 bytes failed from
> 0x604E0388, alignment 0
> Pool: Processor Free: 32 Cause: Not enough free memory
> Alternate Pool: None Free: 0 Cause: No Alternate pool
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