Memory allocation failed

slandeira · ‎10-19-2007

Hello!! I have a Cisco 7206VXR restarts with some frequency

Router#show version

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-JS56I-M), Version 12.1(14), RELEASE SOFTWARE

Compiled Mon 25-Mar-02 17:16 by kellythw

Image text-base: 0x60008950, data-base: 0x61BB4000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(19990210:195103) [12.0XE 105],

DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

BOOTLDR: 7200 Software (C7200-BOOT-M), Version 12.0(2)XE2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT

RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Router uptime is 1 minute

System returned to ROM by error - a Software forced crash, PC 0x6051B25C at

20:29:45 CEST Tue Oct 9 2007

System restarted at 20:31:33 CEST Tue Oct 9 2007

System image file is "slot1:c7200-js56i-mz.121-14.bin"

cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor (revision B) with 57344K/40960K bytes of

memory.

Processor board ID 16078227

R7000 CPU at 262Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 1.0, 256KB L2, 2048KB L3 Cache

6 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.0

Last reset from power-on

Bridging software.

X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.

TN3270 Emulation software.

Basic Rate ISDN software, Version 1.1.

3 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

8 Serial network interface(s)

8 ISDN Basic Rate interface(s)

1 ATM network interface(s)

125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

16384K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 1 (Sector size 128K).

4096K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).

Configuration register is 0x102

We changed version to E3 12.1.27b that is the last one available on the web Cisco that this router admits, has only 64Megas RAM, but still giving errors:

00:12:03: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 129016 bytes failed from 0x605502B0, alignment 0

Pool: Processor Free: 74156 Cause: Not enough free memory

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

-Process= "Virtual Exec", ipl= 0, pid= 165

-Traceback= 605F5B28 605F7A88 605502B8 606358A4 606303CC 60630510 6062A254 60632490 60632E38 6063A258 60571350

60580114 605E9EBC 605E9EA8

I think we have a problem with memory. What do you think? What can I do?

If we have to buy more memory How can I tell how much memory needed to manage all the processes?

Thanks.

owillins · ‎10-25-2007

The requested memory allocation is not available from the specified memory pool. The router memory has been exhausted or fragmented. This condition may be caused by the current system configuration, the network environment, or a software error.

Recommended Action is Check the minimum memory requirements for your system configuration. If your system meets those requirements, this condition is probably caused by a software failure. To take advantage of recent fixes, upgrade your system to the latest Cisco IOS software release

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_note09186a00800a6f3a.shtml