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high utilization on core

benedict dcunha
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Dear All,

We have a 6509 core with the below modules running for a long time and the utilization used to be always 10 to 13 percent

checking with the supplier it was told to us that due to the firewall modue we have and its normal

Now 2 days back i noticed the utilzation had jumped to 90 %

and now it happened again

I see that on runnung proc cpu

16407    56.1%   56.5%    55.9% ios-base

16430    35.3%   35.2%    33.9% iprouting.iosproc  

Now I really apprecite if someone could advise me as to how I could trouble shoot this problem

thnks in advance

the modules present

Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
--- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ -----------
  1    6  Firewall Module                        WS-SVC-FWM-1       SAD140901XA
  3   16  16 port 1000mb GBIC ethernet           WS-X6416-GBIC      SAL0707D47C
  5   16  SFM-capable 16 port 1000mb GBIC        WS-X6516A-GBIC     SAL09295WXM
  6    5  Supervisor Engine 720 10GE (Active)    VS-S720-10G        SAL1310LB9G
  8   48  CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet  WS-X6748-GE-TX     SAD091902RJ
  9   48  48-port 10/100 mb RJ45                 WS-X6148-RJ-45     SAL0710052E

Mod MAC addresses                       Hw    Fw           Sw           Status
--- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ -------
  1  68ef.bd30.be98 to 68ef.bd30.be9f   4.5   7.2(1)       4.1(3)       Ok
  3  000b.fdd6.a7e8 to 000b.fdd6.a7f7   2.4   5.4(2)       8.7(0.22)BUB Ok
  5  0014.f231.7ab0 to 0014.f231.7abf   4.2   7.2(1)       8.7(0.22)BUB Ok
  6  001f.6cbd.3760 to 001f.6cbd.3767   3.1   8.5(3)       12.2(33)SXH4 Ok
  8  0013.8051.0088 to 0013.8051.00b7   2.2   12.2(14r)S5  12.2(33)SXH4 Ok
  9  000c.30a3.f6c0 to 000c.30a3.f6ef   1.1   5.4(2)       8.7(0.22)BUB Ok

Mod  Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw     Status
---- --------------------------- ------------------ ----------- ------- -------
  6  Policy Feature Card 3       VS-F6K-PFC3C       SAL1309L1SS  1.0    Ok
  6  MSFC3 Daughterboard         VS-F6K-MSFC3       SAL1307JSSB  1.1    Ok
  8  Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       SAL1031X5MB  3.0    Ok

Mod  Online Diag Status
---- -------------------
  1  Pass
  3  Pass
  5  Pass
  6  Pass
  8  Pass
  9  Pass

regards

simon

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Kureli Sankar
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

You may want to open a discussion on the swithching community.

https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/network-infrastructure/switching

Session into the FWSM (session slot 1 proc 1) that is on slot one and issue "sh cpu usage" and see wha the CPU is on the firewall.

-Kureli

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