I have a bit of problem with a 3560g switch on our network.
It has developed memory allocation issues.. some outputs below...
ServerSwG1#show memory summary
Head Total(b) Used(b) Free(b) Lowest(b) Largest(b)
Processor 1A9D784 91906532 31278656 60627876 60296420 60296904
I/O 7400000 12574720 12568208 6512 6512 1504
in the logging i get various processes reporting memory allocation failure..
-Process= "Pool Manager", ipl= 0, pid= 5
-Traceback= 96AC40 DECC50 DF08FC 270B70 275404 275558 75D788 7579CC
Sep 14 14:12:43: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 1696 bytes failed from 0x270B6C, alignment 8
Pool: I/O Free: 6512 Cause: Memory fragmentation
Alternate Pool: None Free: 0 Cause: No Alternate pool
-Process= "Pool Manager", ipl= 0, pid= 5
-Traceback= 96AC40 DECC50 DF08FC 270B70 275404 275558 75D788 7579CC
Sep 14 14:13:13: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 1696 bytes failed from 0x270B6C, alignment 8
Pool: I/O Free: 6512 Cause: Memory fragmentation
Alternate Pool: None Free: 0 Cause: No Alternate pool
-Process= "Pool Manager", ipl= 0, pid= 5
-Traceback= 96AC40 DECC50 DF08FC 270B70 275404 275558 75D788 7579CC
Sep 14 14:13:43: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 1696 bytes failed from 0x270B6C, alignment 8
Pool: I/O Free: 6512 Cause: Memory fragmentation
Alternate Pool: None Free: 0 Cause: No Alternate pool
-Process= "Pool Manager", ipl= 0, pid= 5
-Traceback= 96AC40 DECC50 DF08FC 270B70 275404 275558 75D788 7579CC
Sep 14 14:14:13: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory allocation of 1696 bytes failed from 0x270B6C, alignment 8
Pool: I/O Free: 6512 Cause: Memory fragmentation
Alternate Pool: None Free: 0 Cause: No Alternate pool
here is sh ver...
Cisco IOS Software, C3560 Software (C3560-IPSERVICES-M), Version 12.2(25)SEB4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 30-Aug-05 14:19 by yenanh
ROM: Bootstrap program is C3560 boot loader
BOOTLDR: C3560 Boot Loader (C3560-HBOOT-M) Version 12.2(25r)SE1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc)
ServerSwG1 uptime is 1 year, 21 weeks, 2 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 15:06:09 UTC Fri Apr 17 2009
System image file is "flash:c3560-ipservices-mz.122-25.SEB4/c3560-ipservices-mz.122-25.SEB4.bin"
cisco WS-C3560G-48TS (PowerPC405) processor (revision C0) with 118784K/12280K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC1004Z5U0
Last reset from power-on
2 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
52 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
ServerSwG1#sh processes cpu | exclude 0.00%__0.00%__0.00%
CPU utilization for five seconds: 5%/0%; one minute: 5%; five minutes: 5%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
4 46209324 5283093 8746 0.00% 0.12% 0.11% 0 Check heaps
30 6647336 8965893 741 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 Compute load avg
35 332974121135628769 29 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0 RedEarth Tx Mana
41 559563542357362707 23 0.00% 0.02% 0.01% 0 Fifo Error Detec
111 82585256 8880662 9299 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0 HQM Stack Proces
120 92112622 43955598 2095 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 PI MATM Aging Pr
142 57241862 380353073 150 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 0 IP Input
145 364030563 191828039 1897 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 Spanning Tree
187 4525 22805 198 0.31% 0.09% 0.21% 1 Virtual Exec
the switch doesnt do anything intensive, is used pure at layer 2
any ideas why its suddenly developed this error? , i will reboot the switch tonight.
