Monitoring System Processes and Logs

This chapter provides details on monitoring the health of the switch and includes the following sections:

Information About System Processes and Logs

This section includes the following topics:

Saving Cores

You can save cores (from the active supervisor module, the standby supervisor module, or any switching module) to an external CompactFlash (slot 0) or to a TFTP server in one of two ways:

  • On demand—Copies a single file based on the provided process ID.
  • Periodically—Copies core files periodically as configured by the user.

A new scheme overwrites any previously issued scheme. For example, if you perform another core log copy task, the cores are periodically saved to the new location or file.

Saving the Last Core to Bootflash

This last core dump is automatically saved to bootflash in the /mnt/pss/ partition before the switchover or reboot occurs. Three minutes after the supervisor module reboots, the saved last core is restored from the flash partition (/mnt/pss) back to its original RAM location. This restoration is a background process and is not visible to the user.

Tip The timestamp on the restored last core file displays the time when the supervisor booted up not when the last core was actually dumped. To obtain the exact time of the last core dump, check the corresponding log file with the same PID.

To view the last core information, enter the show cores command in EXEC mode.

To view the time of the actual last core dump, enter the show process log command in EXEC mode.

First and Last Core

The first and last core feature uses the limited system resource and retains the most important core files. Generally, the first core and the most recently generated core have the information for debugging and, the first and last core feature tries to retain the first and the last core information.

If the core files are generated from an active supervisor module, the number of core files for the service is defined in the service.conf file. There is no upper limit on the total number of core files in the active supervisor module.

To display the core files saved in the system, use the show cores command.

Online System Health Management

The Online Health Management System (OHMS) (system health) is a hardware fault detection and recovery feature. It ensures the general health of switching, services, and supervisor modules in any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

The OHMS monitors system hardware in the following ways:

  • The OHMS component running on the active supervisor maintains control over all other OHMS components running on the other modules in the switch.
  • The system health application running in the standby supervisor module only monitors the standby supervisor module, if that module is available in the HA standby mode.

The OHMS application launches a daemon process in all modules and runs multiple tests on each module to test individual module components. The tests run at preconfigured intervals, cover all major fault points, and isolate any failing component in the MDS switch. The OHMS running on the active supervisor maintains control over all other OHMS components running on all other modules in the switch.

On detecting a fault, the system health application attempts the following recovery actions:

  • Performs additional testing to isolate the faulty component.
  • Attempts to reconfigure the component by retrieving its configuration information from persistent storage.
  • If unable to recover, sends Call Home notifications, system messages and exception logs; and shuts down and discontinues testing the failed module or component (such as an interface).
  • Sends Call Home and system messages and exception logs as soon as it detects a failure.
  • Shuts down the failing module or component (such as an interface).
  • Isolates failed ports from further testing.
  • Reports the failure to the appropriate software component.
  • Switches to the standby supervisor module, if an error is detected on the active supervisor module and a standby supervisor module exists in the Cisco MDS switch. After the switchover, the new active supervisor module restarts the active supervisor tests.
  • Reloads the switch if a standby supervisor module does not exist in the switch.
  • Provides CLI support to view, test, and obtain test run statistics or change the system health test configuration on the switch.
  • Performs tests to focus on the problem area.

Each module is configured to run the test relevant to that module. You can change the default parameters of the test in each module as required.

Loopback Test Configuration Frequency

Loopback tests are designed to identify hardware errors in the data path in the module(s) and the control path in the supervisors. One loopback frame is sent to each module at a preconfigured frequency—it passes through each configured interface and returns to the supervisor module.

The loopback tests can be run at frequencies ranging from 5 seconds (default) to 255 seconds. If you do not configure the loopback frequency value, the default frequency of 5 seconds is used for all modules in the switch. Loopback test frequencies can be altered for each module.

Loopback Test Configuration Frame Length

Loopback tests are designed to identify hardware errors in the data path in the module(s) and the control path in the supervisors. One loopback frame is sent to each module at a preconfigured size—it passes through each configured interface and returns to the supervisor module.

The loopback tests can be run with frame sizes ranging from 0 bytes to 128 bytes. If you do not configure the loopback frame length value, the switch generates random frame lengths for all modules in the switch (auto mode). Loopback test frame lengths can be altered for each module.

Hardware Failure Action

The failure-action command controls the Cisco NX-OS software from taking any action if a hardware failure is determined while running the tests.

By default, this feature is enabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family—action is taken if a failure is determined and the failed component is isolated from further testing.

Failure action is controlled at individual test levels (per module), at the module level (for all tests), or for the entire switch.

Performing Test Run Requirements

Enabling a test does not guarantee that the test will run.

Tests on a specific interface or module only run if you enable system health for all of the following items:

  • The entire switch
  • The required module
  • The required interface

Tip The test will not run if system health is disabled in any combination. If system health is disabled to run tests, the test status shows up as disabled.

Tip If the specific module or interface is enabled to run tests, but is not running the tests due to system health being disabled, then tests show up as enabled (not running).

Tests for a Specified Module

The system health feature in the NX-OS software performs tests in the following areas:

  • Active supervisor’s in-band connectivity to the fabric.
  • Standby supervisor’s arbiter availability.
  • Bootflash connectivity and accessibility on all modules.
  • EOBC connectivity and accessibility on all modules.
  • Data path integrity for each interface on all modules.
  • Management port’s connectivity.
  • User-driven test for external connectivity verification, port is shut down during the test (Fibre Channel ports only).
  • User-driven test for internal connectivity verification (Fibre Channel and iSCSI ports).

Clearing Previous Error Reports

You can clear the error history for Fibre Channel interfaces, iSCSI interfaces, an entire module, or one particular test for an entire module. By clearing the history, you are directing the software to retest all failed components that were previously excluded from tests.

If you previously enabled the failure-action option for a period of time (for example, one week) to prevent OHMS from taking any action when a failure is encountered and after that week you are now ready to start receiving these errors again, then you must clear the system health error status for each test.

Tip The management port test cannot be run on a standby supervisor module.

Interpreting the Current Status

The status of each module or test depends on the current configured state of the OHMS test in that particular module (see Table 56-1 ).

 

Table 56-1 OHMS Configured Status for Tests and Modules

Status
Description

Enabled

You have currently enabled the test in this module and the test is not running.

Disabled

You have currently disabled the test in this module.

Running

You have enabled the test and the test is currently running in this module.

Failing

This state is displayed if a failure is imminent for the test running in this module—possibility of test recovery exists in this state.

Failed

The test has failed in this module—and the state cannot be recovered.

Stopped

The test has been internally stopped in this module by the Cisco NX-OS software.

Internal failure

The test encountered an internal failure in this module. For example, the system health application is not able to open a socket as part of the test procedure.

Diags failed

The startup diagnostics has failed for this module or interface.

On demand

The system health external-loopback or the system health internal-loopback tests are currently running in this module. Only these two commands can be issued on demand.

Suspended

Only encountered in the MDS 9100 Series due to one oversubscribed port moving to a E or TE port mode. If one oversubscribed port moves to this mode, the other three oversubscribed ports in the group are suspended.

The status of each test in each module is visible when you display any of the show system health commands. See the “Displaying System Health” section.

On-Board Failure Logging

The Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules provide the facility to log failure data to persistent storage, which can be retrieved and displayed for analysis. This on-board failure logging (OBFL) feature stores failure and environmental information in nonvolatile memory on the module. The information will help in post-mortem analysis of failed cards.

OBFL data is stored in the existing CompactFlash on the module. OBFL uses the persistent logging (PLOG) facility available in the module firmware to store data in the CompactFlash. It also provides the mechanism to retrieve the stored data.

The data stored by the OBFL facility includes the following:

  • Time of initial power-on
  • Slot number of the card in the chassis
  • Initial temperature of the card
  • Firmware, BIOS, FPGA, and ASIC versions
  • Serial number of the card
  • Stack trace for crashes
  • CPU hog information
  • Memory leak information
  • Software error messages
  • Hardware exception logs
  • Environmental history
  • OBFL specific history information
  • ASIC interrupt and error statistics history
  • ASIC register dumps

Default Settings

Table 56-2 lists the default system health and log settings.

 

Table 56-2 Default System Health and Log Settings

Parameters
Default

Kernel core generation

One module

System health

Enabled

Loopback frequency

5 seconds

Failure action

Enabled

Core and Log Files

This section includes the following topics:

Saving Cores

Prerequisites

  • Be sure to create any required directory before performing this task. If the directory specified by this task does not exist, the switch software logs a system message each time a copy cores is attempted.

 

To copy the core and log files on demand, follow this step:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# show cores

Displays all the core files.

Step 2

switch# copy core:7407 slot0:coreSample

Copies the core file with the process ID 7407 as coreSample in slot 0.

switch# copy core://5/1524 tftp://1.1.1.1/abcd

 

Copies cores (if any) of a process with PID 1524 generated on slot 51 or slot 72 to the TFTP server at IPv4 address 1.1.1.1.

Note You can also use IPv6 addresses to identify the TFTP server.

1.Cisco MDS 9506 or Cisco MDS 9509 switch

2.Cisco MDS 9513 Director

To copy the core and log files periodically, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# show system cores

Displays all the core files.

Step 2

switch# config t

Enters configuration mode.

Step 3

switch(config)# system cores slot0:coreSample

Copies the core file (coreSample) to slot 0.

switch(config)# system cores tftp://1.1.1.1/abcd

Copies the core file (abcd) in the specified directory on the TFTP server at IPv4 address 1.1.1.1.

Note You can also use IPv6 addresses to identify the TFTP server.

switch(config)# no system cores

Disables the core files copying feature.

Examples

If the core file for the specified process ID is not available, you see the following response:

switch# copy core://7/123 slot0:abcd
No matching core file found
 
switch# copy core:133 slot0:foo
Enter module number:7
No matching core file found
 
switch# copy core://7/133 slot0:foo
No matching core file found
 

If two core files exist with the same process ID, only one file is copied:

switch# copy core:7407 slot0:foo1
2 core files found with pid 7407
Only “/isan/tmp/logs/calc_server_log.7407.tar.gz” will be copied to the destination.

Clearing the Core Directory

Clearing the Core Directory

Use the clear cores command to clean out the core directory. The software clears all the core files and other cores present on the active supervisor module.

switch# clear cores

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that SSH2 is enabled on this switch.

 

To clear the cores on a switch, follow these steps:

Step 1 Click Clear to clear the cores.

The software keeps the last few cores, per service and per slot, and clears all the core files and other cores present on the active supervisor module.

Step 2 Click Close to close the dialog box.

 

Configuring System Health

The Online Health Management System (OHMS) (system health) is a hardware fault detection and recovery feature. It ensures the general health of switching, services, and supervisor modules in any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

This section includes the following topics:

Task Flow for Configuring System Health

Follow these steps to configure system health:

Step 1 Enable System Health Initiation.

Step 2 Configure Loopback Test Configuration Frequency.

Step 3 Cofigure Loopback Test Configuration Frame Length.

Step 4 Configure Hardware Failure Action.

Step 5 Perform Test Run Requirements.

Step 6 Clear Previous Error Reports.

Step 7 Perform Internal Loopback Tests.

Step 8 Perform External Loopback Tests.

Step 9 Perform Serdes Loopbacks.

 

Enabling System Health Initiation

By default, the system health feature is enabled in each switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

To disable or enable this feature in any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# no system health

System Health is disabled.

Disables system health from running tests in this switch.

switch(config)# system health

System Health is enabled.

Enables (default) system health to run tests in this switch.

Step 3

switch(config)# no system health interface fc8/1

System health for interface fc8/13 is disabled.

Disables system health from testing the specified interface.

switch(config)# system health interface fc8/1

System health for interface fc8/13 is enabled.

Enables (default) system health to test for the specified interface.

Configuring Loopback Test Configuration Frequency

To configure the frequency of loopback tests for all modules on a switch, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# system health loopback frequency 50

The new frequency is set at 50 Seconds.

Configures the loopback frequency to 50 seconds. The default loopback frequency is 5 seconds. The valid range is from 5 to 255 seconds.

Cofiguring Loopback Test Configuration Frame Length

To configure the frame length for loopback tests for all modules on a switch, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# system health loopback frame-length 128

Configures the loopback frame length to 128 bytes. The valid range is 0 to 128 bytes.

Step 3

switch(config)# system health loopback frame-length auto

Configures the loopback frame length to automatically generate random lengths (default).

Configuring Hardware Failure Action

To configure failure action in a switch, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# system health failure-action

System health global failure action is now enabled.

Enables the switch to take failure action (default).

Step 3

switch(config)# no system health failure-action

System health global failure action now disabled.

Reverts the switch configuration to prevent failure action being taken.

Step 4

switch(config)# system health module 1 failure-action

System health failure action for module 1 is now enabled.

Enables switch to take failure action for failures in module 1.

Step 5

switch(config)# no system health module 1 loopback failure-action

System health failure action for module 1 loopback test is now disabled.

Prevents the switch from taking action on failures determined by the loopback test in module 1.

Performing Test Run Requirements

To perform the required test on a specific module, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

 

Note The following steps can be performed in any order.

 

Note The various options for each test are described in the next step. Each command can be configured in any order. The various options are presented in the same step for documentation purposes.

Step 2

switch(config)# system health module 8 bootflash

Enables the bootflash test on module in slot 8.

switch(config)# system health module 8 bootflash frequency 200

Sets the new frequency of the bootflash test on module 8 to 200 seconds.

Step 3

switch(config)# system health module 8 eobc

Enables the EOBC test on module in slot 8.

Step 4

switch(config)# system health module 8 loopback

Enables the loopback test on module in slot 8.

Step 5

switch(config)# system health module 5 management

Enables the management test on module in slot 5.

Clearing Previous Error Reports

Use the EXEC-level system health clear-errors command at the interface or module level to erase any previous error conditions logged by the system health application. The bootflash , the eobc , the inband , the loopback , and the mgmt test options can be individually specified for a given module.

The following example clears the error history for the specified Fibre Channel interface:

switch# system health clear-errors interface fc 3/1
 

The following example clears the error history for the specified module:

switch# system health clear-errors module 3
 

The following example clears the management test error history for the specified module:

switch# system health clear-errors module 1 mgmt

Performing Internal Loopback Tests

You can run manual loopback tests to identify hardware errors in the data path in the switching or services modules, and the control path in the supervisor modules. Internal loopback tests send and receive FC2 frames to and from the same ports and provide the round-trip time taken in microseconds. These tests are available for Fibre Channel, IPS, and iSCSI interfaces.

Use the EXEC-level system health internal-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module.

switch# system health internal-loopback interface iscsi 8/1
Internal loopback test on interface iscsi8/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
Round trip time taken is 79 useconds
 

Use the EXEC-level system health internal-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module and override the frame count configured on the switch.

switch# system health internal-loopback interface iscsi 8/1 frame-count 20
Internal loopback test on interface iscsi8/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
Round trip time taken is 79 useconds
 

Use the EXEC-level system health internal-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module and override the frame length configured on the switch.

switch# system health internal-loopback interface iscsi 8/1 frame-count 32
Internal loopback test on interface iscsi8/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
Round trip time taken is 79 useconds
 

Note If the test fails to complete successfully, the software analyzes the failure and prints the following error:

External loopback test on interface fc 7/2 failed. Failure reason: Failed to loopback, analysis complete Failed device ID 3 on module 1

Choose Interface > Diagnostics > Internal to perform an internal loopback test from Device Manager.

Performing External Loopback Tests

You can run manual loopback tests to identify hardware errors in the data path in the switching or services modules, and the control path in the supervisor modules. External loopback tests send and receive FC2 frames to and from the same port or between two ports.

You need to connect a cable (or a plug) to loop the Rx port to the Tx port before running the test. If you are testing to and from the same port, you need a special loop cable. If you are testing to and from different ports, you can use a regular cable. This test is only available for Fibre Channel interfaces.

Use the EXEC-level system health external-loopback interface interface command to run this test on demand for external devices connected to a switch that is part of a long-haul network.

switch# system health external-loopback interface fc 3/1
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
External loopback test on interface fc3/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
 

Use the EXEC-level system health external-loopback source interface destination interface interface command to run this test on demand between two ports on the switch.

switch# system health external-loopback source interface fc 3/1 destination interface fc 3/2
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
External loopback test on interface fc3/1 and interface fc3/2 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
 

Use the EXEC-level system health external-loopback interface frame-count command to run this test on demand for external devices connected to a switch that is part of a long-haul network and override the frame count configured on the switch.

switch# system health external-loopback interface fc 3/1 frame-count 10
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
External loopback test on interface fc3/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
 

Use the EXEC-level system health external-loopback interface frame-length command to run this test on demand for external devices connected to a switch that is part of a long-haul network and override the frame length configured on the switch.

switch# system health external-loopback interface fc 3/1 frame-length 64
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
External loopback test on interface fc3/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames
 

Use the system health external-loopback interface force command to shut down the required interface directly without a back out confirmation.

switch# system health external-loopback interface fc 3/1 force
External loopback test on interface fc3/1 was successful.
Sent 1 received 1 frames

Note If the test fails to complete successfully, the software analyzes the failure and prints the following error:

External loopback test on interface fc 7/2 failed. Failure reason: Failed to loopback, analysis complete Failed device ID 3 on module 1

Choose Interface > Diagnostics > External to perform an external loopback test from Device Manager.

Performing Serdes Loopbacks

Serializer/Deserializer (serdes) loopback tests the hardware for a port. These tests are available for Fibre Channel interfaces.

Use the EXEC-level system health serdes-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module.

switch# system health serdes-loopback interface fc 3/1
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
Serdes loopback test passed for module 3 port 1
 

Use the EXEC-level system health serdes-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module and override the frame count configured on the switch.

switch# system health serdes-loopback interface fc 3/1 frame-count 10
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
Serdes loopback test passed for module 3 port 1
 

Use the EXEC-level system health serdes-loopback command to explicitly run this test on demand (when requested by the user) within ports for the entire module and override the frame length configured on the switch.

switch# system health serdes-loopback interface fc 3/1 frame-length 32
This will shut the requested interfaces Do you want to continue (y/n)? [n] y
Serdes loopback test passed for module 3 port 1
 

Note If the test fails to complete successfully, the software analyzes the failure and prints the following error:

External loopback test on interface fc 3/1 failed. Failure reason: Failed to loopback, analysis complete Failed device ID 3 on module 3.

Configuring On-Board Failure Logging

The Generation 2 Fibre Channel switching modules provide the facility to log failure data to persistent storage, which can be retrieved and displayed for analysis. This on-board failure logging (OBFL) feature stores failure and environmental information in nonvolatile memory on the module. The information will help in post-mortem analysis of failed cards.

This section includes the following topics:

Configuring OBFL for the Switch

To configure OBFL for all the modules on the switch, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard

Enables all OBFL features.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard cpu-hog

Enables the OBFL CPU hog events.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard environmental-history

Enables the OBFL environmental history.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard error-stats

Enables the OBFL error statistics.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard interrupt-stats

Enables the OBFL interrupt statistics.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard mem-leak

Enables the OBFL memory leak events.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard miscellaneous-error

Enables the OBFL miscellaneous information.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard obfl-log

Enables the boot uptime, device version, and OBFL history.

switch(config)# no hw-module logging onboard

Disables all OBFL features.

Configuring OBFL for a Module

To configure OBFL for specific modules on the switch, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# config terminal

switch(config)#

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1

Enables all OBFL features on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 cpu-hog

Enables the OBFL CPU hog events on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 environmental-history

Enables the OBFL environmental history on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 error-stats

Enables the OBFL error statistics on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 interrupt-stats

Enables the OBFL interrupt statistics on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 mem-leak

Enables the OBFL memory leak events on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 miscellaneous-error

Enables the OBFL miscellaneous information on a module.

switch(config)# hw-module logging onboard module 1 obfl-log

Enables the boot uptime, device version, and OBFL history on a module.

switch(config)# no hw-module logging onboard module 1

Disables all OBFL features on a module.

Clearing the Module Counters

Restrictions

  • The module counters cannot be cleared using Device Manager or DCNM-SAN.

 

To reset the module couters, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# attach module 1

ModuleX#

Attaches module 1 to the chasis.

Step 2

ModuleX# clear asic-cnt all

Clears the counters for all the devices in the module.

ModuleX# clear asic-cnt list-all-devices

ModuleX# clear asic-cnt device-id device-id

Clears the counters for only the specified device ID. The device ID can vary from 1 through 255.

To reset the counters for all the modules, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1

switch# debug system internal clear-counters all

switch#

Clears the counters for all the modules in the switch.

Verifying System Processes and Logs Configuration

To display the system processes and logs configuration information, perform one of the following tasks:

Command
Purpose

show processes

Displays system processes

show system

Displays system-related status information

show system cores

Display the currently configured scheme for copying cores

show system health

Displays system-related status information

show system health loopback frame-length

Verifies the loopback frequency configuration

show logging onboard status

Displays the configuration status of OBFL

For detailed information about the fields in the output from these commands, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference .

This section includes the following topics:

Displaying System Processes

To obtain general information about all processes, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Admin > Running Processes .

You see the Running Processes dialog box.

 

Where:

    • ProcessId = Process ID
    • Name = Name of the process
    • MemAllocated = Sum of all the dynamically allocated memory that this process has received from the system, including memory that may have been returned
    • CPU Time (ms) = CPU time the process has used, in microseconds

Step 2 Click Close to close the dialog box.

 

Use the show processes command to obtain general information about all processes (see Example 56-1 to Example 56-6).

Example 56-1 Displays System Processes

switch# show processes
PID State PC Start_cnt TTY Process
----- ----- -------- ----------- ---- -------------
868 S 2ae4f33e 1 - snmpd
869 S 2acee33e 1 - rscn
870 S 2ac36c24 1 - qos
871 S 2ac44c24 1 - port-channel
872 S 2ac7a33e 1 - ntp
- ER - 1 - mdog
- NR - 0 - vbuilder
 

Where:

  • ProcessId = Process ID
  • State = process state.

– D = uninterruptible sleep (usually I/O).

– R = runnable (on run queue).

– S = sleeping.

– T = traced or stopped.

– Z = defunct (“zombie”) process.

  • NR = not running.
  • ER = should be running but currently not-running.
  • PC = current program counter in hex format.
  • Start_cnt = number of times a process has been started (or restarted).
  • TTY = terminal that controls the process. A hyphen usually means a daemon not running on any particular TTY.
  • Process Name = name Name of the process.

Example 56-2 Displays CPU Utilization Information

switch# show processes cpu
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 1Sec Process
----- ----------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
842 3807 137001 27 0.0 sysmgr
1112 1220 67974 17 0.0 syslogd
1269 220 13568 16 0.0 fcfwd
1276 2901 15419 188 0.0 zone
1277 738 21010 35 0.0 xbar_client
1278 1159 6789 170 0.0 wwn
1279 515 67617 7 0.0 vsan
 

Where:

  • MemAllocated = Sum of all the dynamically allocated memory that this process has received from the system, including memory that may have been returned
  • Runtime CPU Time (ms) = CPU time the process has used, expressed in milliseconds.microseconds
  • Invoked = number of times the process has been invoked.
  • uSecs = microseconds of CPU time on average for each process invocation.
  • 1Sec = CPU utilization in percentage for the last one second.

Example 56-3 Displays Process Log Information

switch# show processes log
Process PID Normal-exit Stack-trace Core Log-create-time
---------------- ------ ----------- ----------- ------- ---------------
fspf 1339 N Y N Jan 5 04:25
lcm 1559 N Y N Jan 2 04:49
rib 1741 N Y N Jan 1 06:05
 

Where:

  • Normal-exit = whether or not the process exited normally.
  • Stack-trace = whether or not there is a stack trace in the log.
  • Core = whether or not there exists a core file.
  • Log-create-time = when the log file got generated.

Example 56-4 Displays Detail Log Information About a Process

switch# show processes log pid 1339
Service: fspf
Description: FSPF Routing Protocol Application
 
Started at Sat Jan 5 03:23:44 1980 (545631 us)
Stopped at Sat Jan 5 04:25:57 1980 (819598 us)
Uptime: 1 hours 2 minutes 2 seconds
 
Start type: SRV_OPTION_RESTART_STATELESS (23)
Death reason: SYSMGR_DEATH_REASON_FAILURE_SIGNAL (2)
Exit code: signal 9 (no core)
CWD: /var/sysmgr/work
 
Virtual Memory:
 
CODE 08048000 - 0809A100
DATA 0809B100 - 0809B65C
BRK 0809D988 - 080CD000
STACK 7FFFFD20
TOTAL 23764 KB
 
Register Set:
 
EBX 00000005 ECX 7FFFF8CC EDX 00000000
ESI 00000000 EDI 7FFFF6CC EBP 7FFFF95C
EAX FFFFFDFE XDS 8010002B XES 0000002B
EAX 0000008E (orig) EIP 2ACE133E XCS 00000023
EFL 00000207 ESP 7FFFF654 XSS 0000002B
 
Stack: 1740 bytes. ESP 7FFFF654, TOP 7FFFFD20
 
0x7FFFF654: 00000000 00000008 00000003 08051E95 ................
0x7FFFF664: 00000005 7FFFF8CC 00000000 00000000 ................
0x7FFFF674: 7FFFF6CC 00000001 7FFFF95C 080522CD ........\...."..
0x7FFFF684: 7FFFF9A4 00000008 7FFFFC34 2AC1F18C ........4......*

Example 56-5 Displays All Process Log Details

switch# show processes log details
======================================================
Service: snmpd
Description: SNMP Agent
 
Started at Wed Jan 9 00:14:55 1980 (597263 us)
Stopped at Fri Jan 11 10:08:36 1980 (649860 us)
Uptime: 2 days 9 hours 53 minutes 53 seconds
 
Start type: SRV_OPTION_RESTART_STATEFUL (24)
Death reason: SYSMGR_DEATH_REASON_FAILURE_SIGNAL (2)
Exit code: signal 6 (core dumped)
CWD: /var/sysmgr/work
Virtual Memory:
 
CODE 08048000 - 0804C4A0
DATA 0804D4A0 - 0804D770
BRK 0804DFC4 - 0818F000
STACK 7FFFFCE0
TOTAL 26656 KB
...

Example 56-6 Displays Memory Information About Processes

switch# show processes memory
PID MemAlloc MemLimit MemUsed StackBase/Ptr Process
----- -------- ---------- ---------- ----------------- ----------------
1 147456 0 1667072 7ffffe50/7ffff950 init
2 0 0 0 0/0 ksoftirqd/0
3 0 0 0 0/0 desched/0
4 0 0 0 0/0 events/0
5 0 0 0 0/0 khelper
 

Where:

  • MemAlloc = total memory allocated by the process.
  • StackBase/Ptr = process stack base and current stack pointer in hex format.

Displaying System Status

Use the show system command to display system-related status information (see Example 56-7 to Example 56-10).

Example 56-7 Displays Default Switch Port States

switch# show system default switchport
System default port state is down
System default trunk mode is on
 

Example 56-8 Displays Error Information for a Specified ID

switch# show system error-id 0x401D0019
Error Facility: module
Error Description: Failed to stop Linecard Async Notification.

Example 56-9 Displays the System Reset Information

switch# Show system reset-reason module 5
----- reset reason for module 5 -----
1) At 224801 usecs after Fri Nov 21 16:36:40 2003
Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload
Service:
Version: 1.3(1)
2) At 922828 usecs after Fri Nov 21 16:02:48 2003
Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload
Service:
Version: 1.3(1)
3) At 318034 usecs after Fri Nov 21 14:03:36 2003
Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload
Service:
Version: 1.3(1)
4) At 255842 usecs after Wed Nov 19 00:07:49 2003
Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload
Service:
Version: 1.3(1)
 

The show system reset-reason command displays the following information:

  • In a Cisco MDS 9513 Director, the last four reset-reason codes for the supervisor module in slot 7 and slot 8 are displayed. If either supervisor module is absent, the reset-reason codes for that supervisor module are not displayed.
  • In a Cisco MDS 9506 or Cisco MDS 9509 switch, the last four reset-reason codes for the supervisor module in slot 5 and slot 6 are displayed. If either supervisor module is absent, the reset-reason codes for that supervisor module are not displayed.
  • In a Cisco MDS 9200 Series switch, the last four reset-reason codes for the supervisor module in slot 1 are displayed.
  • The show system reset-reason module number command displays the last four reset-reason codes for a specific module in a given slot. If a module is absent, then the reset-reason codes for that module are not displayed.

Use the clear system reset-reason command to clear the reset-reason information stored in NVRAM and volatile persistent storage.

  • In a Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch, this command clears the reset-reason information stored in NVRAM in the active and standby supervisor modules.
  • In a Cisco MDS 9200 Series switch, this command clears the reset-reason information stored in NVRAM in the active supervisor module.

Example 56-10 Displays System Uptime

switch# show system uptime
Start Time: Sun Oct 13 18:09:23 2030
Up Time: 0 days, 9 hours, 46 minutes, 26 seconds
 

Use the show system resources command to display system-related CPU and memory statistics (see Example 56-11).

Example 56-11 Displays System-Related CPU and Memory Information

switch# show system resources
Load average: 1 minute: 0.43 5 minutes: 0.17 15 minutes: 0.11
Processes : 100 total, 2 running
CPU states : 0.0% user, 0.0% kernel, 100.0% idle
Memory usage: 1027628K total, 313424K used, 714204K free
3620K buffers, 22278K cache
 

Where:

  • Load average—Displays the number of running processes. The average reflects the system load over the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
  • Processes—Displays the number of processes in the system, and how many are actually running when the command is issued.
  • CPU states—Displays the CPU usage percentage in user mode, kernel mode, and idle time in the last one second.
  • Memory usage—Displays the total memory, used memory, free memory, memory used for buffers, and memory used for cache in KB. Buffers and cache are also included in the used memory statistics.

To display system status from Device Manager, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Physical > System .

You see the System dialog box.

Step 2 Click Close to close the dialog box.

 

Displaying Core Status

Use the show system cores command to display the currently configured scheme for copying cores. See Examples 56-12 to 56-15 .

Example 56-12 Displays the Message when Cores are Transferred to TFTP

switch# show system cores
Cores are transferred to tftp://171.69.21.28/ernguyen/CORE/

Example 56-13 Displays the Message when Cores are Transferred to the External CF

switch(config)# show system cores
Cores are transferred to slot0:abcd

Example 56-14 Displays All Cores Available for Upload from the Active Supervisor Module

switch# show cores
Module-num Process-name PID Core-create-time
---------- ------------ --- ----------------
5 fspf 1524 Nov 9 03:11
6 fcc 919 Nov 9 03:09
8 acltcam 285 Nov 9 03:09
8 fib 283 Nov 9 03:08

Example 56-15 Displays Logs on the Local System

switch# show processes log
Process PID Normal-exit Stack Core Log-create-time
---------------- ------ ----------- ----- ----- ---------------
ExceptionLog 2862 N Y N Wed Aug 6 15:08:34 2003
acl 2299 N Y N Tue Oct 28 02:50:01 2003
bios_daemon 2227 N Y N Mon Sep 29 15:30:51 2003
capability 2373 N Y N Tue Aug 19 13:30:02 2003
core-client 2262 N Y N Mon Sep 29 15:30:51 2003
fcanalyzer 5623 N Y N Fri Sep 26 20:45:09 2003
fcd 12996 N Y N Fri Oct 17 20:35:01 2003
fcdomain 2410 N Y N Thu Jun 12 09:30:58 2003
ficon 2708 N Y N Wed Nov 12 18:34:02 2003
ficonstat 9640 N Y N Tue Sep 30 22:55:03 2003
flogi 1300 N Y N Fri Jun 20 08:52:33 2003
idehsd 2176 N Y N Tue Jun 24 05:10:56 2003
lmgrd 2220 N N N Mon Sep 29 15:30:51 2003
platform 2840 N Y N Sat Oct 11 18:29:42 2003
port-security 3098 N Y N Sun Sep 14 22:10:28 2003
port 11818 N Y N Mon Nov 17 23:13:37 2003
rlir 3195 N Y N Fri Jun 27 18:01:05 2003
rscn 2319 N Y N Mon Sep 29 21:19:14 2003
securityd 2239 N N N Thu Oct 16 18:51:39 2003
snmpd 2364 N Y N Mon Nov 17 23:19:39 2003
span 2220 N Y N Mon Sep 29 21:19:13 2003
syslogd 2076 N Y N Sat Oct 11 18:29:40 2003
tcap 2864 N Y N Wed Aug 6 15:09:04 2003
tftpd 2021 N Y N Mon Sep 29 15:30:51 2003
vpm 2930 N N N Mon Nov 17 19:14:33 2003

To display cores on a switch, follow these steps:

Note Ensure that SSH2 is enabled on this switch.

Step 1 Choose Admin > Show Cores .

You see the Show Cores dialog box.

Module-num shows the slot number on which the core was generated.

Step 2 Click Close to close the dialog box.

 

Verifying First and Last Core Status

You can view specific information about the saved core files. Example 56-16 provides further details on saved core files.

Example 56-16 Regular Service on vdc 2 on Active Supervisor Module

There are five radius core files from vdc2 on the active supervisor module. The second and third oldest files are deleted to comply with the number of core files defined in the service.conf file.

switch# show cores vdc vdc2
 
VDC No Module-num Process-name PID Core-create-time
------ ---------- ------------ --- ----------------
2 5 radius 6100 Jan 29 01:47
2 5 radius 6101 Jan 29 01:55
2 5 radius 6102 Jan 29 01:55
2 5 radius 6103 Jan 29 01:55
2 5 radius 6104 Jan 29 01:57
 
switch# show cores vdc vdc2
 
VDC No Module-num Process-name PID Core-create-time
------ ---------- ------------ --- ----------------
2 5 radius 6100 Jan 29 01:47
2 5 radius 6103 Jan 29 01:55
2 5 radius 6104 Jan 29 01:57

Displaying System Health

Use the show system health command to display system-related status information (see Example 56-17 to Example 56-22).

Example 56-17 Displays the Current Health of All Modules in the Switch

switch# show system health
 
Current health information for module 2.
 
Test Frequency Status Action
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash 5 Sec Running Enabled
EOBC 5 Sec Running Enabled
Loopback 5 Sec Running Enabled
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
Current health information for module 6.
 
Test Frequency Status Action
-----------------------------------------------------------------
InBand 5 Sec Running Enabled
Bootflash 5 Sec Running Enabled
EOBC 5 Sec Running Enabled
Management Port 5 Sec Running Enabled
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 

Example 56-18 Displays the Current Health of a Specified Module

switch# show system health module 8
 
Current health information for module 8.
 
Test Frequency Status Action
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash 5 Sec Running Enabled
EOBC 5 Sec Running Enabled
Loopback 5 Sec Running Enabled
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 

Example 56-19 Displays Health Statistics for All Modules

switch# show system health statistics
 
Test statistics for module # 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash Running 5s 12900 12900 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12900 12900 0 0 0
Loopback Running 5s 12900 12900 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Test statistics for module # 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash Running 5s 12890 12890 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12890 12890 0 0 0
Loopback Running 5s 12892 12892 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Test statistics for module # 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
InBand Running 5s 12911 12911 0 0 0
Bootflash Running 5s 12911 12911 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12911 12911 0 0 0
Management Port Running 5s 12911 12911 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Test statistics for module # 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
InBand Running 5s 12907 12907 0 0 0
Bootflash Running 5s 12907 12907 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12907 12907 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Test statistics for module # 8
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash Running 5s 12895 12895 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12895 12895 0 0 0
Loopback Running 5s 12896 12896 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Example 56-20 Displays Statistics for a Specified Module

switch# show system health statistics module 3
 
Test statistics for module # 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Name State Frequency Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bootflash Running 5s 12932 12932 0 0 0
EOBC Running 5s 12932 12932 0 0 0
Loopback Running 5s 12934 12934 0 0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Example 56-21 Displays Loopback Test Statistics for the Entire Switch

switch# show system health statistics loopback
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mod Port Status Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
1 16 Running 12953 12953 0 0 0
3 32 Running 12945 12945 0 0 0
8 8 Running 12949 12949 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 

Example 56-22 Displays Loopback Test Statistics for a Specified Interface

switch# show system health statistics loopback interface fc 3/1
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mod Port Status Run Pass Fail CFail Errs
3 1 Running 0 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 

Note Interface-specific counters will remain at zero unless the module-specific loopback test reports errors or failures.

Example 56-23 Displays the Loopback Test Time Log for All Modules

switch# show system health statistics loopback timelog
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mod Samples Min(usecs) Max(usecs) Ave(usecs)
1 1872 149 364 222
3 1862 415 743 549
8 1865 134 455 349
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 

Example 56-24 Displays the Loopback Test Time Log for a Specified Module

switch# show system health statistics loopback module 8 timelog
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mod Samples Min(usecs) Max(usecs) Ave(usecs)
8 1867 134 455 349
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Verifying Loopback Test Configuration Frame Length

To verify the loopback frequency configuration, use the show system health loopback frame-length command.

switch# show system health loopback frame-length
Loopback frame length is set to auto-size between 0-128 bytes

Displaying OBFL for the Switch

Use the show logging onboard status command to display the configuration status of OBFL.

switch# show logging onboard status
 
Switch OBFL Log: Enabled
 
Module: 6 OBFL Log: Enabled
error-stats Enabled
exception-log Enabled
miscellaneous-error Enabled
obfl-log (boot-uptime/device-version/obfl-history) Enabled
system-health Enabled
stack-trace Enabled

Displaying the OBFL for a Module

Use the show logging onboard status command to display the configuration status of OBFL.

switch# show logging onboard status
 
Switch OBFL Log: Enabled
Module: 6 OBFL Log: Enabled
error-stats Enabled
exception-log Enabled
miscellaneous-error Enabled
obfl-log (boot-uptime/device-version/obfl-history) Enabled
system-health Enabled
stack-trace Enabled

Displaying OBFL Logs

To display OBFL information stored in CompactFlash on a module, use the following commands:

Command
Purpose

show logging onboard boot-uptime

Displays the boot and uptime information.

show logging onboard cpu-hog

Displays information for CPU hog events.

show logging onboard device-version

Displays device version information.

show logging onboard endtime

Displays OBFL logs to an end time.

show logging onboard environmental-history

Displays environmental history.

show logging onboard error-stats

Displays error statistics.

show logging onboard exception-log

Displays exception log information.

show logging onboard interrupt-stats

Displays interrupt statistics.

show logging onboard mem-leak

Displays memory leak information.

show logging onboard miscellaneous-error

Displays miscellaneous error information.

show logging onboard module slot

Displays OBFL information for a specific module.

show logging onboard obfl-history

Displays history information.

show logging onboard register-log

Displays register log information.

show logging onboard stack-trace

Displays kernel stack trace information.

show logging onboard starttime

Displays OBFL logs from a specified start time.

show logging onboard system-health

Displays system health information.

Displaying the Module Counters Information

This example shows the device IDs of all the devices in a module:

switch# attach module 4
Attaching to module 4 ...
To exit type 'exit', to abort type '$.'
Linux lc04 2.6.10_mvl401-pc_target #1 Tue Dec 16 22:58:32 PST 2008 ppc GNU/Linux
module-4# clear asic-cnt list-all-devices
 
Asic Name | Device ID
Stratosphere | 63
transceiver | 46
Skyline-asic | 57
Skyline-ni | 60
Skyline-xbar | 59
Skyline-fwd | 58
Tuscany-asic | 52
Tuscany-xbar | 54
Tuscany-que | 55
Tuscany-fwd | 53
Fwd-spi-group | 73
Fwd-parser | 74
eobc | 10
X-Bus IO | 1
Power Mngmnt Epld | 25

Additional References

For additional information related to implementing system processes and logs, see the following section:

MIBs

 

MIBs
MIBs Link
  • CISCO-SYSTEM-EXT-MIB
  • CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB

To locate and download MIBs, go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/prod_technical_reference_list.html

Feature History for System Processes and Logs

Table 56-3 lists the release history for this feature. Only features that were introduced or modified in Release 3.x or a later release appear in the table.

 

Table 56-3 Feature History for System Processes and Logs

Feature Name
Releases
Feature Information

Common Information Model

3.3(1a)

Added commands for displaying Common Information Model.

On-line system health maintenance (OHMS) enhancements

3.0(1)

Includes the following OHMS enhancements:

  • Configuring the global frame length for loopback test for all modules on the switch.
  • Specifying frame count and frame length on for the loopback test on a specific module.
  • Configuring source and destination ports for external loopback tests.
  • Providing serdes loopback test to check hardware.

On-board failure logging (OBFL)

3.0(1)

Describes OBFL, how to configure it for Generation 2 modules, and how to display the log information.