show processes memory

To show memory used, use the show processes memory EXEC command.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release	Modification
10.0	This command was introduced.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show processes memory command:

Router# show processes memory
 
Total: 5611448, Used: 2307548, Free: 3303900
 PID  TTY  Allocated      Freed    Holding    Getbufs    Retbufs Process
   0    0     199592       1236    1907220          0          0 *Init*
   0    0        400      76928        400          0          0 *Sched*
   0    0    5431176    3340052     140760     349780          0 *Dead*
   1    0        256        256       1724          0          0 Load Meter
   2    0        264          0       5032          0          0 Exec
   3    0          0          0       2724          0          0 Check heaps
   4    0      97932          0       2852      32760          0 Pool Manager
   5    0        256        256       2724          0          0 Timers
   6    0         92          0       2816          0          0 CXBus hot stall
   7    0          0          0       2724          0          0 IPC Zone Manager
   8    0          0          0       2724          0          0 IPC Realm Manager
   9    0          0          0       2724          0          0 IPC Seat Manager
  10    0        892        476       3256          0          0 ARP Input
  11    0         92          0       2816          0          0 SERIAL A'detect
  12    0        216          0       2940          0          0 Microcode Loader
  13    0          0          0       2724          0          0 RFSS watchdog
  14    0   15659136   15658584       3276          0          0 Env Mon
...
  77    0        116          0       2844          0          0 IPX-EIGRP Hello
                                   2307224 Total
 

Table 91 describes significant fields shown in the display.

Table 91: show processes memory Field Descriptions

Field	Description
Total	Total amount of memory held.
Used	Total amount of used memory.
Free	Total amount of free memory.
PID	Process ID.
TTY	Terminal that controls the process.
Allocated	Bytes of memory allocated by the process.
Freed	Bytes of memory freed by the process, regardless of who originally allocated it.
Holding	Amount of memory currently allocated to the process.
Getbufs	Number of times the process has requested a packet buffer.
Retbufs	Number of times the process has relinquished a packet buffer.
Process	Process name.
*Init*	System initialization.
*Sched*	The scheduler.
*Dead*	Processes as a group that are now dead.
Total	Total amount of memory held by all processes.

Related Commands

Command	Description
show memory	Displays statistics about memory, including memory-free pool statistics.
show processes	Displays information about the active processes.