Cisco Systems 12000 series manual CF-851, Router# show processes memory, Pid Tty

show processes memory

•show processes memory Command for Releases Prior to 12.3(11)T, 12.2(28)S, and 12.0(30)S

•show processes memory Command for Cisco IOS Software Modularity

show processes memory Command for Releases Prior to 12.3(7)T, 12.2(22)S, and 12.0(28)S

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

Router# show processes memory

Processor Pool Total:			25954228 Used:		8368640 Free:	17585588
PID TTY		Allocated	Freed	Holding	Getbufs	Retbufs	Process
0	0	8629528	689900	6751716	0	0	*Init*
0	0	24048	12928	24048	0	0	*Sched*
0	0	260	328	68	350080	0	*Dead*
1	0	0	0	12928	0	0	Chunk Manager
2	0	192	192	6928	0	0	Load Meter
3	0	214664	304	227288	0	0	Exec
4	0	0	0	12928	0	0	Check heaps
5	0	0	0	12928	0	0	Pool Manager
6	0	192	192	12928	0	0	Timers
7	0	192	192	12928	0	0	Serial Backgroun
8	0	192	192	12928	0	0	AAA high-capacit
9	0	0	0	24928	0	0	Policy Manager
10	0	0	0	12928	0	0	ARP Input
11	0	192	192	12928	0	0	DDR Timers
12	0	0	0	12928	0	0	Entity MIB API
13	0	0	0	12928	0	0	MPLS HC Counter
14	0	0	0	12928	0	0	SERIAL A'detect
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78	0	0	0	12992	0	0	DHCPD Timer
79	0	160	0	13088	0	0	DHCPD Database
				8329440	Total

Table 136 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

	Table 136	show processes memory Field Descriptions
	Field		Description
	Processor Pool		Total amount of memory, in kilobytes, held for the Processor memory pool.
	Total
	Used		Total amount of used memory, in kilobytes, in the Processor memory pool.
	Free		Total amount of free memory, in kilobytes, in the Processor memory pool.
	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, in kilobytes, 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 process.
			Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
July 2008				CF-851