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Chapter 36 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Tables
Extended crashinfo files are kept in this directory on the fla sh file system:
flash:/crashinfo_ext/.
The filenames are crashinfo_ext_n where n is a sequence number.
You can configure the switch to not create the extended creashinfo file by using the no exception
crashinfo global configuration command.
Troubleshooting Tables
These tables are a condensed version of troubleshooting documents on Cisco.com.
“Troubleshooting CPU Utilization” on page -15
“Troubleshooting Power over Ethernet (PoE)” on page -17

Troubleshooting CPU Utilization

This section lists some possible symptoms that could be caused by the CPU being too busy and shows
how to verify a CPU utilization problem. Table 36-2 lists the primary types of CPU utilization problems
that you can identify. It gives possible causes and corrective action with links to the Troubleshooting
High CPU Utilization document on Cisco.com.

Possible Symptoms of High CPU Utilization

Note that excessive CPU utilization might result in these symptoms, but the symptoms could also result
from other causes.
Spanning tree topology changes
EtherChannel links brought down due to loss of communication
Failure to respond to management requests (ICMP ping, SNMP timeouts, slow Telnet or SSH
sessions)
UDLD flapping
IP SLAs failures because of SLAs responses beyond an acceptable threshold
DHCP or IEEE 802.1x failures if the switch does not forward or respond to requests
Layer 3 switches:
Dropped packets or increased latency for packets routed in software
BGP or OSPF routing topology changes
HSRP flapping

Verifying the Problem and Cause

To determine if high CPU utilization is a problem, enter the show processes cpu sorted privileged
EXEC command. Note the underlined information in the first line of the output example.
Switch# show processes cpu sorted
CPU utilization for five seconds: 8%/0%; one minute: 7%; five minutes: 8%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
309 42289103 752750 56180 1.75% 1.20% 1.22% 0 RIP Timers