Cisco processes and load
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Processes
ap3#show processes cpu CPU utilization for five seconds: 0%/0%; one minute: 1%; five minutes: 18% PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process 1 76 1464 51 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Chunk Manager 2 8 68954 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Load Meter 3 196 266 736 0.15% 0.17% 0.05% 1 SSH Process 4 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 RO Notify Timers 5 841172 81225 10356 0.00% 0.16% 0.21% 0 Check heaps 6 0 38 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Pool Manager 7 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 DiscardQ Backgro 8 0 2 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Timers 9 0 62 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 WATCH_AFS 10 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 AAA_SERVER_DEADT 11 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Policy Manager PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process 12 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Crash writer 13 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Exception contro 14 4 10759 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 SNTP 15 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 RMI RM Notify Wa 17 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Net Input 18 4 53 75 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 ARP Input 19 0 359613 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 ARP Background 20 0 2 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Entity MIB API 21 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 CEF MIB API 22 0 3 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 PrstVbl 23 0 344764 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 GraphIt PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process 24 0 1 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Critical Bkgnd 25 4 103457 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Net Background 26 0 8626 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 IDB Work 27 2664 28191 94 0.00% 0.00% 0.17% 0 Logger 28 202052 18128190 11 0.00% 1.34% 17.43% 0 TTY Background 29 0 4 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 IF-MGR control p 30 0 12 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 IF-MGR event pro 31 0 3 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Transport Port A
17.43% 0 TTY Background showing high cpu utilization due to ssh debugging on/tt> and terminal monitor enabled on ssh console.
CPU history graph
ap3#show processes cpu history
ap3 09:58:02 AM Sunday Nov 10 2013 UTC
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