Administrator Guide
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Defaults Display detailed information on memory usage on all switch CPUs (Control Processor, Route Processor, Port
Extender, and Line Cards).
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9 (0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.1.1.2 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale E600i.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale E1200i.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Usage Information
show
processes
memory
output Field
Description
Total: Total system memory available
MaxUsed: Total maximum memory used ever (history indicated with a time stamp)
CurrentUsed: Total memory currently in use
CurrentFree: Total system memory available
SharedUsed: Total used shared memory
SharedFree: Total free shared memory
PID Process ID
Process Process Name
ResSize Actual resident size of the process in memory
Size Process test, stack, and data size
Allocs Total dynamic memory allocated
Frees Total dynamic memory freed
Max Maximum dynamic memory allocated
Current Current dynamic memory in use
The output for show process memory displays the memory usage statistics running on the CP part (sysd) of
the system. The sysd is an aggregate task that handles all the tasks running on the Control Processor.
The total counter size in show memory and show processes memory differs based on which OS processes
are counted.
• In the show memory output, the memory size is equal to the size of the application processes.
• In the show processes memory output, the memory size is equal to the size of the application processes
plus the size of the system processes.
In a dual homing setup, you can use this command only from the primary VLT peer.
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