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Parameters
Command Modes
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EXEC Privilege
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Usage
Information
The output for show process memory displays the memory usage statistics running 
on CP part (sysd) of the system. The Sysd is an aggregate task that handles all the 
tasks running on C-Series’ and E-Series' CP.
In FTOS Release 7.4.1.0 and higher, the total counter size (for all 3 CPUs) in 
show 
memory
 and show processes memory will differ based on which FTOS processes are 
counted. 
•In the show memory (C-Series and E-Series) display output, the memory size is 
equal to the size of the application processes. 
•In the show processes memory (C-Series and E-Series) display output, the 
memory size is equal to the size of the application processes plus the size of the 
system processes.
Example
FTOS#show processes memory
 Memory Statistics On CP Processor (bytes)
 ==========================================
Total: 452689184, MaxUsed: 64886986, CurrentUsed: 64873866, Current
 TaskName TotalAllocated TotalFreed MaxHeld CurrentHolding
 tRootTask 39083408 1395840 38143920 37687568
cp
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword cp to view memory usage of the Control 
Processor.
lp slot-number  (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword lp and the slot number to view information 
on the line-card processor in that slot.
C-Series Range: 0-7
E-Series Range: 0 to 13 on a E1200/E1200i, 0 to 6 on a E600/E600i, and 0 to 
5 on a E300.
lp all  (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword lp all to view CP memory usage on all 
active line cards.
lp summary (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword
 lp summary to view a summary of the line 
card CP memory usage.
rp1
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword rp1 to view memory usage of the Route 
Processor 1.
Note: This option is supported on the E-Series only.
rp2
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword rp2 to view memory usage of the Route 
Processor 2.
Note: This option is supported on the E-Series only.
Version 8.1.1.2 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale E600i
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale E1200i
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
Version 7.4.1.0 Added lp all and lp summary options
Version 6.5.1.0 For 
rp1 and rp2 only, the output displays memory consumption of all the 
processes including a summary, as shown in the second and third examples.










