show process

show process {name} {detail} {description} {slot slotid}

Description

Displays the status of the "Vital" processes.

Syntax Description

name Specifies the name of the process.
detail Specifies more detailed process information.
description Describes the name of all of the processes or the specified process running on the switch.
slotid Specifies the slot number of a node in a stack topology.

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

The NOS process manager monitors all of the "Vital" processes. The process manager also ensures that only version-compatible processes are started.

Using this command without the optional keywords displays summary process information. When you specify the slot keyword, summary information is displayed for that particular slot only.

The show process and show process slot slotid commands display the following information in a tabular format:
  • Process Name—The name of the process.
  • Version—The version number of the process. Options are:
    • Version number—A series of numbers that identify the version number of the process. This is helpful to ensure that you have version-compatible processes and if you experience a problem.
    • Not Started—The process has not been started. This can be caused by not having the appropriate license or for not starting the process.
  • Restart—The number of times the process has been restarted. This number increments by one each time a process stops and restarts.
  • State—The current state of the process. Options are:
    • No License—The process requires a license level that you do not have. For example, you have not upgraded to that license, or the license is not available for your platform.
    • Ready—The process is running.
    • Stopped—The process has been stopped.
  • Start Time—The current start time of the process. Options are:
    • Day/Month/Date/Time/Year—The date and time the process began. When a process terminates and restarts, the start time is also updated.
    • Not Started—The process has not been started. This can be caused by not having the appropriate license or for not starting the process.
  • Group—The process control group to which the process belongs to. Options are:
    • Vital—The process belongs to “Vital” process control group.
    • Other—The process belongs to “Other” process control group.
    • Kernel—The process belongs to “root” process control group.

When you specify the detail keyword, more specific and detailed process information is displayed.

The show process detail and show process slot slotid commands display the following information in a multi-tabular format:
  • Detailed process information
  • Memory usage configurations
  • Recovery policies
  • Process statistics
  • Resource usage

This status information may be useful for your technical support representative if you have a network problem.

Depending on the software version running on your switch or your switch model, additional or different process information might be displayed.

You may find it useful to capture the process information under normal operating conditions to establish a baseline. By having a baseline, if you experience a problem, you and your technical support representative can more easily identify the problem.

SummitStack Only

When you run the command with out any parameters:
  • From the stack manager or backup node, the stack displays the status of the "Vital" processes running on the master node and the back-up node in the Active Topology.
  • From a standby node, the stack displays the status of the "Vital" processes running on the standby node and the master node in the Active Topology.

Example

The following is sample output from an ExtremeSwitching switch:

# show process
Process Name     Version  Restart    State             Start Time        Group
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
aaa              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
acl              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
bfd              1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
bgp              4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
brm              1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
cfgmgr           3.0.0.21    0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
cli              3.0.0.22    0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
devmgr           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
dirser           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Vital
dosprotect       3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
dot1ag           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
eaps             3.0.0.8     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
edp              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
elrp             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
elsm             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
ems              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
epm              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:26 2021  Vital
erps             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
esrp             3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
ethoam           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
etmon            1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
exacl            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exdhcpsnoop      1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exdos            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:26 2021  Kernel
exfib            1.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exfipSnoop       1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exosmc           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exosq            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:26 2021  Kernel
exsflow          1.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exsnoop          3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
exsshd           6.5.1.69    0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Other
exvlan           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
fcoe             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
fdb              7.1.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
gptp             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
hal              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
hclag            1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
idMgr            1.0.1.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
ipSecurity       1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
ipfix            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
isis             1.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
ismb             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
lacp             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
lldp             1.2.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
mcmgr            4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
mpls             Not Started 0    No license   Not Started               Vital
mrp              1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
msdp             1.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
netLogin         2.1.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
netTools         3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
nettx            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:26 2021  Kernel
nodealias        1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
nodealias_snoop  1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:27 2021  Kernel
nodemgr          3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
ntp              4.2.6.3     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
ospf             3.0.0.3     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
ospfv3           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
otm              1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
pim              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
polMgr           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
policy           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
pwmib            1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
rip              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
ripng            3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
rtmgr            4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
snmpMaster       4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
snmpSubagent     3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
stp              3.0.4.4     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
techSupport      1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
telnetd          3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Other
tftpd            3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
thttpd           1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Other
twamp            1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
upm              1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
vlan             4.1.0.3     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
vmt              1.0.1.1     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
vrrp             3.0.0.5     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital
vsm              1.0.0.2     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
xmlc             1.0.1.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:29 2021  Vital
xmld             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Sat Dec 11 22:42:28 2021  Vital

The following example describes the name of all of the processes running on the switch:

show process description

The following is sample output from this command:

# show process description
Process Name     Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------
aaa              Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Server
acl              Access Control List Manager
bfd              IETF Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
bgp              Border Gateway Protocol
brm              Bandwidth Resource Manager
cfgmgr           Configuration Manager
cli              Cli Manager
devmgr           Device Manager
dirser           Directory Services
dosprotect       protects against Denial of Service attacks
dot1ag           IEEE 802.1ag; Connectivity Fault Management
eaps             Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching
edp              Extreme Discovery Protocol
elrp             Extreme Loop Recovery Protocol
elsm             Extreme Link State Monitor
ems              Event Management System server application
epm              Extreme Process Manager
esrp             Extreme Standby Routing Protocol
ethoam           Ethernet OAM
etmon            Traffic monitoring and sampling utility
exacl            Access Control List Module
exdhcpsnoop      DHCP snooping module
exdos            Detection of potential Denial of Service attacks module
exfib            Routing interface to manage missing routes in ASIC
exosipv6         IPv6 Custom Interface Module
exosmc           Multicast Forwarding Module
exosnvram        Interface to non-volatile RAM
exosq            EXOS Queue Module
exsflow          Sflow interface to gather sflow samples
exsnoop          IGMP/MLD Snooping Module
exvlan           Layer 2 configuration module
fdb              Forwarding Data Base Manager
hal              Hardware Abstraction Layer
hclag            Health Check LAG
idMgr            Identity Manager
ipSecurity       IP Security
ipfix            IPFIX Traffic monitoring utility
isis             Intermediate System to Intermediate System Route Protocol
lacp             Link Aggregation Control Protocol
lldp             802.1AB; Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discover
mcmgr            Multicast Cache Manager
mpls             Multi-Protocol Label Switching
msdp             Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
msgsrv           Message Server
netLogin         Network Login includes MAC, Web-Based and 802.1X authentication
netTools         Network Tools set  includes ping/tracert/bootprelay/dhcp/dns/sn
nettx            Layer 2 forwarding engine module
nodemgr          Fault Tolerance Manager
ospf             Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol
ospfv3           Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol for IPv6
pim              Protocol Independent Multicast
poe              Power Over Ethernet Manager
polMgr           Policy Manager
rip              Routing Information Protocol
ripng            Routing Information Protocol for IPv6
rtmgr            Route Table Manager
snmpMaster       Simple Network Management Protocol - Master agent
snmpSubagent     Simple Network Management Protocol - Subagent
stp              Spanning Tree Protocol
synce            Synchronous Ethernet
telnetd          Telnet server
tftpd            Tftp server
thttpd           Web Server
upm              Universal Port Manager
vlan             VLAN Manager - L2 Switching application
vmt              Virtual Machine Tracking
vrrp             Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (RFC 3768)
vsm              Virtual Switch Manager
xmlc             XML Client Manager
xmld             XML server

The following example shows the truncated output for the command on a stack:

# show process
Card   Process Name     Version  Restart    State             Start Time        Group
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slot-1 aaa              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 acl              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 bfd              1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 bgp              4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 brm              1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 cfgmgr           3.0.0.21    0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 cli              3.0.0.22    0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 devmgr           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 dirser           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:23 2017  Vital
Slot-1 dosprotect       3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 dot1ag           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 eaps             3.0.0.8     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 edp              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 elrp             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 elsm             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 ems              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 epm              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:21 2017  Vital
Slot-1 erps             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 esrp             3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 ethoam           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-1 etmon            1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
………
………
Slot-2 aaa              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 acl              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 bfd              1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 bgp              4.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 brm              1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 cfgmgr           3.0.0.21    0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 cli              3.0.0.22    0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 devmgr           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 dirser           3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:22 2017  Vital
Slot-2 dosprotect       3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 dot1ag           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 eaps             3.0.0.8     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 edp              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 elrp             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 elsm             3.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 ems              3.0.0.2     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 epm              3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:21 2017  Vital
Slot-2 erps             1.0.0.0     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 esrp             3.0.0.4     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 ethoam           1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
Slot-2 etmon            1.0.0.1     0    Ready        Mon Feb  6 16:01:24 2017  Vital
………
………

History

This command was first available in an ExtremeXOS 10.1.

The description keyword was added in ExtremeXOS 11.2.

Added in ExtremeXOS 15.7, the Version field will be overloaded to contain “User” if the process is a user created process.

Process group information was added in ExtremeXOS 22.2.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all Universal switches supported in this document.