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Cisco 3845 100% CPU usage

Hello,

I have Cisco 3845 on my network. We are VOIP company. We have calls passing out network all day long. Currently we have over 500 calls. We used to be able to pass over 1500 calls with no problem. I have upgraded my router to 3845 in order to make more calls. Today we dropped down to 500 calls. During the day I have noticed 100% CPU. Someone please tell me how to lower my CPU usage? What information is needed from me. Please see bellow my CPU usage history. Any help will be appreciated.

PS I just purchased ASA 5520 to remove all the firewall rules away. Anything else I can do right now?

Roman
#show processes cpu history 
 
Cisco   02:35:06 PM Tuesday Feb 12 2008 EST
 
                                                                
    999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
    666666666666666555557777777777888886666677777888886666688888
100 ************************************************************
 90 ************************************************************
 80 ************************************************************
 70 ************************************************************
 60 ************************************************************
 50 ************************************************************
 40 ************************************************************
 30 ************************************************************
 20 ************************************************************
 10 ************************************************************
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
               CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)
 
              111                                  1111 1       
    999999999900099999999999999999999999999999999990000909999999
    899774777900088797797879988976787943444459989990000909995999
100 ###** ***######*#**###*####*#**#*#      *###############*###
 90 ############################################################
 80 ############################################################
 70 ############################################################
 60 ############################################################
 50 ############################################################
 40 ############################################################
 30 ############################################################
 20 ############################################################
 10 ############################################################
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
               CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
              * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%
 
    1111           1111  11               111111    111          11111111 11
    000097655445558000099009999965433233480000009999000854434344600000000900
    000097984567235000075008798093455893000000009989000242485462900000000900
100 ###**          ####********           ######****###          *#######**#
 90 ####*         *##########*#*          #############          ###########
 80 #####*        *#############         *#############*         ###########
 70 #####**       *#############*        *#############*        *###########
 60 ######**   *  ##############*        *##############        *###########
 50 #######*******###############*       ###############*   * * ############
 40 #########**#*#################*** * *################**** **############
 30 ###############################*****#####################*##############
 20 ########################################################################
 10 ########################################################################
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7..
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0  
                   CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)
                  * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%

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Hello,

Please see bellow the result for the show precess cpu. Thanks in advance for all the help.

#show process cpu
CPU utilization for five seconds: 89%/85%; one minute: 87%; five minutes: 87%
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
   1        1852      1258       1472  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Chunk Manager    
   2     1795320    357357       5023  0.24%  0.17%  0.14%   0 Load Meter      
   3           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 chkpt message ha
   4           8        81         98  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EDDRI_MAIN      
   5     8468268    389925      21717  1.06%  0.12%  0.07%   0 Check heaps      
   6        2424       559       4336  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Pool Manager    
   7           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Timers          
   8           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 OIR Handler      
   9           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crash writer    
  10      828128    355802       2327  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Environmental mo
  11           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 cpf_process_msg_
  12        1068     29769         35  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Dynamic Cach
  13           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Zone Manager
  14       83600   1755994         47  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Periodic Tim
  15       76284   1755998         43  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Deferred Por
  16           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC Seat Manager
  17           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPC BackPressure
  18      157064    159648        983  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ARP Input        
  19      171676   1826647         93  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ARP Background  
  20           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ATM Idle Timer  
  21           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA high-capacit
  22           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA_SERVER_DEADT
  23           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Policy Manager  
  24           4        12        333  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DDR Timers      
  25           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Entity MIB API  
  26       22756     40502        561  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Syslog    
  27       74204    355820        208  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 HC Counter Timer
  28           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Serial Backgroun
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  29           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RO Notify Timers
  30           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RMI RM Notify Wa
  31           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SMART            
  32       99368   1774989         55  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 GraphIt          
  33           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dialer event    
  34           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SERIAL A'detect  
  35           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 XML Proxy Client
  36           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 cpf_process_tpQ  
  37           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Inode Table Dest
  38           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Critical Bkgnd  
  39    16152208   1217948      13261  0.00%  0.16%  0.17%   0 Net Background  
  40           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IDB Work        
  41       41572     75741        548  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Logger          
  42      142360   1755957         81  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TTY Background  
  43   153737944   1773256      86698  1.72%  1.69%  1.69%   0 Per-Second Jobs  
  44           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IKE HA Mgr      
  45           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPSEC HA Mgr    
  46        4620        46     100434  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 rf task          
  47        5660     29782        190  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Net Input        
  48     2592900    357450       7253  0.00%  0.02%  0.02%   0 Compute load avg
  49     2688464     29949      89768  0.00%  0.01%  0.00%   0 Per-minute Jobs  
  50           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AggMgr Process  
  51           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Token Daemon    
  52           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 dev_device_inser
  53           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 dev_device_remov
  54       16412    296796         55  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 mxt5100          
  55           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 sal_dpc_process  
  56           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ARL Table Manage
  57           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ESWPPM          
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  58           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Eswilp Storm Con
  59           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ESWILPPM        
  60           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Eswilp Storm Con
  61      294784   6872239         42  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Netclock Backgro
  62           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SM Monitor      
  63           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VNM DSPRM MAIN  
  64           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DSPFARM DSP READ
  65          36       344        104  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 FLEX DNLD MAIN  
  66           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 HDV background  
  67           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Bryce I2C CMD Qu
  68         208         4      52000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 USB Startup      
  69           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VMI Background  
  70           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RF_INTERDEV_DELA
  71           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RF_INTERDEV_SCTP
  72       57084   1755969         32  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Ether-Switch RBC
  73           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAL2CPS TIMER_CU
  74           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IGMP Snooping Pr
  75           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IGMP Snooping Re
  76           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Call Management  
  77           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CES Line Conditi
  78           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CF_INTERDEV_SCTP
  79      606528   6872126         88  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 e1t1 Framer back
  80     5231860 129431844         40  0.32%  0.26%  0.24%   0 CH_GT96K Backgro
  81           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot1x Mgr Proces
  82           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 MAB Framework    
  83           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EAP Framework    
  84           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DTP Protocol    
  85       59772   1755978         34  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PI MATM Aging Pr
  86        5852    178352         32  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EtherChnl        
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  87           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Ethernet CFM    
  88      102520   1711976         59  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Ethernet Timer C
  89       73068   1755997         41  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 linktest        
  90           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot11 Mgmt & Ass
  91           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot11 aaa proces
  92        3156     29769        106  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 pmkid            
  93           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot11 auth Dot1x
  94           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot11 Mac Auth  
  95        3404     27240        124  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA Server      
  96           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA ACCT Proc    
  97     1308836  49312168         26  0.00%  0.04%  0.05%   0 ACCT Periodic Pr
  98           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA Dictionary R
  99         500        81       6172  0.24%  0.08%  0.02% 706 SSH Process      
 100           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Ethernet OAM Pro
 101           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Ethernet LMI    
 102          16        26        615  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP ARP Adjacency
 103     1310292  49312186         26  0.00%  0.04%  0.05%   0 IP ARP Retry Age
 104    59077208  18192752       3247  0.40%  0.43%  0.40%   0 IP Input        
 105           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ICMP event handl
 106           4        58         68  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TurboACL        
 107           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TurboACL chunk  
 108           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPv6 RIB Redistr
 109        1260      2973        423  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 MOP Protocols    
 110           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPP Hooks        
 112           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSS Manager      
 113       11064    237893         46  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSS Test Client  
 114           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSS Feature Mana
 115      370488   6743001         54  0.08%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSS Feature Time
 116           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 X.25 Encaps Mana
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 117          20       222         90  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSM connection m
 118           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AC Switch        
 119         460         2     230000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EAPoUDP Process  
 120           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP Host Track Pr
 121           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 KRB5 AAA        
 122       70592     58839       1199  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP Background    
 123        7776     29772        261  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP RIB Update    
 124           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPP IP Route    
 125           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPP IPCP        
 126           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP Traceroute    
 127           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SNMP Timers      
 128           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Asy FS Helper    
 129      573080   2709726        211  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CEF process      
 130       91656   1735990         52  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Socket Timers    
 131       16308     49996        326  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TCP Timer        
 132       32900     27283       1205  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TCP Protocols    
 133           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 COPS            
 134           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot1x Supplicant
 135           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot1x Supplicant
 136           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dot1x Supplicant
 137           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 L2MM            
 138           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 MRD              
 139           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IGMPSN          
 140           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RLM groups Proce
 141           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 L2X Data Daemon  
 142           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ac_atm_state_eve
 143     1161252   3471980        334  0.00%  0.01%  0.00%   0 DHCPD Receive    
 144           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPPoE Flow Contr
 145           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SCTP Main Proces
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 146           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IUA Main Process
 147      169644   1755979         96  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RUDPV1 Main Proc
 148           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 bsm_timers      
 149       52384   1755997         29  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 bsm_xmt_proc    
 150           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CES Client SVC R
 151           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Dialer Forwarder
 152       12300     29705        414  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP Cache Ager    
 153       50308     29776       1689  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Adj Manager      
 154           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Flow Exporter Ti
 155           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ATM OAM Input    
 156           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ATM OAM TIMER    
 157      685888    411753       1665  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 HTTP CORE        
 158           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RARP Input      
 159        1532     30962         49  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Transport Port A
 160           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPv6 Inspect Tim
 161           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PAD InCall      
 162           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 X.25 Background  
 163           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPP Bind        
 164           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PPP SSS          
 165           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 MQC Flow Event B
 166      741112  16492049         44  0.08%  0.02%  0.00%   0 RBSCP Background
 167           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VPDN call manage
 168     1835492   3366808        545  0.00%  0.03%  0.02%   0 Inspect process  
 169        2424     14887        162  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DHCPD Timer      
 170         368      5956         61  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Authentication P
 171           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Auth-proxy AAA B
 172           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CHKPT EXAMPLE    
 173           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CHKPT DevTest    
 174      153116   3365954         45  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPS Process      
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 175           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPS Auto Update  
 176           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SDEE Management  
 177           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Select Timers    
 178          12         2       6000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 HTTP Process    
 179           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CIFS API Process
 180           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CIFS Proxy Proce
 181           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 URL filter proc  
 182           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto HW Proc  
 183         100         2      50000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCVPM_HDSPRM    
 184      187636    993459        188  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 FLEX DSPRM MAIN  
 185      125228    655238        191  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 FLEX DSP KEEPALI
 186       10212     71474        142  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CRM_CALL_UPDATE_
 187           0         4          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 HDA DSPRM MAIN  
 188        3244     29549        109  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP SLAs Event Pr
 189           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA Cached Serve
 190           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ENABLE AAA      
 191           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EM Background Pr
 192           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Key chain liveke
 193           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 LINE AAA        
 194        5084     28311        179  0.00%  0.01%  0.00%   0 LOCAL AAA        
 195           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TPLUS            
 196           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VSP_MGR          
 197           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto WUI      
 198           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto Support  
 199           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPSECv6 PS Proc  
 200           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EPM MAIN PROCESS
 201           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCVPM_HTSP      
 202           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VPM_MWI_BACKGROU
 203           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCVPM_R2        
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 204           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EPHONE MWI Refre
 205         116      1986         58  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 FB/KS Log HouseK
 206           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EPHONE MWI BG Pr
 207           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Skinny HW confer
 208       11092     59296        187  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VOICE REG BG Pro
 209           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Presence Process
 210           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSWVOICE        
 212           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 http client proc
 213       42332     11906       3555  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 script backgroun
 214           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 QOS_MODULE_MAIN  
 215           4         1       4000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RPMS_PROC_MAIN  
 216           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VoIP AAA        
 217          28         7       4000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 crypto engine pr
 218           0         4          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto CA        
 219           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto PKI-CRL  
 220           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto SSL      
 221           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 encrypt proc    
 222           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto INT      
 223           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto IKE Dispa
 224           0         3          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto IKMP      
 225           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto IKEv2    
 226           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPSEC manual key
 227        7556     89239         84  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IPSEC key engine
 228           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CRYPTO QoS proce
 229          28        72        388  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto ACL      
 230           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto PAS Proc  
 231           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Key Proc        
 232           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 GDOI GM Process  
 233           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 UNICAST REKEY    
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 234           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 UNICAST REKEY AC
 235       70164   1775086         39  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto Device Up
 236           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Multi-ISA Event  
 237           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Multi-ISA Cleanu
 238           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Control-plane ho
 239           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PM Callback      
 240      915696   8540759        107  0.00%  0.02%  0.00%   0 Atheros LED Ctro
 241           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DATA Transfer Pr
 242           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DATA Collector  
 243       10280     34338        299  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 AAA SEND STOP EV
 244           4        32        125  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Resource  
 245           0        32          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Track    
 246        6624    178352         37  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RMON Recycle Pro
 247           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RMON Deferred Se
 248           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Syslog Traps    
 249           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Crypto cTCP proc
 250       68604   1716215         39  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 trunk conditioni
 251           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 trunk conditioni
 252           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VLAN Manager    
 253        1108     29772         37  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DHCPD Database  
 254           0       263          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM Server      
 255           0        32          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED CLI      
 256           0        32          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Counter  
 257           4        32        125  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Interface
 258           4        31        129  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED IOSWD    
 259           0        31          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED None      
 260           0        31          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED OIR      
 261           0        31          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED SNMP      
 262        5264     30618        171  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM ED Timer    
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 263           0        32          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 EEM Policy Direc
 264       34216     38316        892  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Syslog          
 265        7428     89123         83  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP SLA MPLSLM Pr
 266           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VPDN Test        
 267           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 tHUB            
 268        7720     61796        124  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CEF Scanner      
 269     1628728    109886      14821  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 crypto sw pk pro
 271         508       991        512  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SSH Event handle
 272          12        17        705  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN            
 273           0         9          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN Timer      
 274           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDNMIB Backgrou
 275           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CallMIB Backgrou
 276           0        50          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN From Driver
 277           0        34          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Resource Monitor
 278        4024     14888        270  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CC-API_VCM      
 279           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 confmsp          
 280           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VOIP_RTCP        
 281           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 DSMP            
 282           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 VTSP            
 283           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TSP              
 284           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 swmtp_msp        
 285           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 lib_off_app      
 286           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Voice Player    
 287           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Media Record    
 288           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Resource Measure
 289           4         6        666  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 Session Applicat
 290           4         3       1333  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCH323_CT        
 291           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCH323_DNS      
 292           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSIP_SPI_CONTRO
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 293           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSIP_DNS        
 294           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSIP_UDP_SOCKET
 295           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSIP_TCP_SOCKET
 296           0         9          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCSIP_TLS_SOCKET
 297        2868     29771         96  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 RTPSPI          
 298           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCFRF11_CT      
 299           4         2       2000  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 CCAAL2_CT        
 300      168560   3365910         50  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP NAT Ager      
 301           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP NAT WLAN      
 302      973840  14351617         67  0.08%  0.01%  0.00%   0 IP VFR proc      
 303           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP SNMP          
 304           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 PDU DISPATCHER  
 305         692         8      86500  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SNMP ENGINE      
 306           0         2          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 IP SNMPV6        
 307           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SNMP ConfCopyPro
 308           0         1          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 SNMP Traps      
 309        5616     35918        156  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 NAT MIB Helper  
 310      290352   1804772        160  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 NTP              
 312          16        73        219  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN L2 Process  
 313           0         6          0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN L3 Timer Pr
 314           4        46         86  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0 ISDN L2D SRQ Pro

#show processes cpu history

Cisco   11:28:14 AM Wednesday Feb 13 2008 EST

                                                               
    999999999999998888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
    111000000000007777999998888866666666668888888888888888888877
100                                                            
 90 ************************************************************
 80 ************************************************************
 70 ************************************************************
 60 ************************************************************
 50 ************************************************************
 40 ************************************************************
 30 ************************************************************
 20 ************************************************************
 10 ************************************************************
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
               CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)

                                                               
    889998888888889999988888888888878888888888888888888888888888
    892129798868980231097577336621083511032424678841313512114423
100                                                            
 90 ######***#*##*#######***  **     *        *###     *        
 80 ############################################################
 70 ############################################################
 60 ############################################################
 50 ############################################################
 40 ############################################################
 30 ############################################################
 20 ############################################################
 10 ############################################################
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
               CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
              * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%

                1111   111111           1111  11               111111    111
    997766554446000098900000097655445558000099009999965433233480000009999000
    396211617520000094800000097984567235000075008798093455893000000009989000
100  *          *##** ***###**          ####********           ######****###
 90 **          *#### *######*         *##########*#*          #############
 80 ##*         #####*########*        *#############         *#############
 70 ##**        ##############**       *#############*        *#############
 60 ####***    *###############**   *  ##############*        *#############
 50 #####***** #################*******###############*       ##############
 40 ########***###################**#*#################*** * *##############
 30 ####################################################*****###############
 20 ########################################################################
 10 ########################################################################
   0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7..
             0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0  
                   CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)
                  * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%


we can look at this from this point of view - top ten from runtime (ms)
PID      Runtime(ms)      Invoked      uSecs      5Sec      1Min      5Min T      TY      Process
43      153737944      1773256      86698      1.72%      1.69%      1.69%      0      Per-Second Jobs
104      59077208      18192752      3247      0.40%      0.43%      0.40%      0      IP Input
39      16152208      1217948      13261      0.00%      0.16%      0.17%      0      Net Background
5      8468268      389925      21717      1.06%      0.12%      0.07%      0      Check heaps
80      5231860      129431844      40      0.32%      0.26%      0.24%      0      CH_GT96K Backgro
49      2688464      29949      89768      0.00%      0.01%      0.00%      0      Per-minute Jobs
48      2592900      357450      7253      0.00%      0.02%      0.02%      0      Compute load avg
168      1835492      3366808      545      0.00%      0.03%      0.02%      0      Inspect process
2      1795320      357357      5023      0.24%      0.17%      0.14%      0      Load Meter
269      1628728      109886      14821      0.00%      0.00%      0.00%      0      crypto sw pk pro

these processes are loading your cisco most
Anything i can do to decrease this processes?

Roman
of it is ip input, then you have to analyze traffic coming to your device.
Something is wrong.
I added the % totals in exel  and got this
16.88%      12.48%      11.48%

16% but the cpu is at 89%

1. Please check on your side if you see anything that is not in the list ?
2. Are you running any debug ?   (Debug can slow a router down a lot)
#sh debug
thanks for noticing that. I also don't understand where is other usage coming from.

L#sh debug    


shows nothing empty.



#show process cpu | exclude 0.00
CPU utilization for five seconds: 91%/87%; one minute: 92%; five minutes: 92%
 PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
   2     1988584    375706       5292  0.32%  0.17%  0.19%   0 Load Meter      
  39    17660192   1276000      13840  0.16%  0.16%  0.16%   0 Net Background  
  43   167103276   1862427      89724  1.72%  1.69%  1.69%   0 Per-Second Jobs  
  48     2854672    375805       7596  0.08%  0.02%  0.02%   0 Compute load avg
  80     5652440 135266763         41  0.16%  0.23%  0.24%   0 CH_GT96K Backgro
 104    64074692  18995217       3373  0.98%  0.63%  0.62%   0 IP Input
do you guys know how come when running show process cpu doesn't add up to 100% but CPU utilization for five seconds: 91%?
hi dizel247,

Is there any thing in your environment that can contribute to high CPU usage ?

Heavy monitoring of router ?     Flow exports ?      Nat on router ?    Routing heavy 1Gigabit traffic through the router ?

Explain a bit what the Calls 500->1500 has to do  with the router ?      Does the router terminate the calls ?
Could it be voice trans coding ?
I have removed this router from the environment and installed ASA. The problem was due to cisco 3845 cant handle lots of simultaneous packets and have many firewall rules. By putting ASA in my environment I now have no problems and actually pushing more traffic over my network.