Monitor System Process Information

Purpose

View the processes running on the device.

Action

To view the software processes running on the device:

user@switch> show system processes

Meaning

Table 1 summarizes the output fields in the system process information display.

The display includes the total CPU load and total memory utilization.

Table 1: Summary of System Process Information Output Fields

Field	Values
PID	Identifier of the process.
Name	Owner of the process.
State	Current state of the process.
CPU Load	Percentage of the CPU that is being used by the process.
Memory Utilization	Amount of memory that is being used by the process.
Start Time	Time of day when the process started.