You mean the RedEarth process? RedEarth Tx Mana: Microprocessor communication process From: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/troub leshooting/cpu_util.html -- Leigh Porter UK Broadband -----Original Message----- From: Joe Renwick [mailto:joe@gonetforward.com] Sent: 29 March 2011 11:52 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: What is this Cisco process? Hello, Have a Cisco 3560 running "flash:/c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-55.SE1.bin". Been running at 20% CPU since we started it: [image: plf-access - CPU Usage] The switch is completely layer-2... basic configuration. CPU utilization is soley based on a single process: plf-access#sh proc cpu sorted CPU utilization for five seconds: 27%/0%; one minute: 25%; five minutes: 24% PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process 41 232891470 1072247 217210 20.12% 18.99% 18.01% 0 SFF8472 78 2376721 123621 19225 0.95% 0.22% 0.17% 0 HULC Tcam Memory 303 299 163 1834 0.47% 0.23% 0.07% 2 SSH Process 55 106535 11303527 9 0.15% 0.02% 0.00% 0 RedEarth Tx Mana Anybody have a clue what this process is? Thanks for the time. Cheers, -- Joe Renwick IP Network Consultant, CCIE #16465 GO NETFORWARD! Direct: 619-800-2055, Emergency Support: 800-719-0504 Is your network moving you forward? ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________