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I'm trying to see how much RAM is being used by each switch.

The switch is a cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L IOS version 12.2.

This is what I am seeing from the switch when I run the show version command.

cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L (PowerPC405) processor (revision R0) with 65536K bytes of memory.

I've seen another 2960 Version 12.2 which showed the ram usage, however, this was a 2960-24TC-L switch.

Thanks

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  • did you try "show memory"? It works on IOS 12.2(55)SE7 which is pretty close to your 12.2.(55)SE5 version.
    – JFL
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:15
  • I did, here's the response. > ast-105-p01-sw3#show memory Head Total(b) Used(b) Free(b) Lowest(b) Largest(b)Processor 26F0E6C 22335808 14440252 7895556 6691152 7570392 I/O 2C00000 4194304 2337976 1856328 18020481855232 Driver te 1800000 1048576 44 1048532 10485321048532
    – Eoin
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:17
  • It shows processor, I/O and Driver Te, but are any of these RAM related? The switch has 65MB of RAM according to the "show version" command
    – Eoin
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:20
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    – Ron Maupin ♦
    Mar 22, 2017 at 13:16

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You can try to use command:

#show proc mem

you will get output like: 

Processor Pool Total:   43953664 Used:   12967924 Free:   30985740
      I/O Pool Total:    8388608 Used:    2998796 Free:    5389812

or for more detailed you can use:

#show memory summary
                Head    Total(b)     Used(b)     Free(b)   Lowest(b)  Largest(b)
Processor    1652A00    43953664    12972664    30981000    29707060    30031048
      I/O   80000000     8388608     2998920     5389688     3992572     4660984
[output omitted]

Total = the total amount of memory available after the system image loads and builds its data structures.

Used = the amount of memory currently allocated.

Free = the amount of memory currently free.

Lowest = the lowest amount of free memory recorded by the router since it was last booted.

Largest = the largest free memory block currently available.

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  • Doesn't Processor only show the CPU usage?
    – Eoin
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:08
  • you can use #show memory summary for more detailed information.
    – Datagram.Network
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:27
  • I was hoping for a command that could give me something like cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L (PowerPC405) processor (revision R0) with 61536K/4000k bytes of memory. As I want to scrape this information with Python to get an idea of how much RAM is being used per switch.
    – Eoin
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:30
  • 61536K/4000k doesn't mean how much memory is free. Those two number combined give you total memory size.
    – Datagram.Network
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:37
  • But does the second number not mean the amount of memory that is currently being used?
    – Eoin
    Mar 22, 2017 at 12:38
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I checked this in our local lab with default configurations on the switch. I saw that 83.4% of I/O pool was used with default config on the switch.

Then I added some running config  and I observed 94.5% used.

SO this is how it works and I guess nothing to worry about.

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