IIRC, watchdog proccess exist in IOS to compensate for its non-preemptively multitasking architecture, being invoked when a given process hogs resources for some arbitrarily-arrived-at interval deemed excessive. If the timer expires and the OS cannot switch control of the usual suspects to another process, cisco documentation hints that an involuntary (from the viewpoint of the LAN administrator, at least) reset might be imminent.
In your case, I'm assuming that the excessive amounts of writes to the structures reserved for mapping MAC addresses are getting in the way of other functions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Tufaro" To: Sent: 19 June 2002 3:44 pm Subject: Switch Messages [7:47005] > Hey all im trying to troubleshoot some issues with 2 of our switches. Most > of the error codes I can find, but the watchdog one's I can't find a lot of > info on this particular issue. Any help would be appreciated. Events are in > chronological order. > > 2002-06-19 10:31:46 Local7.Warning Switch 1 2002 Jul 11 12:31:26 > %CDP-4-NVLANMISMATCH:Native vlan mismatch detected on port 2/22 > 2002-06-19 10:31:50 Local7.Warning Switch12002 Jul 11 12:31:31 > %MLS-4-MOVEOVERFLOW:Too many moves, stop MLS for 5 sec(20000000) > 2002-06-19 10:31:56 Local7.Warning switch1 2002 Jul 11 12:31:36 > %MLS-4-MOVEOVERFLOW:Too many moves, stop MLS for 5 sec(40000000) > 2002-06-19 10:32:00 Local7.Warning switch1 2002 Jul 11 12:31:41 > %MLS-4-RESUMESC:Resume MLS after detecting too many moves > 2002-06-19 14:29:35 Local7.Error switch1 2002 Jun 19 14:30:35 > %SYS-3-P2_ERROR: 4/Watchdog failure (Standard Watchdog Funnel) - system may > reset > 2002-06-19 14:29:35 Local7.Error switch1 2002 Jun 19 14:30:35 > %SYS-3-P2_ERROR: 4/Watchdog failure (Blsk Default Event Queue) - system may > reset > BAM! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=47199&t=47005 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
