[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.62.13 - CPU spikes every 10 minutes - NOT FIXED

[Mike]

How do I go about finding which device is causing those interrupts? (to make
sure it`s actually Digium hardware and not something else?)

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:34
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.62.13 - CPU spikes every 10
> minutes - NOT FIXED
> 
> All Digium, on a HP DL360G5. I am using the TE420 (4 ports, PCIe) and a
> TCE400B
> 
> If you are asking for cat /proc/interrupts (sorry, not much of a H/W guy)
> that would be the answer:
>            CPU0       CPU1       CPU2       CPU3
>   0: 3692453723          0          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>   1:        673        333          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>   8:          1          0          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>   9:          0          0          0          0   IO-APIC-level  acpi
>  12:          4          0          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>  14:   29975595   42033164          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
>  82:        775       3344          0          0   IO-APIC-level
> uhci_hcd:usb4
>  90:    5450774    3045902          0          0   IO-APIC-level
> uhci_hcd:usb5, hpilo
> 114:  354830040  364865092   43218758     878551       PCI-MSI-X  cciss0
> 130: 1525729157          0          0          0         PCI-MSI  eth0
> 138:   39424975  287760152          0          0         PCI-MSI  eth1
> 146:    9481462   54600537          0          0   IO-APIC-level  ipmi_si
> 169:  261607605 3446075481  482400759   18842256   IO-APIC-level
> uhci_hcd:usb1, tce4000
> 177:      19031 1594156509 1263212294  834831045   IO-APIC-level
> uhci_hcd:usb2, wct4xxp
> 185:          0          0          0          0   IO-APIC-level
> uhci_hcd:usb3
> NMI:    1117206    1372078    1264324     955544
> LOC: 3692453666 3692453584 3692453552 3692453473
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0
> 
> If, as a non-HW guy, I understand correctly, it means that each card is
> sharing interrupts with a USB port.  Nothing is plugged in those USB
ports.
> 
> If I remember correctly, the HP BIOS didn't let me do what I wanted
> exactly.
> Would disabling the USB ports help?
> 
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Shaun Ruffell
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:11
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.62.13 - CPU spikes every 10
> > minutes - NOT FIXED
> >
> > On 09/28/2010 02:37 AM, Mike wrote:
> > > I was wrong, the "problem" isn't fixed.  Is having IRQ spikes every 10
> > > minutes (under no load at all) the norm with Dahdi hardware?
> > >
> >
> > Interrupt spikes on 10 minute intervals is not (should not be) the norm
> > with DAHDI hardware.  What is the make/model of the PRI card that you
> > are using? Do you know what devices are on the interrupt line on which
> > you see the spike?
> >
> > The TCE400 will generate many interrupts when channels are setup and
> > destroyed and will generate an interrupt for each packet to be
> > transcoded.  When you have more than 40 channels open the card will
> > switch off interrupts and just poll the interface.  So, given that, it's
> > possible that if the call load is dipping below 40 channels and then
> > going back over you could see an interrupt spike, but that doesn't sound
> > like what you're describing.
> >
> > --
> > Shaun Ruffell
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