How to view the configuration memory usage for dataplane slots?
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Created On 12/18/19 16:34 PM - Last Modified 09/23/25 04:16 AM
Objective
To view the configuration memory utilization for dataplane slots.
Environment
- Palo Alto Firewall.
- Supported PAN-OS
Procedure
- The command "debug dataplane show cfg-memstat statistics" displays the configuration memory usage on the dataplane. Example below:
> debug dataplane show cfg-memstat statistics
Policy cache usage threshold = 100%
VSYS Config Allocator Usage : 24576KB ( 1% of 1520384KB)
Current config memory usage
Misc : 1920 KB (Actual 1813 KB; 13 out of 3000 chunks in use)
Custom URL : 128 KB (Actual 38 KB; 1 out of 3000 chunks in use)
Global : 8832 KB (Actual 8808 KB; 68 out of 3000 chunks in use)
vsys1 : 768 KB (Actual 419 KB; 3 out of 3000 chunks in use)
Last config memory usage
Misc : 1920 KB (Actual 1813 KB; 13 out of 3000 chunks in use)
Custom URL : 640 KB (Actual 627 KB; 3 out of 3000 chunks in use)
Global : 8832 KB (Actual 8810 KB; 68 out of 3000 chunks in use)
vsys1 : 768 KB (Actual 419 KB; 3 out of 3000 chunks in use)
POLICY CACHE (ACTIVE) : 157311KB
POLICY CACHE USAGE : 1280KB ( 0% of 157280KB)
alloc size 32704, max 32704
- The Following metric can be referred to for which elements of configuration contribute to which memory usage category: