Switch showing high CPU utilization:

PID USERNAME  PRI NICE SIZE  RES STATE  TIME  WCPU COMMAND

6972 root     91  0  281M  13M RUN  397.7H 62.99% eventd

7016 root    -52 r0  885M  179M select 104.9H 16.99% fxpc{fxpc}

7016 root     26  0  885M  179M RUN  97.9H 10.99% fxpc{fxpc}

Checking on logs, this message is constantly being written:

root@switch> show log messages | match eventd

May 11 14:30:01.353 switch eventd: %SYSLOG-3: could not bind to address 192.168.10.1: Can't assign requested address

May 11 14:30:01.416 switch eventd: %SYSLOG-3: Trying bind to default address: Inappropriate ioctl for device

May 11 14:30:01.418 switch eventd: %SYSLOG-3: bind: Invalid argument

Checking on the configuration, only one line is found related to that IP address:

root@switch> show configuration | display set | match 192.168.10.1

set system syslog source-address 192.168.10.1

But none layer 3 interface exist that owns the IP address in reference, since the switch cannot map that IP to any IFL, it will cause eventd to trigger that message and cause CPU utilization

Solution 1.

Remove the configuration if the IP address is not in use on the device:

delete system syslog source-address 192.168.10.1

Solution 2.

Deactivate that specific configuration:

deactivate system syslog source-address 192.168.10.1

Solution 3.

Configure a valid and operational layer 3 interface and assign that IP address.