--- title: "IPC" description: "" url: "https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/collection/ipc/index.html" --- ## Introduction The Geneos IPC plug-in provides an in depth status view of all shared memory segments that are currently active on the system. ## Views ### View The IPC Plug-in produces a single view as follows: ![ipc2](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/geneos/images/netprobe/system-images/image2_plug-in_universal_ipc.png) **Headline Legend**

Name	Description
activeSegments	Number of active segments

**Table Legend**

Name	Description
Key	The key of the shared memory segment.
Id	The identifier for the facility entry.
Mode	The facility access modes and flags.
Owner	The login name of the owner of the facility entry.
Group	The group name of the group of the owner of the facility entry.
Creator	The login name of the creator of the facility.
creatorGroup	The group name of the group of the creator of the facility entry.
creatorPID	The process ID of the creator of the shared memory entry.
lastPID	The process ID of the last process to attach or detach from the shared memory segment.
attachCount	The number of processes attached to the associated shared memory segment.
segSize	The size of the associated shared memory segment.
tmTouched	The time when the associated entry was created or changed.
tmLastAttach	The time the last attach was completed to the associated shared memory segment.
tmLastDetach	The time the last detach was completed on the associated shared memory segment

## Plug-in Configuration The following parameters can be configured for this plug-in: ### command Command to run to obtain input. Mandatory: No Default: Solaris: "/bin/ipcs -a", Hpux: "/usr/bin/ipcs -a", Linux: "/usr/bin/ipcs -a"