sp_who/sp_who2

sp_who/sp_who2 [ [ @loginame = ] 'login' | session ID | 'ACTIVE' ]

sp_who returns a result set with the following information.

Column	Data type	Description
spid	smallint	Session ID.
ecid	smallint	Execution context ID of a given thread associated with a specific session ID. ECID = {0, 1, 2, 3, ...n }, where 0 always represents the main or parent thread, and {1, 2, 3, ...n } represent the subthreads.
status	nchar(30)	Process status. The possible values are: dormant . SQL Server is resetting the session. running . The session is running one or more batches. When Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) is enabled, a session can run multiple batches. For more information, see Using Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) . background . The session is running a background task, such as deadlock detection. rollback . The session has a transaction rollback in process. pending . The session is waiting for a worker thread to become available. runnable . The session's task is in the runnable queue of a scheduler while waiting to get a time quantum. spinloop . The session's task is waiting for a spinlock to become free. suspended . The session is waiting for an event, such as I/O, to complete.
loginame	nchar(128)	Login name associated with the particular process.
hostname	nchar(128)	Host or computer name for each process.
blk	char(5)	Session ID for the blocking process, if one exists. Otherwise, this column is zero. When a transaction associated with a specified session ID is blocked by an orphaned distributed transaction, this column will return a '-2' for the blocking orphaned transaction.
dbname	nchar(128)	Database used by the process.
cmd	nchar(16)	Database Engine command (Transact-SQL statement, internal Database Engine process, and so on) executing for the process.
request_id	int	ID for requests running in a specific session.

In case of parallel processing, subthreads are created for the specific session ID. The main thread is indicated as spid = <xxx> and ecid =0 . The other subthreads have the same spid = <xxx> , but with ecid > 0.

Above refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms174313.aspx

SPIDs less than 50 are system oriented.