eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by RADLBMPCPUTest

MP (Management Processor) is the processor on a Radware Alteon load balancer that handles management traffic. A sudden/steady increase in management traffic can cause the CPU usage of the management processor to increase. If usage increases beyond permissible limits, it can cause serious degradations in the performance of the load balancer. To avoid this, its best to track the CPU usage of the MP over time, proactively capture a potential CPU contention, and make plans to avert it. This is possible using the Management Processor CPU Utilization test!

This test monitors how the MP is using its CPU resources and alerts administrators to the excessive CPU utilization of the MP. Additionally, the test also reveals if the CPU usage spiked suddenly or if CPU consumption by the MP was growing consistently over the last minute. This way, the test reveals how serious the problem is, and thus prompts administrators to hasten remedial action.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Radware Alteon load balancer being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
cpuUtil1Sec Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by the MP during the last second. Percent A value over 80% is a cause for concern as it indicates excessive CPU usage by the MP of the load balancer during the last second.
cpuUtil4Sec Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by the MP during the last 4 seconds. Percent A value over 80% is a cause for concern as it indicates that the MP has been over-utilizing CPU resources for over 4 seconds. This further implies that CPU usage has been consistently abnormal. You may want to investigate and determine the type of management traffic that could have caused this usage excess.
cpuUtil64Sec Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by the MP during the last 64 seconds. Percent A value over 80% is a cause for concern as it indicates that the MP has been over-utilizing CPU resources for over 64 seconds. This further implies that CPU usage has been high for over one minute. You may want to investigate and determine the type of management traffic that could have caused this usage excess.