eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by FastIronCpuTest

One of the probable reasons for the poor performance of the target FastIron switch is excessive CPU usage. Administrators should hence continuously track how well the switch utilizes CPU resources, so that abnormal usage patterns can be proactively detected and corrected to ensure peak performance of the switch. This CPU usage check can be performed using the FastIronCpuTest test. At configured intervals, this test monitors the current and maximum CPU usage levels of the switch and reports excessive usage (if any).

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target Brocade FastIron Switch that is to be monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
CPU_usage Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by the target switch. Percent Ideally, the value should be low. An unusually high value or a consistent increase in this value is indicative of abnormal CPU usage which requires immediate attention of the administrator.