Measures reported by NKProcessTest
This test auto-discovers the processes running on the Nokia IPSO firewall, and reports the CPU and memory utilization of each process. Using these details, administrators can quickly find out the process that is utilizing excessive CPU and memory resources of the firewall.
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each process on the target firewall that is to be monitored.
Descriptor of the test : Process
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| proCpuUtil |
Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by this process. |
Percent |
Comparing the values of these measures across the processes will reveal the process that is over-utilizing the CPU and memory resources. This way, administrators can determine whether the process is legitimately utilizing the resources or unusually consuming excessive resources due to malicious attacks. |
| proMemory |
Indicates the amount of memory utilized by this process. |
KB |
Comparing the values of these measures across the processes will reveal the process that is over-utilizing the CPU and memory resources. This way, administrators can determine whether the process is legitimately utilizing the resources or unusually consuming excessive resources due to malicious attacks. |
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