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HAPTER 9: MODULE ADMINISTRATION
Monitoring CPU Utilization
You may monitor CPU utilization for both the network processor and
Pentium processor on installed modules. All forwarding modules utilize a
network processor. Only DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS modules and route server
modules utilize the additional Pentium processor.
CPU utilization may be monitored for the following duration:
■ 1 minute
■ 1 hour
■ 1 day
Viewing CPU Utilization
Following are characteristics of the CPU utilization viewing options:
■ A view is displayed for the network processor, and a view is displayed for
the Pentium processor.
■ Utilization is displayed by a plot graph view or a table view.
To view CPU utilization, follow this procedure:
1. Navigate to the Card Summary folder.
2. Click the Card Summary tab. The Card Summary window appears.
3. Click Refresh to update the information.
4. Select the row that includes the module that you want to view. (Refer to
Figure 9-2.)
5. Click the Cpu Utilization tab. The Cpu Utilization window appears, and
is displayed in the plot or table view. (Refer to Figure 9-5 and Figure 9-6.)
6. To monitor CPU utilization, choose the Enable Cpu Utilization Enabled
option.
7. Click the tab for the duration of time you want to monitor utilization.
8. Choose the Plot or Table option for the display you want to view.
9. View CPU utilization. (Refer to Table 9-5.)