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The CPU Usage provides the ability to view the statistical report of CPU usage in a table and chart format.

To view CPU usage details, go to Monitoring > Dashboard > CPU > CPU Usage. The CPU Usage window displays.

CPU Usage

Click  to expand the window. Click  to expand the respective pane.

Click the column header to sort the table by that column.

The following entries are displayed:

CPU Usage Information

ParameterDescription
CPUNumber of CPUs.
% UserSpecifies the percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the user level.
% NiceSpecifies the percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the user level with nice priority.
% SysSpecifies the percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the system level (kernel).
% IO WaitSpecifies the percentage of time that the CPU or CPUs were idle during which the system had an outstanding disk I/O request.
% IRQSpecifies the percentage of CPU serving for the hardware interrupts.
% SoftSpecifies the percentage of CPU serving for the software interrupts.
% StealSpecifies the amount of CPU ‘stolen’ from the virtual machine by the hypervisor for other tasks (such as running another virtual machine) this will be 0 on desktop and server without Virtual machine.
% GuestSpecifies the percentage of CPU serving for the guest virtual machine.
% Idle

Specifies the percentage of time that the CPU(s) is idle and the system did not have an outstanding disk I/O request.

The same entries are displayed in a chart format.

CPU Usage Chart

The CPU usage chart is updated every five seconds.

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