CPU (Cisco) service

When this service has a scan interval of less than 5 minutes, the agent may take longer than the scan interval to gather the metrics. As a result, you may notice some scan intervals are not populated.

The CPU (Cisco) service monitors the CPU usage on Cisco devices that support CISCO-PROCESS-MIB. For information on other CPU services, see CPU service (local API, SNMP, WMI).

This service cannot use Self Healing.

Service TypeSNMP
Instances on a Device32
Supported Systems/ApplicationsAny Cisco device that supports CISCO-PROCESS-MIB.
Device Class for CPU (SNMP)Switch/Router
Monitored ByWindows probes
Scan Interval15 minutes
Minimum Scan Interval1 minute
CPU IndexThe SNMP index of the CPU, which is determined by performing an SNMP walk on cpmCPUTotal5sec (1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.6).

OID/Calculation

Metric NameOID/CalculationDescription
% CPU Utilization (5 Seconds)1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.6How busy the CPU was over the last five seconds as a percentage of its capacity.
% CPU Utilization (1 Minute)1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.7How busy the CPU was over the last one minute as a percentage of its capacity.
% CPU Utilization (5 Minutes)1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.8 How busy the CPU was over the last five minutes as a percentage of its capacity.