Documentation forEngineer's Toolset for the Web

CPU Monitor tool

The CPU Monitor tool in ETS for the Web monitors CPU load on multiple devices in real time, providing CPU and host statistics in a tabular form.

CPU Monitor shows you the current load in relation to the maximum CPU load. You can set warning and alarm thresholds independently for each monitored device.

Access the CPU Monitor

  1. Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console as an administrator.

  2. Click My Dashboards > Toolset > All Tools.

  3. Under My Tools, click CPU Monitor.

You can also launch the CPU Monitor from the object menu of SolarWinds Platform nodes or from the Management resource on the node details view.

Monitor the CPU load on your devices

  1. On the Configure CPU Monitor page, find the nodes whose CPU you want to monitor.

  2. Click the + in front of the node to display the available CPUs within the node.

    To discover the CPUs in one or more nodes, select the nodes and click Discover All CPUs.

  3. Select the CPUs you want to monitor.

    You can monitor as many resources as your other SolarWinds Platform product licenses can, and additional ten resources from the ETS for the Web license.

  4. From the View Type menu, choose to view the results as a table or a chart.

  5. Click Monitor CPUs.

  6. Customize the presentation of results. For more information, see Configure charts shown in ETS for the Web tools.

    • Chart or table

      If the results are displayed in a table, and you want to see them in a chart, toggle the display mode to Chart. Use the View buttons in the upper-right corner of the page to toggle the presentation of monitoring data.

    • Metrics

      Select what statistics you want to view in the chart in the Metrics area.

      If the required metrics are not available, you need to add them first. Click Settings > Metrics, and make sure all metrics are in the Available Metrics area.

      For more information about settings, see Specify tool-specific settings.

    • Thresholds

      If you want the chart to display a threshold, select the threshold in the Show thresholds list.

      If the threshold is not available in the list, you need to define it first. Click Settings > Thresholds, select the metric and define the warning and error levels.

    Editing the monitor settings resets the monitored data and deletes all data collected so far. After you return to the monitor, you must define the monitored objects again, and the monitoring will restart.

Supported metrics

  • Status
  • CPU Name
  • Device Name
  • IP address
  • CPU Load

Supported thresholds

  • CPU Load