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CPU load difference CPVIEW vs TOP on R80.30 kernel 3.1

Hi Checkmates,

can someone explain to me why I can see different CPU loads between CPVIEW and TOP since our upgrade to R80.30 kernel 3.1 (UMFW) on our 16core OpenServer ?

This is the affinity setting:

eth7: CPU 0

fw_0: CPU 15

fw_1: CPU 7

fw_2: CPU 14

fw_3: CPU 6

fw_4: CPU 13

fw_5: CPU 5

fw_6: CPU 12

fw_7: CPU 4

mpdaemon: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

fwd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

dtlsd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

vpnd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

in.asessiond: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

pepd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

lpd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

dtpsd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

rtmd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

pdpd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

in.acapd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

cprid: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

cpd: CPU 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15

Interface eth4: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth5: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth6: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth10: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth11: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth12: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth13: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth8: has multi queue enabled

Interface eth9: has multi queue enabled

Thanks and regards

Thomas

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TomShanti

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‎2020-04-2701:01 AM

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I just got sudden enlightment 😁

TOP shows the cumulative value of CPVIEWs "User" and "System" column of a CPU.

Regards Thomas

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Danny

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‎2020-04-2611:52 PM

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How many CPU cores are licensed?

What's this command showing?

sqlite3 -header CPViewDB.dat \
'select name_of_cpu, cpu_usage from UM_STAT_UM_CPU_UM_CPU_ORDERED_TABLE order by cpu_usage desc limit 10;'

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TomShanti

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‎2020-04-2712:15 AM

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Hi Danny,

license is for 16 cores:

[Expert@xxxxxx:0]# cplic print

Host Expiration Features

192.168.xxx.xxx never CPSG-C-8-U CPSG-C-8-U CPSB-FW CPSB-VPN CPSB-ADN CPSB-ACCL CPSB-IA CPSB-IPS CPSB-APCL CPSB-CTNT CK-xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The output of your command is:

[Expert@xxxxxx:0]# sqlite3 -header CPViewDB.dat 'select name_of_cpu, cpu_usage from UM_STAT_UM_CPU_UM_CPU_ORDERED_TABLE order by cpu_usage desc limit 10;'

Error: no such table: UM_STAT_UM_CPU_UM_CPU_ORDERED_TABLE

ccc

-------------------------------------------------- ccc v4.7 -

xxxxx

-------------------------------------------------------------

System Firewall Cluster Node (HA) > Standby

Type Open Server

OS R80.30 GAiA 3.10 JHF (Take 155) @ 64-bit

CPUSE Build 1889 | Host access: Any

CPU 16 Cores | SMT: - | Load 0.12

RAM 252 GB (Free: 237 GB) | Swapping 0 GB

SecureXL On | Multi-Queue Interfaces -

CoreXL On ( Cores) | Dynamic Dispatcher: On

Core dumps Present | Crash dumps: -

Disk use / 14% | /var/log/ 1%

Uptime 1 days, 12 hours | NTP: Synced

-------------------------------------------------------------

Managed by xxxxx (IP: 192.168.xxx.xxx)

Policy xxxxx - Apr 25 2020 `20:46

Inspection Stateful | Address Spoofing: None

Blades FW, VPN, IPS, IA, MON

-------------------------------------------------------------

IPS Apr 18 2020 `13:10 | xxx

AppC Apr 18 2020 `13:10 | xxx

URLF Apr 18 2020 `13:10 | xxx

ABot Apr 18 2020 `13:10 | xxx

AV Apr 18 2020 `13:10 | xxx

-------------------------------------------------------------

Interfaces 802.1Q VLAN Support, bnx2x, igb, ixgbe, tg3

SYNC Ifs 1

VLANs Defined

SNMP v3 Only

RAID -

I ran ccc on the passive member. btw very nice script !

Seems it does not pickup the MQ interfaces correctly ....

Dumps in  /var/log/dump/usermode/ are only from cpview

Thanks and regards

Thomas

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TomShanti

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‎2020-04-2701:01 AM

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I just got sudden enlightment 😁

TOP shows the cumulative value of CPVIEWs "User" and "System" column of a CPU.

Regards Thomas

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HristoGrigorov

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‎2020-04-2701:40 AM

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If you are trying to compare CPU usage to system load average than these are two different things. Btw, do you have any excess RX-DRP on interfaces ?

You mention USMFW but just for info, it is not enabled on this system according what top displays.

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TomShanti

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‎2020-04-2701:57 AM

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Hi,

currently no excessive RS-DRPs.

Why would you say UMFW is not enabled ?

[Expert@xxxxx:0]# cpprod_util FwIsUsermode

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Regards Thomas

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HristoGrigorov

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‎2020-04-2702:02 AM

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You have many fwk0_* processes which should not be the case when UMFW is enabled ?

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TomShanti

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‎2020-04-2702:09 AM

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If you press Shift+H in top the fwk0_dev_0 will resolve to the fwk... processes.

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HristoGrigorov

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‎2020-04-2702:14 AM

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Right you are 🙂 Sorry for false alarm 😉

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