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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter81 Troubleshooting
Other Troubleshooting Tools
Monitoring Connections
To view current connections in a tabular format, in the ASDM main window, choose Monitoring >
Properties > Connections. Each connection is identified by the following parameters::
•Protocol
•Source IP address
•Source port
•Destination IP address
•Destination port
•Idle time since the last packet was sent or received
•Amount of sent and received traffic on the connection
Monitoring Per-Process CPU Usage
You can monitor the processes that run on the CPU. You can obtain information about the percentage of
CPU that is used by a certain process. CPU usage statistics are sorted in descending order to display the
highest consumer at the top. Also included is information about the load on the CPU per process, at 5
seconds, 1 minute, and 5 minutes before the log time. This information is updated automatically every
5 seconds to provide real-time statistics. In ASDM it is updated every 30 seconds.
To view CPU usage on a per-process basis, perform the following steps:
Step1 In the ASDM main window, choose Monitoring > Properties > Per-Process CPU Usage.
Step2 To pause the auto-refresh of the screen, click Stop auto-refresh.
Step3 To save the information on the screen to a local text file, click Save log to local file.
The Save dialog box appears.
Step4 Enter the name of the text file, then click Save.
To color code processes according to their CPU usage range, click Configure CPU usage.
The Color Settings dialog box appears.
Step5 Choose one of the following range options: 49% and below, 50% to 79%, and 80% and above.
Step6 Click the foreground or background cell to display the Pick a Color dialog box, and select the foreground
and background colors for the given ranges.
Step7 Click one of the following tabs to pick the color palette: Swatches, HSB, or RGB. When you are done,
click OK.
Step8 Click OK to view the color-coded entries.
Step9 Click Refresh to refresh the data manually at any time.