Chapter 17 Administrative Tasks for the Sensor

Displaying the Inspection Load of the Sensor

Displaying the Inspection Load of the Sensor

 

 

 

 

Use the show inspection-loadcommand in privileged EXEC mode to display a timestamp and the

 

 

 

 

current inspection load of the sensor. Use the history option to display a histogram of the inspection load

 

 

 

 

over the past 60 minutes and over the past 72 hours.

 

 

 

 

Use this command to determine the load on the sensor instead of the CPU Usage information from the

 

 

 

 

show statistics host command. The inspection load is a more accurate representation of the processing

 

 

 

 

level of the sensor. The calculation of the inspection load has also been enhanced to provide a more

 

 

 

 

accurate calculation of the sensor load at lower traffic levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

The Processing Load category in the show statistics virtual-sensoroutput has been renamed to

 

 

 

 

Inspection Load and shows the same value seen in the show inspection load command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

The show inspection-loadcommand is not currently supported for the IPS 4500 series sensors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To display the inspection load of the sensor, follow these steps:

 

 

 

 

Step 1

Log in to the CLI.

 

Step 2

Show the current inspection load with a timestamp of the sensor.

 

 

 

 

sensor# show inspection-load

 

 

 

 

sensor 08:18:13 PM Friday Jan 15 2011 UTC

 

 

 

 

Inspection Load Percentage = 1

 

Step 3

Show the histogram of the inspection load:

 

 

 

 

sensor# show inspection-load history

 

 

 

 

sensor 15:36:42 UTC Mon Jan 30 2012

 

 

 

 

sensor 08:18:13 PM Friday Jan 15 2011 UTC

 

 

 

 

Inspection Load Percentage = 65

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems IPS4510K9 Displaying the Inspection Load of the Sensor, Over the past 60 minutes and over the past 72 hours
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IPS4510K9 specifications

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