Packet losses, network utilization and network bandwidth are the components of the network that we are usually monitoring.. and Network Performance Monitor is doing great with this stuffs. I don't know if you would agree with me if i say that we also need to monitor the CPU utilization of our routers and switches...
We are using HP Procurve switches in our company. When i added these machines in Network Performance Monitor, CPU utilization is not included in the discovered resources. Unlike when i added servers and Cisco Routers, CPU utlization is already included in the discovered resources..
I tried to look for other tool that i can use to monitor the CPU util of these switches. In ADVANCE CPU LOAD, an error pops up when i tried to add them. it says: "10.12.21.3 is not supported. This version of Advance CPU Load supports Windows, Linux (Net-SNMP), Foundry, Extreme, and Cisco routers and switches" WHY CISCO ONLY?
i wish Solarwinds Engr toolset would also support HP Procurve.
MIB and OID of HP ProCurve Switch:
Name hpSwitchCpuStat
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.hp.nm.icf.hpicfObjects.hpicfSwitch.hpSwitch.hpSwitchStatistics.hpSwitchMiscStat.hpSwitchCpuStat
OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.5.1.9.6.1The CPU utilization in percent(%).