Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide

Default Threshold Values

Factory-configured default threshold values are provided in the N1 System Manager software for some OS health thresholds. These values are stated as percentages. Table 6–3 lists default values for these OS health attributes.


Note –

Setting or modifying threshold values for hardware health attributes is not supported in this version of the Sun N1 System Manager.


Table 6–3 Factory-Configured Default Threshold Values for OS Health Attributes

Attribute Name 

Description 

Default Threshold 

Default Threshold 

cpustats.loadavg1min

System load expressed as average number of queued processes over 1 minute 

warninghigh >4.00

criticalhigh >5.00

cpustats.loadavg5min

System load expressed as average number of queued processes over 5 minutes 

warninghigh >4.10

criticalhigh >5.10

cpustats.loadavg15min

System load expressed as average number of queued processes over 15 minutes 

warninghigh >4.10

criticalhigh >5.10

cpustats.pctusage

Percentage of overall CPU usage 

warninghigh >80%

criticalhigh >90.1%

cpustats.pctidle

Percentage of CPU idle 

warninglow <20%

criticallow <10%

memusage.mbmemfree

Memory free in MB 

warninghigh <39%

criticalhigh <29%

memusage.mbmemused

Memory used in MB 

warninghigh >1501

criticalhigh >2001

memusage.pctmemused

Percentage of memory in use 

warninghigh >80%

criticalhigh >90%

memusage.pctmemfree

Percentage of memory free 

warninglow <20%

criticallow <10%

memusage.kbswapused

Swap space in use in Kb 

warninghigh >500000

criticalhigh >1000000

fsusage.kbspacefree

File system free space in Kb 

warninglow <94.0Kb

criticallow <89.0Kb

Specific threshold values can be set at the command line by following the procedures described in Setting Threshold Values.