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Percentage Bandwidth Utilization (NETBandwidthUtil)

This parameter provides details about the bandwidth usage of the network interface. The bandwidth utilization is the percentage of bandwidth utilized out of the total bandwidth available.

Warning

This parameter will be deactivated and not displayed if it is unable to access the values provided by ethtool or dmesg tool in sudo mode. If it is discovered and is unable to receive any values from the tools then it will remain displayed.

Default parameter attributes

Attribute

Default value

Application class

NETWORK

Command type

not applicable

Platform

all

Icon style

graph

Unit

percentage of bandwidth utilization

Border range

undefined

Alarm1 range

undefined

Alarm2 range

undefined

Scheduling (poll time)

inherits poll time of collector

Active at installation

yes

Parameter type

consumer

Value set by

BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management properties

Property

Default value

Monitor type

Network

Key Performance Indicator

No

Monitor for abnormalities

No

Graph by default

No

Availability

No

Response time

No

Normal distribution

No

Statistical

No

 

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BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13