Created on
12-31-2024
01:48 AM
Edited on
05-14-2025
04:41 AM
By
Jean-Philippe_P
Description | This article describes how to troubleshoot high CPU issues due to 'irq' going high. |
Scope | FortiGate. |
Solution |
'IRQ' value can be seen as high sometimes in the 'get system performance status' result. A higher 'IRQ' value indicates an issue with the console output getting printed in the background or if collecting any debug, the chances are that the command output is getting printed in multiple consoles at the same time.
get sys perf status
In the 'get system performance status' command output, IRQ stands for Interrupt Requests. IRQ values in the output indicate the percentage of time the CPU is spending on handling hardware interrupts. These interrupts are signals sent by hardware devices to the CPU to request attention.
Here are the key points regarding IRQ in the 'get system performance status' output:
Abnormal increase in this part means there could be a loop in the network or the device is getting too many duplicate packets (mostly too many ARP packets). To check it, verify the traffic pattern on the interfaces that are connected to the L2 network.
exe time Example:
graviton-kvm63 (global) # diagnose debug info ===== IPS debug settings ===== ===== IPS SSL debug settings ===== ===== IP router debug settings ===== ;;
;; RIPng debugging status:
The current debug duration is 30 minutes, the timer has not started yet.
FGT-A # config global
Logs to be collected.
Putty Session 1:
get sys status diagnose sys profile report
Putty Session 2:
get sys stat
Putty Session 3:
get sys stat |
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