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      AR-Thomas
      last edited by

      I just started setting up a XG-7100 and noticed that CPU usage is steady at 16-18% with no traffic going through. It has only been setup with a WAN and LAN interface and no packages has been installed yet.
      Is a CPU usage this high normal at idle for the XG-7100?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        From ssh or the console, open up a shell prompt and run top -aSH and see what's taking up the CPU time.

        I'd expect a couple percent of a core being used by the switch but it isn't typically that high, I don't think.

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        • RicoR
          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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          PHP is eating some % of CPU when the Web GUI is opened.

          -Rico

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            AR-Thomas @jimp
            last edited by AR-Thomas

            Thank you jimp and Rico!

            top -aSH shows me that the CPU sits idle at about 98,4% without the Web Gui open. Once the Web Gui is opened, that number fluctuates between 68% and 95% and the number for system maxes out at about 30%

            I was wondering if the rather high CPU usage would somehow be connected to my issues getting the 4-port NIC add-on card to work. I will start another thread about that shortly.

            /Thomas

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Make sure you have updated Coreboot to ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.10 using the Netgate Coreboot Upgrade package. That is required for the expansion card to function correctly.

              Steve

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                AR-Thomas
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                Thank you Steve. Updating Coreboot fixed my issues with the card.

                /Thomas

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