topic My ASA 5520 with 60% CPU in Network Security

ASA Dispatch unit

movahedtsetmc — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:36:24 GMT

Dear ALL,

I have an ASA 5520 with 60% CPU usage related to dispatch unit.

I am going to buy a new ASA.

How can I compare ASA models based on their dispatch unit processing capacity?

Thanks

Ali

Rishabh Seth — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:06:12 GMT

ASA dispatch unit is related to traffic processing.

If the traffic volume in your network is towards the higher end of device capacity then you will see the

cpu to be at higher values.

As far as choosing a device is concerned, you should refer the ASA datasheets and find an appropriate device based on overall needs of your network.

You can refer following link for comparing different device:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/asa-5500-series-next-generation-firewalls/models-comparison.html

Hope it helps!!!

R.Seth

movahedtsetmc — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 06:10:35 GMT

My ASA 5520 with 60% CPU usage related to dispatch unit has 70 Mbps traffic ( sum of all interfaces)

Max Throughput of ASA 5520 is 450 Mbps . So CPU usage should be 15% not 60%.

Who it comes?

Thanks

Ali

movahedtsetmc — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:18:16 GMT

Thanks Seth

But

My ASA 5520 with 60% CPU usage related to dispatch unit has 70 Mbps traffic ( sum of all interfaces)

Max Throughput of ASA 5520 is 450 Mbps . So CPU usage should be 15% not 60%.

Who it comes?

Thanks

Ali