What is 'The percentage of CPU running in ANIP mode.'

I had to look this one up as I personally don't have an ANIP enabled device to work with. Here's some relevant information on ANIP.

 

 

ANIP (Auxillary Network Interface Processor) mode is a mode in which a percentage of CPU utilization is dedicated to network interface processing.

 

 

The first metric (GLOBAL_STATISTIC_ANIP_PERCENT) represents the percentage of time that an ANIP is doing useful work.

 

 

The second metric (GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MAX_ANIP_PERCENT) represents the high-water mark of the percentage of time an ANIP is doing useful work.

 

 

According to the documentation, BIG-IP has 3 overall processing modes that are mutually exclusive.

 

 

UP - UniProcessor

 

SMP - Symmetric Multiprocessor

 

ANIP - Auxillary Network Interface Processor

 

 

Single Processor System:

 

UP - Default

 

SMP - Not applicable

 

ANIP - Not applicable

 

 

Two Processor System:

 

UP - Happens temporarily at bootup only until transition to SMP or ANIP mode is complete. Not otherwise supported.

 

SMP - Default if no network interfaces are ANIP-enabled. Optionally configurable by ANIP-disabling all ANIP-capable network interfaces prior to boot.

 

ANIP - Default if any network interface is ANIP-enabled

 

 

This is all the info I have on ANIP mode. If you need more information feel free to contact F5 Technical Support

 

 

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Email: support@f5.com

 

Phone: 206-272-6888

 

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-Joe