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title: Monitoring - KPI Utilization
slug: monitoring-kpi-utilization
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createdAt: 2026-06-24T14:51:41.945Z
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The **Monitoring - KPI Utilization** page provides data visualizations that help users understand KPIs associated with network devices. The page also includes a quick filter feature that enables users to narrow results without creating complex queries.
## Filter parameters
The following filter parameters are available:
| **Filter Parameter** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Customer Name** | Filter devices owned by specific customers. |
| **GSMA Code** | Filter devices associated with a specific GSMA code. |
| **Data Source** | Filter by any supported data source used to monitor network devices and operating systems. |
| **Node Name** | Filter by node name. |
| **Device Type** | Filter by device type. |
| **Interface Name** | Filter by a supported interface. |
### Filter Options
Each parameter mentioned above supports the following boolean options:
| **Option** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| **Include** | Limit results to include the selected values. |
| **Exclude** | Limit results to exclude the selected values. |
## Visualization display options
Hover over the upper-right corner of a visualization to display the options menu (ellipsis icon). The following display options are supported:
| **Option** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Settings** | Apply a custom time range or configure additional visualization options. |
| **Inspect** | Download a report. |
| **Maximize** | Expand the visualization to display additional information. Select the control again to restore the visualization to its original size. |
# Data visualizations
### KPI summary
The KPI Summary section includes the following visualizations:
| **KPI Name** | **Description** |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Nodes Down** | Number of SolarWinds nodes that were down during the selected period. |
| **Hardware Failure** | Number of devices reporting a critical hardware status. |
| **BGP Down** | Number of devices reporting an idle state, indicating a BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) failure that prevents communication with peers. |
| **Tunnel Down** | Number of tunnels that were down out of the total monitored tunnels. |
| **InErrors** | Number of input errors reported on devices. |
| **OutErrors** | Number of output errors reported on devices. |
| **InDiscards** | Number of inbound packets discarded by devices. |
| **OutDiscards** | Number of outbound packets discarded by devices. |
### CPU and memory utilization
This section is classified into the following:
- CPU Usage
- CPU Usage Hosts
- Memory Usage
- Memory Usage Hosts
| **Utilization Type** | **View** | **Utilization Category** | **Number of Devices (Nodes)** | **Number of Associated Records** | **Percentage of Total Devices** | **Description / Identifier** |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU Usage | Distribution | Less than 70% | Yes | Yes | Yes | CPU utilization distribution
across devices. |
| CPU Usage | Distribution | 70%–85% | Yes | Yes | Yes | CPU utilization distribution
across devices. |
| CPU Usage | Distribution | Greater than 85% | Yes | Yes | Yes | CPU utilization distribution
across devices. |
| CPU Usage Hosts | Host-Level | N/A | No | No | No | CPU utilization per host,
identified by hostname. |
| Memory Usage | Distribution | Less than 70% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Memory utilization
distribution across devices. |
| Memory Usage | Distribution | 70%–85% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Memory utilization
distribution across devices. |
| Memory Usage | Distribution | Greater than 85% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Memory utilization
distribution across devices. |
| Memory Usage Hosts | Host-Level | N/A | No | No | No | Memory utilization per host,
identified by hostname. |
| | | | | | | |
### Interface utilization
The Interface utilization section includes the following:
| ******Report / Table Name****** | ******Description****** | ******Metrics Included****** | ******Utilization Categories****** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tx\_Interface Usage | Table showing outbound interface utilization. | Number of interfaces, Number of associated records | Less than 70%
Between 70% and 85%
Greater than 85% |
| Tx\_Interface Details | Table providing outbound interface communication details. | Number of interfaces, Number of associated records | Less than 70%,
Between 70% and 85%
Greater than 85% |
| SolarWinds KPIUtilization – TX Usage Interfaces | Table providing details about nodes with outbound communications monitored by SolarWinds. | Node/interface utilization details | Not specified |
| SolarWinds KPIUtilization – RX Interfaces | Table providing inbound interface communication details. | Number of interfaces, Number of associated records | Less than 70%,
Between 70% and 85%
Greater than 85% |
| RX Usage Interfaces | Table providing details for all nodes engaged in inbound communications. | Inbound communication/interface details | Not specified |
| | | | |
### KPI utilization
The KPI Utilization section includes the following visualizations:
| **KPI Name** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Top Nodes – CPU Utilization** | List of nodes ranked in descending order by CPU utilization. |
| **Top Nodes – Memory Utilization** | List of nodes ranked in descending order by memory utilization. |
| **Top Interfaces – TX Interface Utilization** | List of interfaces ranked in descending order by outbound communication (transmit traffic). |
| **Top Interfaces – RX Interface Utilization** | List of interfaces ranked in descending order by inbound communication (receive traffic). |
### KPI status
The KPI status section includes the following categories:
| **KPI Name** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Top Nodes by Node Down | List of all nodes ranked by the number of downtime occurrences in descending order. |
| Top Interfaces by Interface Down | List of all interfaces ranked by the number of downtime occurrences in descending order. |
| Top Nodes by BGP Down | List of all nodes in an idle state, indicating a BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) failure, ranked by the number of idle occurrences in descending order. |
| Top Nodes by Tunnel Down | List of all tunnels ranked by the number of downtime occurrences in descending order. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – Interface In Errors | List of all interfaces showing the average number of inbound errors. |
| Interface Out Errors | List of all interfaces showing the average number of outbound errors. |
| Interface In Discards | List of all interfaces showing the average number of inbound discards. |
| Interface Out Discards | List of all interfaces showing the average number of outbound discards. |
| CPU Usage by Hour | Scatter chart displaying node CPU usage at specific timestamps. |
| Memory Usage | Scatter chart displaying node memory usage at specific timestamps. |
| TX Interface Usage | Scatter chart displaying outbound interface communication activity at specific timestamps. |
| RX Interface Usage | Scatter chart displaying inbound interface communication activity at specific timestamps. |
### KPI trends
All charts include filters that allow users to show or hide specific data elements. For example, on a chart displaying both inbound and outbound interface discards, users can choose to display either metric independently or both together.
| **Visualization / Chart Title** | **Chart Type** | **Metrics Tracked** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU & Memory Usage | Trendline | CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization | Displays overall system resource utilization trends over time. |
| TX Interface & RX Interface | Trendline | Outbound Traffic (TX), Inbound Traffic (RX) | Tracks network interface communication volume and bandwidth direction over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – Interface In & Out Errors | Trendline | Inbound Errors, Outbound Errors | Monitors physical and logical interface transmission errors over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – Interface In & Out Discards | Trendline | Inbound Discards, Outbound Discards | Shows inbound and outbound packet drops across network interfaces over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – KPI Status – Node | Trendline | Node Down Occurrences | Tracks network device downtime and failure events over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – KPI Status – Interface | Trendline | Interface Down Occurrences | Displays interface status failures and connection drops over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – BGP Status | Trendline | Idle BGP Occurrences | Tracks BGP protocol failures and peer disconnect occurrences over time. |
| SolarWinds KPI Utilization – Tunnel Status | Trendline | Tunnel Downtime | Monitors VPN and network tunnel outages and downtime events over time. |
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