Check network interface use-to-capacity trends within a moving time frame. See periods of abnormally heavy or light traffic —and a useful indicator for network interface cards running at capacity, misconfigured below nominal bandwidth, bottlenecked by obsolete hardware or cables, and more.
The default threshold is configured to alert when inbound or outbound utilization exceeds 90% for more than 60 minutes.
Configure an interface utilization threshold:
Automatically resolve items no longer out of threshold. Select this option if you want Alert Center to automatically resolve items when they return to the value within the threshold limit.
Note: Notification policies are optional for most thresholds. If you do not select a notification policy, no notifications are generated for the threshold, but a dashboard report listing the out of threshold items still appears on the Alert Center Home page.
Add Condition Rules:
Exclude Devices. Select to build or apply an exclusion list.
Note: Configure the threshold check interval for a longer time than the sampling interval for thresholds relating to trends, such as percent utilization. Configure it for a time the same as (or similar to) the sampling interval when configuring a threshold for a health check.
Tip: Avoid setting the threshold check interval to a very short time. Aggressive intervals can degrade system performance. In general, setting the threshold check interval to less than five minutes is not advised.