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Cisco ASR 901 Aggregation Services Router Command Reference Guide
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Chapter 1 CLI Command Reference
load-interval
load-interval
To change the length of time for which data is used to compute load statistics, use the
load-interva
l
interface configuration command. Use the
no
form of this command to revert to the default setting.
load-interval
seconds
no load-interval
seconds
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
If you want load computations to be more reactive to short bursts of traffic, rather than averaged over
5-minute periods, you can shorten the length of time over which load averages are computed.
If the load interval is set to 30 seconds, new data is used for load calculations over a 30-second period.
This data is used to compute load statistics, including input rate in bits and packets per second, output
rate in bits and packets per second, load, and reliability.
Load data is gathered every 5 seconds. This data is used for a weighted average calculation in which
more-recent load data has more weight in the computation than older load data. If the load interval is set
to 30 seconds, the average is computed for the last 30 seconds of load data.
The
load-interval
command allows you to change the default interval of 5 minutes to a shorter or longer
period of time. if you change it to a shorter period of time, the input and output statistics that are
displayed when you use the
show interface
command will be more current, and based on more
instantaneous data, rather than reflecting a more average load over a longer period of time.
This command is often used for dial backup purposes, to increase or decrease the likelihood of a backup
interface being implemented, but it can be used on any interface.
Examples
In the following example, the default 5-minute average is set to a 30-second average.
Router(config)#
interface GigabitEthernet0/7
Router(config-if)#
load-interval 30
seconds
Length of time for which data is used to compute load statistics. Specify a
value that is a multiple of 30, from 30 to 600 (30, 60, 90, 120, and so forth).
Release
Modification
15.1(2)SNG
Support for this command was introduced on the Cisco ASR 901 router.