We are distinguishing between control plane and forwarding or data plane in our switches. The latter is usually referring to the Networking Processing Unit (NPU) or switching ASIC which is in fact doing the "real" work of switching ethernet frames and routing IP packets. In contrast the control plane is referring to the switch CPU which is running the operating system The OS is tasked to process control protocols and to programm the NPU accordingly. "show process cpu" will display the CPU usage of all of these control plane processes which are running under the system deamon "sysdlp". "show process cpu management-unit" will display the CPU load of the whole operating system including "sysdlp" processes on the management unit if there is a stack configuration (only the stack master will be responsible for control plane tasks). Regards, Tim  
Good morning. I have a question about the command to check the dell switch CPU usage information.In the guide, you can check the cpu usage information with the following two commands. show process cpushow process cpu management-unit However, when I check the cpu usage information on the switch, I see different usage rates.   [IMAGE][IMAGE] What is the difference between the two instructions?
What is the command to check dell switch CPU CPU usage information?