[root@abc ~]# man sar
-u [ ALL ]
Report CPU utilization. The ALL keyword indicates that all the CPU fields should be displayed. The report may show the following fields:
%user
Percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the user level (application). Note that this field includes time spent running virtual processors.
%usr
Percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the user level (application). Note that this field does NOT include time spent running virtual proces-
sors.
%nice
Percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the user level with nice priority.
%system
Percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the system level (kernel). Note that this field includes time spent servicing hardware and software interrupts.
%sys
Percentage of CPU utilization that occurred while executing at the system level (kernel). Note that this field does NOT include time spent servicing hardware or soft-ware interrupts.
%iowait
Percentage of time that the CPU or CPUs were idle during which the system had an outstanding disk I/O request.
%steal
Percentage of time spent in involuntary wait by the virtual CPU or CPUs while the hypervisor was servicing another virtual processor.
%irq
Percentage of time spent by the CPU or CPUs to service hardware interrupts.
%soft
Percentage of time spent by the CPU or CPUs to service software interrupts.
%guest
Percentage of time spent by the CPU or CPUs to run a virtual processor.
%idle
Percentage of time that the CPU or CPUs were idle and the system did not have an outstanding disk I/O request.
Note: On SMP machines a processor that does not have any activity at all (0.00 for every field) is a disabled (offline) processor.
[root@abc ~]# man sar
-u [ ALL ]