# net.isr
Plugin: freebsd.plugin
Module: net.isr
## Overview
Collect information about system softnet stat.
The plugin calls `sysctl` function to collect necessary data.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
This integration doesn't support auto-detection.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per net.isr instance
These metrics show statistics about softnet stats.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| system.softnet_stat | dispatched, hybrid_dispatched, qdrops, queued | events/s |
### Per core
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| cpu.softnet_stat | dispatched, hybrid_dispatched, qdrops, queued | events/s |
## Alerts
The following alerts are available:
| Alert name | On metric | Description |
|:------------|:----------|:------------|
| [ 1min_netdev_backlog_exceeded ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/softnet.conf) | system.softnet_stat | average number of dropped packets in the last minute due to exceeded net.core.netdev_max_backlog |
| [ 1min_netdev_budget_ran_outs ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/softnet.conf) | system.softnet_stat | average number of times ksoftirq ran out of sysctl net.core.netdev_budget or net.core.netdev_budget_usecs with work remaining over the last minute (this can be a cause for dropped packets) |
| [ 10min_netisr_backlog_exceeded ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/softnet.conf) | system.softnet_stat | average number of drops in the last minute due to exceeded sysctl net.route.netisr_maxqlen (this can be a cause for dropped packets) |
## Setup
### Prerequisites
No action required.
### Configuration
#### File
The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:freebsd:net.isr]` section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
```ini
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
```
You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the
Netdata [config directory](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#the-netdata-config-directory).
```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
```
#### Options
Config options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| netisr | Enable or disable general vision about softnet stat metrics. | yes | no |
| netisr per core | Enable or disable softnet stat metric per core. | yes | no |