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samstep
Oct 27, 2015Cirrocumulus
This appears to be a known issue. Or a "Change in Behaviour" since v 11.5.1 HF4
F5 claim that the CPU usage chart is misleading- it is high because many ASM processes are pinned to core 7 for GUI performance reasons.
F5 have now pinned ASM to the highest CPU Core: Read the Solution SOL16469:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/400/sol16469.html
Also, this article will explain why you are getting High CPU spikes every 5 minutes:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15606.html