During baselining or troubleshooting activity you may need to determine out the CPU Utilization of your device. The following command show the 5 second, 1 minute, and 5 minute CPU Utilization of your device, and what processes are using the cpu.

1. Connect to your Cisco IOS device via console, telnet or ssh (if enabled)
2. Type in "show processor cpu" and press the enter key.

This command works on all Cisco IOS devices I've ever configured.