Safeguard Engine Settings - D-Link xStack DGS-3400 Series Reference Manual

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NOTICE: When Safeguard Engine is enabled, the Switch will allot bandwidth to various
traffic flows (ARP, IP) using the FFP (Fast Filter Processor) metering table to control the
CPU utilization and limit traffic. This may limit the speed of routing traffic over the network.

Safeguard Engine Settings

This window is used to enable Safeguard Engine or configure advanced Safeguard Engine settings for the Switch.
To view this window, click Security > Safeguard Engine > Safeguard Engine Settings, as shown below.
To enable the Safeguard Engine option, select Enabled with the drop-down State menu and click the Apply button.
To configure the advanced settings for the Safeguard Engine, click the CPU Utilization Settings button to view the following
window.
The following parameters can be configured or viewed.
Parameter Description
State Use the pull-down menu to globally enable or disable Safeguard Engine settings for the Switch.
Rising Used to configure the acceptable level of CPU utilization before the Safeguard Engine
Threshold (20-%- mechanism is enabled. Once the CPU utilization reaches this percentage level, the Switch will
100%) move into Safeguard Engine state, based on the parameters provided in this window.
Falling Used to configure the acceptable level of CPU utilization as a percentage, where the Switch
Threshold (20%- leaves the Safeguard Engine state and returns to normal mode.
100%)
Trap / Log
Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable the sending of messages to the device's SNMP
agent and switch log once the Safeguard Engine has been activated by a high CPU utilization
rate.
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Figure 6 - 62 1 Safeguard Engine Settings window
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Figure 6 - 63 2 Safeguard Engine Settings window
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