DES-3028 DES-3028P DES-3052 DES-3052P Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Managed Switch
To configure the Switch’s Safeguard Engine, change the State to Enabled. To configure the parameters for the Safeguard Engine,
click the CPU Utilization Settings button, which will alter the previous window to look like this:
Figure 6- 26. Safeguard Engine Settings window – CPU Utilization Settings
To set the Safeguard Engine for the Switch, complete the following fields:
Parameter Description
State
Toggle this field to either Enabled or Disabled for the Safeguard Engine of the Switch.
Rising Threshold
Used to configure the acceptable level of CPU utilization before the Safeguard Engine
mechanism is enabled. Once the CPU utilization reaches this percentage level, the Switch
will move into the Exhausted state.
Falling Threshold
Used to configure the acceptable level of CPU utilization as a percentage, where the Switch
leaves the Exhausted state and returns to normal mode.
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.
Mode
You can choose between Fuzzy and Strict.
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