DGS-3100 Series Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch User Manual
Configuring Safeguard Engine
The Safeguard Engine Page allows network administrators to set network alarms to protect the CPU from attacks, based on
rising and falling threshold levels of Broadcasts and CPU Utilization. The Safeguard mechanism immediately implements
Broadcast Storm Control with a low threshold in order to hold the attack and release the CPU resources. To enable the
safeguard engine:
1. Click Security > Safeguard Engine. The Safeguard Engine Page opens:
Figure 5-1. Safeguard Engine Page
The Safeguard Engine Page contains the following field:
Field Description
Safeguard Engine
Indicates if the safeguard engine is enabled on the device. The possible field values are:
Enabled — Enables the safeguard engine on the device. This is the default value.
Disabled — Disables the safeguard engine on the device.
Rising Threshold
(20%-100%)
Indicates the rising CPU Utilization thresholds enabling Safegard .The possible field range is
between 20%-100%. The default value is 70%.
Falling Threshold
(20%-100%)
Indicates the falling CPU Utilization thresholds disabling Safeguard. The possible field range
is between 20%-100%. The default value is 20%.
2. Set the safeguard engine status in the Safeguard Engine field.
3. Define the Rising Threshold and Falling Threshold fields.
. The Safeguard Engine is enabled, and the device is updated. 4. Click
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