Configuring Safeguard Engine

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 5-8. Safeguard Engine Page

The Safeguard Engine Page contains the following field:

Field

Safeguard Engine

Description

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.

2.Set the safeguard engine status in the Safeguard Engine field.

3.Click 1.Click Security > Safeguard Engine. The Safeguard Engine Page opens:. The Safeguard Engine is enabled, and the device is updated.

NOTE: The CPU Utilization thresholds that activate and deactivate the Safeguard engine are predefined. If Safeguard is enabled, the protected mechanism is activated if the CPU Utilization is higher than 70% and deactivated if the CPU Utilization is lower than 20%.

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D-Link DGS-3100 user manual Configuring Safeguard Engine, Click Security Safeguard Engine. The Safeguard Engine Page opens