Traffic Dropped - IDPS Engine CPU Oversubscription Alarm
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Traffic Dropped - IDPS Engine CPU Oversubscription Alarm

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Article ID: 330467

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Products

VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

Title: Alarm for Traffic Dropped - IDPS Engine CPU Oversubscription
Event ID: distributed_ids_ips.idps_engine_dropped_traffic_cpu_oversubscribed

Alarm Description

  • Purpose:The IDPS engine has insufficient CPU resources and is unable to keep pace with the incoming traffic resulting in the excess traffic being dropped.
  • Impact: Traffic is being dropped by the IDPS engine on ESX Host.

Environment

VMware NSX

Resolution

Steps to Resolve
For 4.0.0 and higher
 
Recommendations:
 
Review reason for oversubscription. Move certain applications to different host.