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.