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netif.rateLimitThreshold
- Severity
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ERROR
- Description
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This message occurs when the protocol rate threshold is reached on a network interface.
- Corrective Action
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Fix the faulty network configuration or incorrect setup that enables a sudden spike in broadcast packets to bring down the node. If you still want a high ARP rate threshold, use the "bootarg.arp.ratelimit.threshold" boot argument to set that threshold.
- Syslog Message
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High rate limit on network interface %s for broadcast protocol %s being detected: %d pkts/sec.
- Parameters
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ifName (STRING): Name of the network interface that reached the protocol rate threshold.
protocol (STRING): Name of the broadcast protocol that overloaded the network.
packetRate (INT): Observed incoming packet rate per second on the interface.