How to configure virus throttle parameters – HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition User Manual

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Delay Queue High Water Mark. Controls the number of TCP or UDP connection requests in the delay

queue at which "virus-like" activity is considered to be occurring for each instance of the filter driver.

The default setting is 160 connection requests. The valid range is 1-Delay Queue Size.

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Delay Queue Low Water Mark. Controls the number of TCP or UDP connection requests in the delay

queue below which "virus-like" activity is considered to have stopped. The default setting is 100
connection requests. The valid range is 1-High Water Mark.

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Delay Period. Controls the rate at which TCP or UDP connection requests are removed from the
delay queue and passed down the protocol network stack. The default is 1 second. The valid range

is 1-10 seconds.

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Host Working Set Size. Controls the number of known machines to which TCP or UDP connections
are established without delay. When a new connection is made, the oldest member of the working

set is replaced with the new host. The default setting is 5 hosts. The valid range is 1-100.

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Address Lifetime (UDP). Number of timer intervals that an address will remain in the working set after
the last outbound UDP packet was sent to that address.

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Address Hint Lifetime (UDP). Number of timer intervals that an address is kept in the working set after
the last inbound UDP packet was received from that address.

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Max Slack (UDP).Maximum number of times new hosts are added to the working set per each timer
interval before adding to the delay queue.

The following controls are available:

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Restore Defaults—Restores all values to their default values.

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OK—Processes all changes made in the current session and closes the Virus Throttle Status and
Configuration Utility.

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Cancel—Cancels any selections made in the current session and closes the Virus Throttle Status and
Configuration Utility.

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Help. Launches the context-sensitive Help file.

How to configure Virus Throttle parameters

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From the Configuration tab, modify the parameters as needed.
TCP and UDP options provide a selection for which protocol configuration settings are used.

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