# CPU Protection General Settings

This page allows you to set the CPU protection threshold and clear CPU protection statistics and the counter that displays the number of dropped packets per blacklist entry.

CPU Protection Settings

1. Enter the following information:

- Clear CPU-Protection Statistics: Select this option to clear the records stored in the statistics table. The statistics table displays the type and class of traffic along with the number of packets dropped or passed by the security device during high CPU utilization.

- Clear Dropping Counter of Blacklist: Select this option to clear the counter that displays the number of dropped packets per blacklist entry or all blacklist entries.

- CPU Protection Threshold: Enter the percentage of CPU utilization that, when exceeded, enables the CPU to prioritize the traffic. The default value is 100. The security device uses this threshold value to assign priority to critical traffic and drop noncritical traffic when the CPU experiences high utilization. This ensures that the critical traffic that includes the management traffic is not dropped.

2. Click Apply to save your settings.