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Appendix E Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP
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For More Information
For detailed information about the Normalizer engine, see Normalizer Engine.
The ASA 5500-X IPS SSP and Memory Usage
For the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP, the memory usage is 93%. The default health thresholds for the sensor
are 80% for yellow and 91% for red, so the sensor health will be shown as red on these platforms even
for normal operating conditions. You can tune the threshold percentage for memory usage so that it reads
more accurately for these platforms by configuring the Memory Usage option in IDM or IME, and the
memory-usage-policy command in the CLI in the sensor health metrics.
Note Make sure you have the Memory Usage (IDM/IME)/memory-usage-policy (CLI) option in the sensor
health metrics enabled.
Table E-3 lists the Yellow Threshold and Red Threshold health values.
Table E-3 ASA 5500-X IPS SSP Memory Usage Values
Platform Yellow Red Memory Used
ASA 5512-X IPS SSP 85% 91% 28%
ASA 5515-X IPS SSP 88% 92% 14%
ASA 5525-X IPS SSP 88% 92% 14%