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+# you can disable an alarm notification by setting the 'to' line to: silent
+
+# check for common /proc/net/softnet_stat errors
+
+    alarm: 1min_netdev_backlog_exceeded
+       on: system.softnet_stat
+    class: Errors
+     type: System
+component: Network
+       os: linux
+    hosts: *
+   lookup: average -1m unaligned absolute of dropped
+    units: packets
+    every: 10s
+     warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (0) : (10))
+    delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h
+     info: average number of dropped packets in the last minute \
+           due to exceeded net.core.netdev_max_backlog
+       to: sysadmin
+
+    alarm: 1min_netdev_budget_ran_outs
+       on: system.softnet_stat
+    class: Errors
+     type: System
+component: Network
+       os: linux
+    hosts: *
+   lookup: average -1m unaligned absolute of squeezed
+    units: events
+    every: 10s
+     warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (0) : (10))
+    delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h
+     info: average number of times ksoftirq ran out of sysctl net.core.netdev_budget or \
+           net.core.netdev_budget_usecs with work remaining over the last minute \
+           (this can be a cause for dropped packets)
+       to: silent
+
+    alarm: 10min_netisr_backlog_exceeded
+       on: system.softnet_stat
+    class: Errors
+     type: System
+component: Network
+       os: freebsd
+    hosts: *
+   lookup: average -1m unaligned absolute of qdrops
+    units: packets
+    every: 10s
+     warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (0) : (10))
+    delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h
+     info: average number of drops in the last minute \
+           due to exceeded sysctl net.route.netisr_maxqlen \
+           (this can be a cause for dropped packets)
+       to: sysadmin