Bug ID 467018: On HSB platforms which don't have HW DoS, bad cksum pkts could cause perf drop

Last Modified: Dec 07, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Opened: Jun 12, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

If you have a HSB platform that does not have HW DoS features then bad TCP/UDP/IP checksum pkts could cause a performance drop.

Impact

Performance will not be optimum.

Conditions

-- Platform which does not have HW DoS. -- A very high number of bad checksum packets are received

Workaround

Create a file with name 'tmm_init.tcl' in '/config' containing the following lines: HSB::netc_ipcsum_drop yes HSB::netc_l4csum_drop yes And then reboot.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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