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What do FIN_WAIT_2 Messages mean in netstat output

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Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM) 9.x
 
ONTAP 9

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FIN_WAIT 2 messages in netstat command output state the local host has closed the connection but the remote host has not yet acknowledged it.
 
Example of FIN_WAIT_2  messages of connection between ONTAP cluster and AIQUM server netstat command output .
 
tcp4  0  0 <cluster mgmt ip address>. https <AIQUM fqdn>.60153 FIN_WAIT_2  -1 0x00000032FE930420 65792 2102272
tcp4  0  0 <cluster mgmt ip address>. https <AIQUM fqdn>.60153 FIN_WAIT_2  -1 0x00000032FE930420 65792 2102272
tcp4  0  0 <cluster mgmt ip address>. https <AIQUM fqdn>.60153 FIN_WAIT_2  -1 0x00000032FE930420 65792 2102272
tcp4  0  0 <cluster mgmt ip address>. https <AIQUM fqdn>.60153 FIN_WAIT_2  -1 0x00000032FE930420 65792 2102272
 

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