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Throughput is abnormally low when "network test-path" is executed with "connection-detail true"

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4/21/2025, 4:10:26 AM

Applies to

  • SnapMirror
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • Each node has only one single InterCluster interface
  • Throughput is abnormally low when "network test-path" is executed with "connection-detail true" parameter
  • When using “connection-detail false”, the throughput is a few times or a dozen times higher
  • Latency also varies greatly

For Example:

::*> network test-path -source-node src_node-01 -destination-cluster dest -destination-node dest_node01 -connection-detail false
Warning: This operation will generate large amount of cluster traffic and can cause temporary cluster traffic slowness.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y

Initiating path test. It can take up to 120 seconds for results to be displayed.
     Test Duration: 10.24 secs
   Send Throughput: 960.77 MB/sec
Receive Throughput: 960.77 MB/sec
           MB Sent: 9838.94
       MB Received: 9838.94
       Avg Latency:   125.48 ms
       Min Latency:    11.27 ms
       Max Latency:  9604.18 ms

::*> network test-path -source-node src_node-01 -destination-cluster dest -destination-node dest_node01 -connection-detail true
Warning: This operation will generate large amount of cluster traffic and can cause temporary cluster traffic slowness.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y

Initiating path test. It can take up to 120 seconds for results to be displayed.

         Local IP: 10.61.64.59
         Remote IP: 10.61.74.27
     Test Duration: 15.03 secs
   Send Throughput: 287.68 MB/sec
Receive Throughput: 287.68 MB/sec
           MB Sent: 4323.19
       MB Received: 4323.19
       Avg Latency:  5517.03 ms
       Min Latency:     5.34 ms
       Max Latency: 10740.89 ms

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