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Packet loss causing slowness and latency outside of ONTAP

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Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

  • Packet loss identified by multiple duplicate acknowledgements (at least #1, #2, and #3) along with (fast) retransmissions

Example: 

Packet loss causing slowness

  • Application slowness and high i/o wait times, performance issues or higher latency are observed
  • Throughput may drop to Zero then recover.
  • If the loss is severe enough, the connection may be disconnected
  • ONTAP latency is low and utilization of CPU and disk is lower than normal or expected
  • Packet loss may be increasing in ONTAP 9.5 or higher

Example: Increasing Rexmit and OOORcv columns for 10.1.2.9 from netstat -anceWCT

node 1:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Rexmit OOORcv  0-win Local Address                                 Foreign Address   
=-=-=-=-=-=Sat Aug 13 2022, 23:16:01 -0400   BSD-NETSTAT-ANCEWCT 6 lines
tcp4       0      0 6198853 112463181      0 10.1.2.3.3260                              10.1.2.9.47254                                         

=-=-=-=-=-=Sat Aug 20 2022, 23:26:09 -0400   BSD-NETSTAT-ANCEWCT 6 lines                      
tcp4       0      0 1304064 57461127      0 10.1.2.3.3260                              10.1.2.9.21933                                        

node 2:
=-=-=-=-=-=Sat Aug 13 2022, 23:15:27 -0400   BSD-NETSTAT-ANCEWCT 6 lines                    
tcp4       0     48 5768522 3592331      0 10.40.40.27.3260                              10.1.2.9.43744                       

=-=-=-=-=-=Sat Aug 20 2022, 23:25:03 -0400   BSD-NETSTAT-ANCEWCT 6 lines
tcp4       0     48 1366568 11947331      0 10.40.40.27.3260                              10.1.2.9.43425                      
  • ifstat has 0 errors on the port of the data LIF
  • event log show has no entries indicating CRCs or other local link degradation
  • Packet loss causes TCP to perform poorly, creating up to seconds of latency from the user or application end

 

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