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funkdaddy_31014
Nimbostratus
Jun 30, 2011Define: inet port exhaustion?
During various load tests within our environment, I'm seeing the following errors in our logs:p-bigip1 local/tmm crit tmm[5406]: 01010201:2:
Inet port exhaustion on 199.83.xx.xx to 10.2.1.140:7304 (proto 6)
I'm having little luck actually getting a definition of what it means - I assumed it meant number of connections are maxed out on a port...
Could someone please help with:
* General definition of port exhaustion
* Is there a known limit? Or, depends on hardware?
* Is the limit, per Port/per VIP? Can one port on one VIP being exhausted cause issues with other VIPs or the LTM in general?
Thanks so much,
-Funkdaddy
- funkdaddy_31014
Nimbostratus
Sorry the first post didn't appear to have taken... - hoolio
Cirrostratus
There's a SOL on AskF5 about this: - funkdaddy_31014
Nimbostratus
FYI this is not for a SNAT, just a VIP with a pool of servers that were being load tested. - L4L7_53191
Nimbostratus
Funkdaddy: In the event it helps (I know I'm coming in late here...), here's some extra information on the setup here. Connections are defined by the source IP:port and destination IP:port combination. The most common situation is that port exhaustion happens on the source side, when they're headed for a common port. So it doesn't surprise me at all that you saw this during your load tests - you probably had a single or small number of devices hammering as many connections as possible. Once you go above 65k connections you'll run out of ports... - funkdaddy_31014
Nimbostratus
Matt, just looked at my old post and noticed your response. Thank you very much, that's helpful! - philip_31424
Nimbostratus
pls what is the mean of port exhausion in term of DNS poisioning - philip_31424
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pls what is the mean of port exhausion in term of DNS poisioning - philip_31424
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pls what is the mean of port exhausion in term of DNS poisioning - philip_31424
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pls what is the mean of port exhausion in term of DNS poisioning - philip_31424
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pls what is the mean of port exhausion in term of DNS poisioning
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