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smp_86112
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Apr 01, 2010

SSL transaction (TPS) rate limit reached

LTM v9.3.1. I need to figure out the source address which is suddenly causing us to hit our SSL license limit. We have hundreds of virtuals, so isolation is not a trivial matter. I can't seem to find ...
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Hamish
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Apr 07, 2010
According to SOL6475 it's connections (Specifically the number of connections in a 10ms window. When that goes above 1/100th of the license limit, then TMM will drop connections until the 10ms timeslot is expired).

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/6000/400/sol6475.html?sr=7209877

 

 

In v4 it was different. It was calculated based on key exchanges IIRC... v9 altered that to connections only (Which means you need more TPS licenses for v9+ vs v4 unless you have a very specific set of circumstances)