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IZ91517: 10GB DRIVER PERFORMANCE DEGRADES WITH LARGE_RECEIVE AND IPSEC APPLIES TO AIX 5300-12

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Performance degradation occurs on 10Gb adapters when the
    large_receive attribute and IPSEC are enabled. By
    default,
    large_receive is enabled on AIX 5.3 TL9 causing this
    issue
    to surface after an upgrade.
    
    Simple FTP throughput on the 10Gb adapter has been
    observed at 300Kb/sec and in some cases actually appeared
    to hang.
    
    The work-around for this issue is to turn OFF
    large_receive, IPSEC or chksum_offload.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Performance degradation occurs on 10Gb adapters when the
    large_receive attribute and IPSEC are enabled.
    

Problem conclusion

  • If IPSec is enabled and adapter has already checked the
    checksum, TCP won't check checksum again and drop the packets
    due to bad checksum.
    due to bad checksum.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IZ91517

  • Reported component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Reported component ID

    5765G0300

  • Reported release

    530

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2011-01-04

  • Closed date

    2011-01-04

  • Last modified date

    2013-03-24

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    IZ65672

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    U841015

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Fixed component ID

    5765G0300

Applicable component levels

  • R530 PSY U838600

       UP11/02/22 I 1000

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 March 2013