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Offload Alias Support on a CMCC Adapter

Feature Overview

Supported Platforms

Supported Standards, MIBs, and RFCs

Configuration Tasks

Monitoring and Maintaining Offload Alias Configuration

Configuration Example

Command Reference

Glossary

Offload Alias Support on a CMCC Adapter

This feature module describes the Offload Alias feature on a Cisco Mainframe Channel Connection (CMCC) adapter in a Cisco router. This document provides an overview of the Offload Alias feature including a description of the feature's benefits and supported platforms, configuration information, and a description of the new and modified commands.

This document includes the following sections:

Feature Overview

The Offload Alias feature allows multihomed IP addresses for offload devices. This feature enables dispatch-based load-balancing access to mainframe hosts through TCP/IP offload devices that are configured on a CMCC adapter. The Offload Alias feature supports load-balancing access to multiple hosts by allowing you to associate multiple real IP addresses with a virtual IP address at the offload device on a CMCC adapter. Each of the real IP addresses is associated with a common single virtual IP address, or alias, for client access.

Figure 1 shows an example of TCP/IP offload devices that are configured on two different CIP adapters, which are connected to multiple mainframe hosts using three different real IP addresses. The figure depicts the benefit that can be achieved when configuring offload alias support on a CMCC adapter in a networking environment that supports MultiNode Load Balancing (MNLB)---such as the MNLB Feature Set for LocalDirector.

The scenario shown in Figure 1 assumes that any of the configured hosts in the offload environment support the same services that a potential client seeks. A client specifies a virtual IP address, 10.2.33.88, as the destination address for those services. Using offload alias support, the virtual IP address 10.2.33.88 represents any of the three hosts (at real IP addresses 10.10.21.5, 10.10.21.3, or 10.10.22.4) as potential offload servers.

Upon receipt of the virtual IP address from a client, a networking architecture that supports MNLB can assess the load at any of the associated real IP addresses of the hosts supported by the offload devices. Based upon the load information, the load-balancing software forwards the packet to a particular real IP address. The destination IP address within the packet always appears as the virtual IP, or alias, address.


Figure 1: Two Offload Devices Using the Same Virtual IP Address to Access Multiple Real IP Addresses


Benefits

The Offload Alias feature provides the following benefit:

Related Features and Technologies

Whe configured with offload alias support, the following features enable dispatch-based load-balancing functions to hosts supported by the offload devices:

Related Documents

Refer to the following documents to find additional information about configuring TCP/IP offload support and other features in the Cisco IOS software for CMCC adapters:

Refer to the following documents to find additional information about MNLB support in Cisco IOS software and other Cisco products:

Supported Platforms

Supported Standards, MIBs, and RFCs

Standards

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature.

MIBs

The following MIB was extended for offload alias support:

For descriptions of supported MIBs and how to use MIBs, see the Cisco MIB web site on CCO at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml.

RFCs

No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature.

Configuration Tasks

See the following sections for configuration tasks for the Offload Alias feature. Each task in the list indicates if the task is optional or required.

Configuring TCP/IP Offload

The TCP/IP offload feature enables configuration of a TCP/IP stack on a CMCC adapter to perform TCP/IP offload processing for an attached host. You configure TCP/IP offload features on the physical interface of a CMCC adapter. Before you configure offload alias support, you must configure the CMCC adapter to support TCP/IP offload to the host.

To configure TCP/IP offload, perform the following steps beginning in global configuration mode:
Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router(config)#interface channel slot/port

Selects the interface on which to configure TCP/IP offload support. The port value differs by the type of CMCC adapter:

  • CIP---Port value corresponds to the physical interface, which is port 0 or 1.

  • CPA---Port value corresponds to port 0.

2 . 

Router(config-if)#ip address address mask

Assigns an IP address and network mask to the selected interface.

3 . 

Router(config-if)#offload path device-address 
ip-address host-name device-name host-app device-app 
host-link device-link [broadcast] [backup]

Defines the offload parameters for this device.

For detailed information about configuring TCP/IP offload support to a host, see the Cisco IOS Release 12.0 Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide.

Configuring Offload Alias

The Offload Alias feature allows you to assign up to 8 virtual IP addresses to a single real IP address for an offload device. You must configure TCP/IP offload support before configuring support for offload aliases. Offload aliases are configured on the physical interface of a CMCC adapter.

To configure offload alias support on a CMCC adapter, perform the following steps beginning in global configuration mode:
Step Command Purpose

1 . 

Router(config)#interface channel slot/port

Selects the interface that is configured for TCP/IP offload support. The port value differs by the type of CMCC adapter:

  • CIP---Port value corresponds to the physical interface, which is port 0 or 1.

  • CPA---Port value corresponds to port 0.

2 . 

Router(config-if)#offload alias real-ip alias-ip

Assigns a virtual IP address (alias) to the real IP address of an offload device.

Verifying Offload Alias Configuration

To configure and verify offload alias support on a CMCC adapter, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Configure offload and offload alias support on the CMCC adapter as shown in the following example:

    interface channel 3/1
     ip address 10.10.21.1 255.255.255.0
     offload E180 83 10.10.21.3 IPCLUST IPCLUST TCPIP TCPIP TCPIP API
     offload alias 10.10.21.3 10.2.33.88
     
    

Step 2 Create a static route from the alias IP address to the real IP address as shown in the following example:

    ip route 10.2.33.88 255.255.255.255 10.10.21.3
     
    

Step 3 Run a server, such as Telnet, on the host supported by the offload device.

Step 4 From a client device, run Telnet to the host using the alias IP address, which is 10.2.33.88 in this configuration example.

Monitoring and Maintaining Offload Alias Configuration

The following show commands provide output according to any alias IP configurations that apply:
Command Purpose
Router#show extended channel slot/port icmp-stack [ip-address]

Displays information about the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) stack running on the CMCC channel interfaces.

Router#show extended channel slot/port ip-stack [ip-address]

Displays information about the IP stack running on CMCC channel interfaces.

Router#show extended channel slot/port tcp-connections 
[[loc-ip-addr [loc-port [rem-ip-addr [rem-port]][detail|summary]

Displays information about the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets on a CMCC channel interface.

Router#show extended channel slot/port tcp-stack [ip-address]

Displays information about the TCP stack running on CMCC channel interfaces.

Router#show extended channel slot/port udp-stack [ip-address]

Displays information about the UDP stack running on the CMCC channel interfaces.

Configuration Example

The following example shows an offload alias configuration on two routers with CIP adapters that provide offload support to three MVS hosts.

Figure 2 shows the architecture for this example and the relationship of the IP addresses on the host and offload devices. The alias IP address for each of the MVS hosts is 10.2.33.88 in this example. Each host has a unique real IP address that is associated with the alias IP address in the offload configuration on the CMCC adapter.


Figure 2: Offload Alias Support on Multiple CMCC Adapters to Multiple Hosts


Router 1 Configuration
! Select the physical channel interface
!
interface channel 3/1
! 
! Assign an IP address to the channel interface
!
 ip address 10.10.21.1 255.255.255.0
!
! Configure other router network characteristics
!
 no ip directed-broadcast
 ip route-cache flow
 no ip mroute-cache
 no ip redirects
 no keepalive
!
! Configure TCP/IP offload and alias support to MVS0 and MVS1
!
offload E180 80 10.10.21.3 IPCLUST IPCLUST TCPIP TCPIP TCPIP API
offload E180 82 10.10.31.5 IPCLUST IPCLUST TCPIP TCPIP TCPIP API
offload alias 10.10.21.3 10.2.33.88
offload alias 10.10.31.5 10.2.33.88
Router 2 Configuration
! Select the physical channel interface
!
interface channel 3/1
! 
! Assign an IP address to the channel interface
!
 ip address 10.10.22.2 255.255.255.0
!
! Configure other router network characteristics
!
 no ip directed-broadcast
 ip route-cache flow
 no ip mroute-cache
 no ip redirects
 no keepalive
!
! Configure TCP/IP offload and alias support to MVS2
!
offload E180 84 10.10.22.4 IPCLUST IPCLUST TCPIP TCPIP TCPIP API
offload alias 10.10.22.4 10.2.33.88

Command Reference

This section documents new or modified commands. All other commands used with this feature are documented in the Cisco IOS Release 12.0 command reference publications.

In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T or later, you can search and filter the output for show and more commands. This functionality is useful when you need to sort through large amounts of output, or if you want to exclude output that you do not need to see.

To use this functionality, enter a show or more command followed by the "pipe" character (|), one of the keywords begin, include, or exclude, and an expression that you want to search or filter on:

command | {begin | include | exclude} regular-expression

Following is an example of the show atm vc command in which you want the command output to begin with the first line where the expression "PeakRate" appears:

show atm vc | begin PeakRate

For more information on the search and filter functionality, refer to the Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T feature module titled CLI String Search.

offload alias

To assign a virtual IP address to a real IP address for an offload device on a CMCC adapter, use the offload alias interface configuration command. To remove the alias IP address, use the no form of this command.

offload alias real-ip alias-ip

no offload alias real-ip alias-ip

Syntax Description

real-ip

Real IP address of the offload-supported device.

alias-ip

Virtual IP address for the offload-supported device.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Command History

Release Modification

12.0(7)T

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Configure the offload alias command after you configure TCP/IP offload support on a CMCC adapter.

You can configure up to 8 different alias IP addresses for each real IP address of an offload device. You can assign the same alias IP address to multiple real IP addresses.

Examples

The following example configures TCP/IP offload support on a CMCC adapter for a host located at real IP address 10.10.21.3 with an alias IP address of 10.2.33.88:

interface channel 3/1
 offload E180 80 10.10.21.3 IPCLUST IPCLUST TCPIP TCPIP TCPIP API
 offload alias 10.10.21.3 10.2.33.88

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

show extended channel icmp-stack

Displays information about the ICMP stack running on the CMCC channel interfaces.

show extended channel ip-stack

Displays information about the IP stack running on CMCC channel interfaces.

show extended channel tcp-connections

Displays information about the TCP sockets on a channel interface.

show extended channel tcp-stack

Displays information about the TCP stack running on CMCC adapter interfaces.

show extended channel udp-stack

Displays information about the UDP stack running on the CMCC adapter interfaces.

show extended channel icmp-stack

To display information about the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) stack running on the CMCC channel interface, use the show extended channel icmp-stack EXEC command.

show extended channel slot/port icmp-stack [ip-address]

Syntax Description

slot

Slot number.

port

Port number.

icmp-stack

Selects ICMP stack display.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address specified by the offload or offload alias interface configuration commands or the tn3270-server pu command.

If the ip-address is an alias address, then all ICMP stacks configured for that alias address are shown.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release Modification

11.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

Alias addresses field added to the output.

Usage Guidelines

The show extended channel icmp-stack command is valid on both physical and virtual channel interfaces.

Examples

The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel icmp-stack for an offload device at real IP address 10.10.21.3 and alias IP address of 10.2.33.88:

Router#show extended channel 3/1 icmp-stack
 
ICMP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  InMsgs         : 0            InErrors        : 0            InDestUnreachs: 0         
  InTimeExcds    : 0            InParmProbs     : 0            InSrcQuenchs  : 0         
  InRedirects    : 0            InEchos         : 0            OutEchoReps   : 0         
  OutTimestamps  : 0            OutTimestampReps: 0            OutAddrMasks  : 0         
  OutAddrMaskReps: 0   

Table 1 describes the fields shown in the display.

  

Table1: show extended channel icmp-stack Field Descriptions
Field Description

Alias addresses

Virtual IP addresses assigned to the real IP address of an offload device.

InMsgs

Total number of ICMP messages which the entity received. Note that this counter includes all those counted by icmpInErrors.

InErrors

Number of ICMP messages which the entity received but determined as having ICMP-specific errors (for example, bad ICMP checksums or bad length).

InDestUnreachs

Number of ICMP Destination Unreachable messages received.

InTimeExcds

Number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages received.

InParmPrbs

Number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages received.

InSrcQuenchs

Number of ICMP Source Quench messages received.

InRedirects

Number of ICMP Redirect messages received.

InEchos

Number of ICMP Echo (request) messages received.

OutEchoReps

Number of ICMP Echo Reply messages sent.

OutTimestamps

Number of ICMP Timestamp (request) messages sent.

OutTimestampReps

Number of ICMP Timestamp Reply messages sent.

OutAddrMasks

Number of ICMP Address Mask Request messages sent.

OutAddrMaskReps

Number of ICMP Address Mask Reply messages sent.

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

pu (direct)

Creates a PU entity that has its own direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

pu (DLUR)

Creates a PU entity that has no direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

show extended channel ip-stack

To display information about the IP stack running on CMCC channel interfaces, use the show extended channel ip-stack EXEC command.

show extended channel slot/port ip-stack [ip-address]

Syntax Description

slot

Slot number.

port

Port number.

ip-stack

Selects IP stack display.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address specified by the offload or offload alias interface configuration commands or the tn3270-server pu command.

If the ip-address is an alias address, then all IP stacks configured for that alias address are shown.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release Modification

11.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

Alias addresses field added to the output.

Usage Guidelines

The show extended channel ip-stack command is valid on both physical and virtual channel interfaces.

Examples

The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel ip-stack for an offload device at real IP address 10.10.21.3 and alias IP address of 10.2.33.88:

Router#show extended channel 3/1 ip-stack
IP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  Forwarding     : no           DefaultTTL     : 64           InReceives   : 16
  InHdrErrors    : 0            InAddrErrors   : 0            ForwDatagrams: 0         
  InUnknownProtos: 0            InDiscards     : 0            InDelivers   : 16        
  OutRequests    : 7            OutDiscards    : 0            OutNoRoutes  : 0         
  ReasmTimeout   : 60           ReasmReqds     : 0            ReasmOKs     : 0         
  ReasmFails     : 0            FragOKs        : 0            FragFails    : 0         
  FragCreates    : 0            RoutingDiscards: 0 
 
The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel ip-stack when you specify the alias IP address for an offload device at real IP address 10.10.21.3:
 
Router#show extended channel 3/1 ip-stack 10.2.33.88
 
IP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  Forwarding     : no           DefaultTTL     : 64           InReceives   : 16
  InHdrErrors    : 0            InAddrErrors   : 0            ForwDatagrams: 0         
  InUnknownProtos: 0            InDiscards     : 0            InDelivers   : 16        
  OutRequests    : 7            OutDiscards    : 0            OutNoRoutes  : 0         
  ReasmTimeout   : 60           ReasmReqds     : 0            ReasmOKs     : 0         
  ReasmFails     : 0            FragOKs        : 0            FragFails    : 0         
  FragCreates    : 0            RoutingDiscards: 0 
 

Table 2 describes the fields shown in the display.

  

Table2: show extended channel ip-stack Field Descriptions
Field Description

Alias addresses

Virtual IP addresses assigned to the real IP address of an offload device.

OutDiscards

Number of output IP datagrams for which no problem was encountered to prevent their transmission to their destination, but which were discarded (for example, for lack of buffer space). Note that this counter would include datagrams counted in ipForwDatagrams if any such packets met this (discretionary) discard criterion.

OutNoRoutes

Number of IP datagrams discarded because no route could be found to transmit them to their destination. Note that this counter includes any packets counted in ipForwDatagrams which meet this `no-route' criterion. Note that this includes any datagrams which a host cannot route because all of its default gateways are down.

ReasmTimeout

Maximum number of seconds which received fragments are held while they are awaiting reassembly at this entity.

ReasmReqds

Number of IP fragments received which needed to be reassembled at this entity.

ReasmOKs

Number of IP datagrams successfully reassembled.

ReasmFails

Number of failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm (for example, timed out or errors). Note that this is not necessarily a count of discarded IP fragments since some algorithms (notably the algorithm in RFC 815) can lose track of the number of fragments by combining them as they are received.

FragOKs

Number of IP datagrams that have been successfully fragmented at this entity.

FragFails

Number of IP datagrams that have been discarded because they needed to be fragmented at this entity but could (for example, because their Don't Fragment flag was set).

FragCreates

Number of IP datagram fragments that have been generated as a result of fragmentation at this entity.

RoutingDiscards

Number of routing entries which were chosen to be discarded even though they are valid. One possible reason for discarding such an entry could be to free-up buffer space for other routing entries.

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

pu (direct)

Creates a PU entity that has its own direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

pu (DLUR)

Creates a PU entity that has no direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

show extended channel tcp-connections

To display information about the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets on a channel interface, use the show extended channel tcp-connections EXEC command.

show extended channel slot/port tcp-connections [[loc-ip-addr [loc-port [rem-ip-addr [rem-port]] [detail | summary]

Syntax Description

slot

Slot number.

port

Port number.

tcp-connections

Specifies TCP connections display.

loc-ip-addr

(Optional) Local IP address. IP address of the local connection endpoint, which can be an alias address for offload devices. Restricts the output to those connections with a matching local IP address.

loc-port

(Optional) Local TCP port. This is the TCP port of the local connection endpoint. Restricts the output to those connections with a matching local TCP port. An asterisk (*) is a wildcard that matches every port.

rem-ip-addr

(Optional) Remote IP address. IP address of the remote connection endpoint. Restricts the output to those connections with a matching remote IP address.

rem-port

(Optional) Remote TCP port. TCP port of the remote connection endpoint. Restricts the output to those connections with a matching remote TCP port.

detail

(Optional) Prints detailed information about every matching connection.

summary

(Optional) This is the default. Prints a summary of all matching connections.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC for summary and privileged EXEC for detail.

Command History

Release Modification

11.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

Alias addresses field added to the output.

Usage Guidelines

The show extended channel tcp-connections command is valid on both physical and virtual channel interfaces. If no IP addresses or TCP ports are specified, all TCP connections are displayed in a summary for the specified interface.

The command displays detailed information about a large number of sessions and can take a long time. Consider restricting the output by IP address and TCP port to connections of interest.

Examples

The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel tcp-connections command when you specify the detail keyword for an offload device at real IP address 10.10.21.3 with an alias address of 10.2.33.88:

Router#show extended channel3/1 tcp-connections 10.10.21.3 detail
 
Stack Address 10.10.21.3:
Local IP Addr   Port  Remote IP Addr  Port   State        In Bytes   Out Bytes Addr
0.0.0.0         23    0.0.0.0         0      listen              0           0
10.2.33.88      23    70.70.5.140     61954  establish          59         105
 

Table 3 describes the fields shown in the display.

  

Table3: show extended channel tcp-connections Field Descriptions
Field Description

Stack Address

Real IP address of the TCP/IP stack or offload device.

Local IP Addr

Local IP address on the connection.

State

State of this TCP connection.

The only value that can be set by a management station is deleteTCB(12). Accordingly, it is appropriate for an agent to return a `badValue' response if a management station attempts to set this object to any other value.

If a management station sets this object to the value deleteTCB(12), then this has the effect of deleting the TCB (as defined in RFC 793) of the corresponding connection on the managed node, resulting in immediate termination of the connection.

As an implementation-specific option, a RST segment can be sent from the managed node to the other TCP endpoint (note however that RST segments are not sent reliably).

In Bytes

Number of bytes sent for this TCP connection.

NoteTo support SNMP Version 1 Managers, this variable is supplied as a 32-bit value, which can wrap very frequently.

Out Bytes

Number of bytes received for this TCP connection.

NoteTo support SNMP Version 1 Managers, this variable is supplied as a 32-bit value, which can wrap very frequently.

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

pu (direct)

Creates a PU entity that has its own direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

pu (DLUR)

Creates a PU entity that has no direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

show extended channel tcp-stack

Displays information about the TCP stack running on CMCC adapter interfaces.

show extended channel tcp-stack

To display information about the TCP stack running on CMCC adapter interfaces, use the show extended channel tcp-stack EXEC command.

show extended channel slot/port tcp-stack [ip-address]

Syntax Description

slot

Slot number.

port

Port number.

tcp-stack

Specifies TCP stack display.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address specified by the offload or offload alias interface configuration commands or the tn3270-server pu command.

If the ip-address is an alias address, then all TCP stacks configured for that alias address are shown.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release Modification

11.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

Alias addresses field added to the output.

Usage Guidelines

The show extended channel tcp-stack command is valid on both physical and virtual channel interfaces. If no ip-address argument is specified, then information is displayed for all IP addresses configured on the specified interface.

Examples

The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel tcp-stack command when you specify the real IP address for an offload device at 10.10.21.3:

Router#show extended channel 3/1 tcp-stack 10.10.21.3
 
TCP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  RtoAlgorithm: vanj         RtoMin      : 1000         RtoMax      : 64000     
  MaxConn     : -1           ActiveOpens : 0            PassiveOpens: 1         
  AttemptFails: 0            EstabResets : 0            CurrEstab   : 2         
  InSegs      : 16           OutSegs     : 7            RetransSegs : 0         
  InErrs      : 0            OutRsts     : 0         
 

The following example shows sample output from the show extended channel tcp-stack command when you specify the alias IP address for an offload device at 10.2.33.88:

Router#show extended channel 3/1 tcp-stack 10.2.33.88
 
TCP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  RtoAlgorithm: vanj         RtoMin      : 1000         RtoMax      : 64000     
  MaxConn     : -1           ActiveOpens : 0            PassiveOpens: 1         
  AttemptFails: 0            EstabResets : 0            CurrEstab   : 2         
  InSegs      : 16           OutSegs     : 7            RetransSegs : 0         
  InErrs      : 0            OutRsts     : 0     
 

Table 4 describes the fields shown in the display.

  

Table4: show extended channel tcp-stack Field Descriptions
Field Description

Alias addresses

Virtual IP addresses assigned to the real IP address of an offload device.

RtoAlgorithm

Algorithm used to determine the timeout value used for retransmitting unacknowledged octets.

RtoMin

Minimum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout, measured in milliseconds. More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout. In particular, when the timeout algorithm is rsre(3), an object of this type has the semantics of the LBOUND quantity described in RFC 793.

RtoMax

Maximum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout, measured in milliseconds. More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout. In particular, when the timeout algorithm is rsre(3), an object of this type has the semantics of the UBOUND quantity described in RFC 793.

MaxConn

Limit on the total number of TCP connections the entity can support. In entities where the maximum number of connections is dynamic, this object should contain the value -1.

ActiveOpens

Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the SYN-SENT state from the CLOSED state.

PassiveOpens

Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the SYN-RCVD state from the LISTEN state.

AttemptFails

Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the SYN-SENT state or the SYN-RCVD state, plus the number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the LISTEN state from the SYN-RCVD state.

EstabResets

Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the ESTABLISHED state or the CLOSE-WAIT state.

CurrEstab

Number of TCP connections for which the current state is either ESTABLISHED or CLOSE-WAIT.

InSegs

Total number of segments received, including those received in error. This count includes segments received on currently established connections.

OutSegs

Total number of segments sent, including those on current connections but excluding those containing only retransmitted octets.

RetransSegs

Total number of segments retransmitted. That is, the number of TCP segments transmitted containing one or more previously transmitted octets.

InErrs

Total number of segments received in error (for example, bad TCP checksums).

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

pu (direct)

Creates a PU entity that has its own direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

pu (DLUR)

Creates a PU entity that has no direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

show extended channel tcp-connections

Displays information about the TCP sockets on a channel interface.

show extended channel udp-stack

To display information about the UDP stack running on the CMCC adapter interfaces, use the show extended channel udp-stack EXEC command.

show extended channel slot/port udp-stack [ip-address]

Syntax Description

slot

Slot number.

port

Port number.

udp-stack

Selects UDP stack display.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address specified by the offload or offload alias interface configuration commands or the tn3270-server pu command.

If the ip-address is an alias address, then all UDP stacks configured for that alias address are shown.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release Modification

11.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

Alias addresses field added to the output.

Usage Guidelines

The show extended channel udp-stack command is valid on both physical and virtual channel interfaces.

Examples

The following examples show sample output from the show extended channel udp-stack command when you specify the real IP address or the alias IP address, for an offload device at real IP address 10.10.21.3 and alias IP address of 10.2.33.88:

Router#show extended channel 3/1 udp-stack 10.10.21.3
 
UDP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  InDatagrams : 6            NoPorts     : 6         
  InErrors    : 0            OutDatagrams: 1         
 
Router#show extended channel 3/1 udp-stack 10.2.33.88
 
UDP Statistics for IP Address 10.10.21.3     
 Alias addresses: 10.2.33.88
  InDatagrams : 6            NoPorts     : 6         
  InErrors    : 0            OutDatagrams: 1  
 

Table 5 describes the fields shown in the display.

 

Table5: show extended channel udp-stack Field Descriptions
Field Description

Alias addresses

Virtual IP addresses assigned to the real IP address of an offload device.

InDatagrams

Total number of UDP datagrams delivered to UDP users.

NoPorts

Total number of received UDP datagrams for which there was no application at the destination port.

InErrors

Number of received UDP datagrams that could not be delivered for reasons other than the lack of an application at the destination port.

OutDatagrams

Total number of UDP datagrams sent from this entity.

Related Commands

Command Description

offload (interface)

Configures an offload device (read and write subchannel) for communication with a mainframe TCP/IP stack in offload mode. Also can be used to configure individual members of an offload backup group for the IP Host Backup feature.

pu (direct)

Creates a PU entity that has its own direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

pu (DLUR)

Creates a PU entity that has no direct link to a host, or enters PU configuration mode.

Glossary

real IP address---IP address used to access a specific network destination, such as an offload-supported host.

virtual IP address---IP address that is configured in software and assigned to real IP addresses.


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