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Oracle sending traffic with don't fragment flag set?

mladentsvetkov
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Hi Guys,

Do you have any idea if Oracle clients connecting to Oracle DB are sending traffic with don't fragment flag set?

Just to be sure maybe I should override the fragment flag on inbound on devices (which are all Cisco) where Oracle peers are connected?

For sure I will use sniffer to see what it is all about but wanted to ask if anybody had issues with Oracle over WAN/IPSEC networks.

Regards,

Mladen

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Edison Ortiz
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Hall of Fame

Just to be sure maybe I should override the fragment flag on inbound on devices (which are all Cisco) where Oracle peers are connected?

If you have no control over the application, do it at the router.

This link will provide guidance on the syntax for creating the route-map.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk827/tk369/technologies_white_paper09186a00800d6979.shtml

HTH,

__

Edison.

Joseph W. Doherty
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame

Believe don't fragment flag might be set so that client can perform PMTUD and decrease its packet size to conform with available transit MTU. (I.e. to avoid the need to have every packet fragmented.)

If Oracle is running on top of TCP, you could (if supported by the platform) use the MSS adjust interface command to avoid the need to either fragment packets and/or have client need to work PMTUD. (When properly configured, provides optimal performance for TCP.)

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Lots of details in reference that Edison provided; worth reading.

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