Hi all,
I'm testing the control plane policy in my lab. Now i found a very
interesting event.
I have a 6500/sup720 whit different IOS (SXF6, SXF10a, SXH3a). I send a
very big SYN flood to this router.
I'm doing this test in clear config. (erase startup, reload :) )
I made a policy:
class-map match-all synfloodgeprol
match access-group 199
!
policy-map synflood-in
class synfloodgeprol
police cir 128000 bc 4000 be 4000 conform-action transmit
exceed-action drop violate-action drop
!
access-list 199 remark DEFAULT
access-list 199 permit tcp any any
access-list 199 permit udp any any
access-list 199 permit icmp any any
access-list 199 permit ip any any
!
interface GigabitEthernet5/2
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
load-interval 30
media-type rj45
service-policy input synflood-in
I tried to put the service-policy to the control-plane but no difference:
The input interface traffic is:
30 second input rate 155775000 bits/sec, 304249 packets/sec
30 second output rate 128000 bits/sec, 250 packets/sec
The output rate is good, the cpu receive 128K SYN and answer 128K
ACK/RST packets because my policy is working. That is the goal in this case.
Under this flood the CPU load:
Router#cpu
CPU utilization for five seconds: 0%/0%; one minute: 3%; five minutes:6%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
3 1368 1378 992 0.55% 0.07% 0.06% 0 Exec
5 3868 263 14707 0.00% 0.33% 0.25% 0 Check hea
20 2624 34446 76 0.00% 0.09% 0.06% 0 IPC Seat
43 652 27 24148 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 0 Per-minu
155 57572 310276 185 0.00% 1.57% 3.56% 0 IP Input
230 368 2206 166 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 CEF: IPv4
240 528 703 751 0.07% 0.03% 0.02% 0 HIDDEN VL
The policy is working great.
But. In every 4. minutes the cpu load goes up:
Router#cpu
CPU utilization for five seconds: 79%/68%; one minute: 8%; five minutes: 6%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
3 2012 1617 1244 0.31% 0.61% 0.22% 0 Exec
5 4072 278 14647 0.00% 0.20% 0.22% 0 Check hea
20 2812 37348 75 0.00% 0.04% 0.05% 0 IPC Seat
27 56 555 100 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 0 EnvMon
43 708 29 24413 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0 Per-minut
155 59732 336634 177 10.47% 1.13% 2.68% 0 IP Input
230 400 2373 168 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 CEF: IPv4
240 568 756 751 0.00% 0.03% 0.02% 0 HIDDEN VL
some second later:
Router#cpu
CPU utilization for five seconds: 99%/7%; one minute: 15%; five minutes: 7%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
3 2100 1637 1282 1.11% 0.65% 0.23% 0 Exec
5 4072 278 14647 0.00% 0.19% 0.22% 0 Check he
20 2812 37348 75 0.00% 0.03% 0.05% 0 IPC Seat
27 56 555 100 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 0 EnvMon
43 708 29 24413 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0 Per-minu
77 252 1539 163 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Heartbeat
155 66192 338269 195 90.71% 8.30% 4.14% 0 IP Input
230 400 2382 167 0.07% 0.02% 0.00% 0 CEF: IPv4
240 572 759 753 0.00% 0.03% 0.01% 0 HIDDEN VL
and again some second later:
Router#cpu
CPU utilization for five seconds: 0%/0%; one minute: 2%; five minutes: 6%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
3 2320 1730 1341 0.23% 0.08% 0.17% 0 Exec
5 4552 308 14779 0.00% 0.25% 0.24% 0 Check hea
20 3008 40249 74 0.00% 0.04% 0.04% 0 IPC Seat
43 792 32 24750 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% 0 Per-minu
77 316 1702 185 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0 Heartbeat
155 68644 378964 181 0.00% 1.03% 3.26% 0 IP Input
230 444 2639 168 0.07% 0.02% 0.00% 0 CEF: IPv4
240 636 841 756 0.00% 0.03% 0.02% 0 HIDDEN VL
This is the history of cpu:
55555999999999944444
333330000099999666667777711111 2222211111
100 **********
90 **********
80 **********
70 **********
60 **********
50 ********************
40 ********************
30 ********************
20 ********************
10 ********************
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per second (last 60 seconds)
1
0 9 9 12
460444944394439
100 * * *
90 * * *
80 * * *
70 * * *
60 * * *
50 * * *
40 * * *
30 * * * *
20 # # # *
10 # # # **
0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
CPU% per minute (last 60 minutes)
* = maximum CPU% # = average CPU%
If i increase the 128K to 256K in the policy, the big CPU load comes in
every 2. minutes.
If i set it on 64K, the load is stay in every 4. minutes, but is ~40-50%
instead 100%.
Any idea?
Thanks
Laszlo
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