Looking at the Linux source tree, TcpAttemptFails is defined in
include/net/snmp.h and incremented in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c,
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c and net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c on a failed connection.
I guess try tuning your TCP stack.

Cheers,

A

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Chris Dimo <dimo at mail.org> wrote:
> Folks,
> can anyone explain in simple terms what "tcpattemptfails" ( netstat -s
> )?means and what perhaps would cause this to increment around 10-15 units
> per 30 seconds ?
>
> We have a situation where we moved servers into a new firewall complex and
> suprise suprise, it is terribly slow and users have been complaining. ive
> been running netstat, ping -s etc..and have the following results.
>
> qcmw002z# ping -s au1240s
> PING au1240s: 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from au1240s (201.3.156.32): icmp_seq=1. time=2.91 ms
> 64 bytes from au1240s (201.3.156.32): icmp_seq=2. time=3.62 ms
> 64 bytes from au1240s (201.3.156.32): icmp_seq=3. time=3.74 ms
> 64 bytes from au1240s (201.3.156.32): icmp_seq=4. time=3.08 ms
> 64 bytes from au1240s (201.3.156.32): icmp_seq=5. time=3.25 ms
> ^C
> ----au1240s PING Statistics----
> 6 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 16% packet loss
> round-trip (ms)? min/avg/max/stddev = 2.91/3.32/3.74/0.36
>
> -----
>
>
> Thu Mar? 5 20:14:08 EST 2009
> ??????? tcpAttemptFails???? =144697???? tcpEstabResets????? =? 4154
> ??????? tcpRetransSegs????? =241399???? tcpRetransBytes???? =278717070
> ??????? tcpOutRsts????????? =223765???? tcpOutFastRetrans?? =?? 141
> ??????? tcpRttUpdate??????? =3633063??? tcpTimRetrans?????? =136919
> ??????? tcpTimRetransDrop?? =? 3339???? tcpTimKeepalive???? = 33893
> ??????? tcpHalfOpenDrop???? =???? 0???? tcpOutSackRetrans?? =186148
>
>
> Thu Mar? 5 20:14:38 EST 2009
> ??????? tcpAttemptFails???? =144714???? tcpEstabResets????? =? 4154
> ??????? tcpRetransSegs????? =241400???? tcpRetransBytes???? =278717070
> ??????? tcpOutRsts????????? =223777???? tcpOutFastRetrans?? =?? 141
> ??????? tcpRttUpdate??????? =3633103??? tcpTimRetrans?????? =136919
> ??????? tcpTimRetransDrop?? =? 3339???? tcpTimKeepalive???? = 33896
> ??????? tcpHalfOpenDrop???? =???? 0???? tcpOutSackRetrans?? =186148
>
>
> Thu Mar? 5 20:15:08 EST 2009
> ??????? tcpAttemptFails???? =144724???? tcpEstabResets????? =? 4154
> ??????? tcpRetransSegs????? =241400???? tcpRetransBytes???? =278717070
> ??????? tcpOutRsts????????? =223785???? tcpOutFastRetrans?? =?? 141
> ??????? tcpRttUpdate??????? =3633131??? tcpTimRetrans?????? =136919
> ??????? tcpTimRetransDrop?? =? 3339???? tcpTimKeepalive???? = 33898
> ??????? tcpHalfOpenDrop???? =???? 0???? tcpOutSackRetrans?? =186148
>
>
> Chris Dimopoulos
> Unix Technical Services - Enterprise Services
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