Created on
‎09-03-2024
06:02 AM
Edited on
‎09-14-2025
10:35 PM
By
Jean-Philippe_P
Description | This article describes how to check if the packet is getting dropped by the traffic shaper in NP6, NP6xlite, and NP6lite units. |
Scope | FortiGate (NP6, NP6xlite and NP6lite). |
Solution |
If the packet is dropping while passing through FortiGate without any packet loss or high latency in the local interface, it can happen due to the traffic overflow in the traffic shaper policy. This drop can be found by checking the dce drops in NPU.
LAB1 # diagnose npu np6 dce 0 LAB1# diagnose npu np6 dce 0
LAB1 # diagnose npu np6 dce 0
If it is being seen that the TPE_SHAPER is countering and without getting zero, the value is changing, indicating that the traffic shaper packets are getting dropped. To resolve the drop, it is necessary to reshape or modify the traffic shaper. The possible case might be that the shaper is getting overloaded, and traffic is dropping due to a lack of bandwidth.
Depending on the type of the NPU processor, the command will vary:
For np6xlite: diagnose npu np6xlite dce 0. For np6lite: diagnose npu np6lite dce 0.
Furthermore, in the device is an NP6 with multiple processors. The command should be executed for all the processors. For example, if the device has two NPU processors, the following commands should be executed:
diagnose npu np6 dce 0 diagnose npu np6 dce 1
LAB1 # diagnose sys session filter src 172.25.219.250 <--- To filter source IP. LAB1 # diagnose sys session filter dst 198.19.192.213 <--- To filter destination IP. LAB1 # diagnose sys session list
Technical Tip: How to configure and check which traffic shaper is used |
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