Tcp command, bigpipe

From NetworkCommands

A command available on F5 BigIP platforms; used to display or reset system-wide TCP statistics.

Usage Syntax

bigpipe tcp [stats reset]

The stats reset option resets the statistics, otherwise the command displays statistics.

Usage Examples

bigpipe tcp - display current system-wide TCP statistics

bigpipe tcp stats reset - reset current system-wide TCP statistics

Usage Notes

System-Wide in this case refers to the LTM system and thus the statistics shown only related to traffic dealt with by LTM. In other words, these statistics exclude management traffic and any traffic dealt with solely by the underlying Linux operating system such as ARP, NTP and any traffic that is simply routed through the device.

Using command syntax bigpipe tcp is actually executing command: bigpipe tcp stats show all

Bigpipe Usage Notes

Don't forget to save your changes using the bigpipe save all command.

Note in most cases, the show keyword displays object status or statistics, the list keyword displays configuration.

The bigpipe command can be abbreviated to just b (e.g. b help instead of bigpipe help.) Alternatively, (from v9.4,) you can use the bigpipe shell to enter commands without prefixing them with bigpipe.

Where curly or normal brackets {} or () or quotes "" or exclamation mark ! are required as part of a command and you are not using the bigpipe shell, they must be proceeded with a back slash \ to prevent the bash shell from parsing them as system commands.

Typical Output

GLOBAL TCP STATISTICS --
    (open, close-wait, fin-wait, time-wait) = (4, 0, 0, 0)
    (accept, accept fail) = (48635, 0)
    (connect, connect fail) = (42544, 0)
    (expire, abandon, rxrst) = (408, 13, 5769)
    (rxooseg, rxbadseg, rxbadsum, txrexmit) = (358, 0, 0, 11337)
    (syncacheover, rxcookie, rxbadcookie) = (0, 0, 0)

Related Commands

Use the bigpipe ssl command to display or reset the equivalent SSL statistics

Use the bigpipe udp command to display or reset the equivalent UDP statistics

Use the bigpipe icmp command to display or reset the equivalent ICMP statistics

The bigpipe interface command provides interface level, network layer protocol independent, layer two statistics.

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