System using vmxnet3 NICs discards some IPv6 traffic and performance is poor
Issue
- System using vmxnet3 NICs discards some IPv6 traffic and performance is poor
- IPv6/UDPv6/TCPv6 OS discard counters increase and application misses IPv6 messages
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and earlier (
kernel-3.10.0-327.el7) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and earlier (
kernel-2.6.32-642.el6) - VMware VM
- Paravirtualized
vmxnet3network interface - IPv6
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