TCP packet loss occurs in VMWare environments with Large Receive Offload (LRO) enabled

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Issue

  • Packet loss and retransmits are experienced with Large Receive Offload (LRO) enabled in VMWare environments using vmxnet3 drivers.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat or VMware shipped vmxnet3 driver
  • rx csum disabled

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