[outages] EDGE: Anyone seeing 100% CPU on Fortigate edge routers?

John Schiel jschiel at flowtools.net
Thu Jan 15 12:00:45 EST 2015


On 01/15/2015 09:44 AM, Jay Ashworth via Outages wrote:
> Got a client whose FGT60D -- two of them; they have a hot spare -- is
> jamming to 100% continuous CPU full time, enough to impinge capacity sharply
> on their 90mb/s Road Runner line to Five9.
>
> Since their primary and hotspare boxes behave identically, end neither
> ever did before, I infer a pattern-file pooch-screwing at Fortigate, and
> am looking for corroborating reports.

Have them in shop but haven't tested them yet.

If UTM is on, check the options enabled. Turn off those options they 
don't need. I've worked on blades that when using all of App Control, 
spiked the CPU. We ended up disabling some of the options and that 
brought down the CPU.

--John

>
> Anybody?
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>




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