fwaccel feature

Description

The fwaccel feature and fwaccel6 feature commands enable and disable the specified SecureXL features.

Important:

  • If you disable a SecureXL feature, SecureXL does not accelerate the applicable traffic anymore.

  • This change does not survive reboot.

  • In VSX Gateway, this change is global and applies to all Virtual Systems.

  • In a Cluster, you must configure all the Cluster Members in the same way.

Syntax for IPv4

fwaccel feature <Name of Feature>

      get

      off

      on

Syntax for IPv6

fwaccel6 feature <Name of Feature>

      get

      off

      on

Parameters

Parameter

Description

No Parameters

Shows the applicable built-in usage.

<Name of Feature>

Specifies the SecureXL feature.

R81 SecureXL supports only this feature:

  • Name: sctp

  • Description: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) - see sk35113

get

Shows the current state of the specified SecureXL feature.

off

Disables the specified SecureXL feature.

This means that SecureXL does not accelerate the applicable traffic anymore.

on

Enables the specified SecureXL feature.

This means that SecureXL accelerates the applicable traffic again.

Disabling the 'sctp' feature permanently

See Working with Kernel Parameters on Security Gateway.

  1. Add this line to the $FWDIR/boot/modules/fwkern.conf file:

    sim_sctp_disable_by_default=1

  2. Reboot.

Example 1 - Default output

[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature
Usage: fwaccel feature <name> {on|off|get}
 
Available features: sctp
[Expert@MyGW:0]#

Example 2 - Disabling and enabling a feature

[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature sctp get
sim_sctp_disable_by_default = 0
[Expert@MyGW:0]#
[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature sctp off
Set operation succeeded
[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature sctp get
sim_sctp_disable_by_default = 1
[Expert@MyGW:0]#
[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature sctp on
Set operation succeeded
[Expert@MyGW:0]#
[Expert@MyGW:0]# fwaccel feature sctp get
sim_sctp_disable_by_default = 0
[Expert@MyGW:0]#