NAT Pool Allocation

[gulanticus]

I was troubleshooting a connectivity issue for a client and he kept asking me to check the 'NAT pool allocation' on the loadbalancer context.  My company uses a ACE module running software version A5(2.2).  I could find no command such as show nat or show allocation.  Running show xlate does not give me a count but a list of all the translation.

Can someone explain to me what exactly my client is asking for?

[Kanwaljeet Singh]

Hi,

Perhaps this:

switch/Admin# show np 1 me-stats -vsocm | include NAT
NAT[static mapped]:                               0             0
NAT[static real]:                                 0             0
NAT[xlate alloc fail]:                            0             0
NAT[xlate real hit]:                              0             0
NAT[xlate mapped hit]:                            0             0
NAT[invalid xlate]:                               0             0
NAT[dump xlate]:                                  0             0
NAT[xlate release failed]:                        0             0
NAT Pool Alloc [fail]:                            0             0
NAT Pool Alloc [addr]:                            0             0
NAT Pool Alloc [addr/port]:                       0             0
NAT Pool Free [addr]:                             0             0
NAT Pool Free [addr/port]:                        0             0
NAT Pool Free [orphan IP]:                        0             0
Drop [Need NAT IPv4-6]:                           0             0
Drop [Need NAT IPv6-4]:                           0             0
NAT free no xlate [real addr]:                    0             0
NAT free no xlate [mapped addr]:                  0             0
NAT Dynamic Xlate GC Reaped:                      0             0
NAT Implicit PAT Alloc [fail]:                    0             0
NAT Implicit PAT Alloc:                           0             0
NAT Implicit PAT Free:                            0             0

Based on model, np x  can be 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Regards,

Kanwal

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[gulanticus]

Kanwal,

Thank you for your reply.  Your answer have given me a starting point.  I'm going to log into the load balancer and try the command out.  I'll let you know what I find.

[gulanticus]

Kanwal,

Thanks again for your response.  There is a "show np" command on the load balancer context but the description reads "show debug information from hardware".  I did find this command:  show nat-fabric.  Its described as "Nat fabric shadow table".  I'm going to run with this thread to see if the output from the sub-options will get me the results that I'm looking for.  I'm kicking myself for not seeing that before. 

Here is another question:  is there a cisco book that speaks to the ACE 30 module that you know of.  I am currently reading the available PDF online and I think that I may benefit more with additional commentary.

Thanks again

Gul