SAP Note 715400 - Max. number of memory pipes (MPI) restricted to 4,000

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Summary :
This SAP Note addresses an issue where high load tests using the Internet Communication Manager (ICM) lead to premature termination of connections when over 2,000 HTTP connections are open simultaneously within the keep-alive timeout interval. The limitation is due to ICM's requirement of two event flags per memory pipe, leading to a maximum of 8,000 event flags and consequently 4,000 MPIs and 2,000 open connections. A kernel patch has been released to increase the MPI count to 20,000, requiring 40,000 operating system semaphores. Users must configure their systems, especially on various operating systems (Linux, Windows, AIX, True64, Solaris, HPUX) to ensure sufficient semaphore availability.

Key words :
semaem    16384        semmni    500        semmns    50000        semmnu    256        semume    100        semvmx    32767for mpi/max_pipes, semaem    16384        semmni    1000        semmns    50000        semmnu    256        semume    100         semvmx    32767, /pseries/en_us/aixprggd/genprogc/ipc_limits, perform high load tests, profile parameter mpi/max_pipes, change operating system parameters, ipc / sem_mni  1024         ipc / sem_msl  512, profile parameter values, internet communication manager, -alive timeout interval

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