Could not open outbound connection?

Question:

When i perform a ping from the CLI console i get the following message : “Could not open outbound connection?” What is the reason for this?

Answer:

There are many of reasons for this, below is a list of both common and uncommon reasons.

• Failed to find a route to the destination IP
• Failed to find a route to the source IP
• The connection table is full (and conn-replace fails)
• Failed to acquire a new ICMP ID or source TCP/UDP port for NAT'ing
• UDP Src Port 0 is specified, but not allowed (by setting)
• Failed to acquire an IP from the NAT pool
• SLB fails to apply the configured policy
• Threshold rules does not allow a new connection at this stage

The first two, “Failed to find a route to dest/src IP” is the most common causes of this message.

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