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Invoke-NSAddTCPProfile

SYNOPSIS

Creates a NetScaler nstcpprofile resource.

SYNTAX

Invoke-NSAddTCPProfile [-Ackaggregation <String>] [-Ackonpush <String>] [-ApplyadaptiveTCP <String>]
 [-Buffersize <Int32>] [-Burstratecontrol <String>] [-ClientIpTCPOption <String>]
 [-ClientIpTCPOptionnumber <Int32>] [-Delayedack <Int32>] [-DropestConnOnTimeout <String>]
 [-DrophalfclosedConnOnTimeout <String>] [-Dsack <String>] [-Dupackthresh <Int32>]
 [-Dynamicreceivebuffering <String>] [-Ecn <String>] [-EstablishClientConn <String>] [-Fack <String>]
 [-Flavor <String>] [-Frto <String>] [-Hystart <String>] [-Initialcwnd <Int32>] [-Ka <String>]
 [-KaConnIdletime <Int32>] [-KaMaxProbeS <Int32>] [-KaProbeInterval <Int32>]
 [-KaProbeUpdatelastactivity <String>] [-MaxBurst <Int32>] [-MaxCwnd <Int32>] [-MaxPktpermss <Int32>]
 [-MinRto <Int32>] [-Mpcapablecbit <String>] [-MpTCP <String>] [-MpTCPDropDataOnpreestsf <String>]
 [-MpTCPFastopen <String>] [-MpTCPSessionTimeout <Int32>] [-Mss <Int32>] [-Nagle <String>] [-Name] <String>
 [-Oooqsize <Int32>] [-Pktperretx <Int32>] [-RateqMax <Int32>] [-Rfc5961compliance <String>]
 [-RstMaxAck <String>] [-Rstwindowattenuate <String>] [-Sack <String>] [-Sendbuffsize <Int32>]
 [-SendClientPortInTCPOption <String>] [-Slowstartincr <Int32>] [-SlowstartThreshold <Int32>]
 [-Spoofsyndrop <String>] [-SynCookie <String>] [-TaillossProbe <String>] [-TCPFastopen <String>]
 [-TCPFastopenCookieSize <Int32>] [-TCPMode <String>] [-TCPRate <Int32>] [-TCPSegoffload <String>]
 [-Timestamp <String>] [-Ws <String>] [-Wsval <Int32>] [-Session <PSObject>] [-IgnoreNotFound]
 [-ReturnNullOnNotFound] [-ThrowOnWarning] [-PassThru] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Configuration for TCP profile resource.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Invoke-NSAddTCPProfile -Name 'example' -PassThru

EXAMPLE 2

Invoke-NSAddTCPProfile -Name 'example' -WhatIf

PARAMETERS

-Ackaggregation

Enable or disable ACK Aggregation. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Ackonpush

Send immediate positive acknowledgement (ACK) on receipt of TCP packets with PUSH flag. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ApplyadaptiveTCP

Apply Adaptive TCP optimizations. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Buffersize

TCP buffering size, in bytes. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_BUFFSIZE Minimum value = 8190 Maximum value = 20971520

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Burstratecontrol

TCP Burst Rate Control DISABLED/FIXED/DYNAMIC. FIXED requires a TCP rate to be set. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = DISABLED, FIXED, DYNAMIC

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ClientIpTCPOption

Client IP in TCP options. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ClientIpTCPOptionnumber

ClientIP TCP Option number. Default value: DISABLED Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 254

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Delayedack

Timeout for TCP delayed ACK, in milliseconds. Default value: 100 Minimum value = 10 Maximum value = 300

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DropestConnOnTimeout

Silently drop tcp established connections on idle timeout. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DrophalfclosedConnOnTimeout

Silently drop tcp half closed connections on idle timeout. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Dsack

Enable or disable DSACK. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Dupackthresh

TCP dupack threshold. Default value: 3 Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 15

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Dynamicreceivebuffering

Enable or disable dynamic receive buffering. When enabled, allows the receive buffer to be adjusted dynamically based on memory and network conditions. Note: The buffer size argument must be set for dynamic adjustments to take place. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Ecn

Enable or disable TCP Explicit Congestion Notification. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-EstablishClientConn

Establishing Client Client connection on First data/ Final-ACK / Automatic. Default value: AUTOMATIC Possible values = AUTOMATIC, CONN_ESTABLISHED, ON_FIRST_DATA

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Fack

Enable or disable FACK (Forward ACK). Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Flavor

Set TCP congestion control algorithm. Default value: BIC Possible values = Default, Westwood, BIC, CUBIC, Nile, BBR

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Frto

Enable or disable FRTO (Forward RTO-Recovery). Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Hystart

Enable or disable CUBIC Hystart. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Initialcwnd

Initial maximum upper limit on the number of TCP packets that can be outstanding on the TCP link to the server. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_INITIALCWND Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 44

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Ka

Send periodic TCP keep-alive (KA) probes to check if peer is still up. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-KaConnIdletime

Duration, in seconds, for the connection to be idle, before sending a keep-alive (KA) probe. Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 4095

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-KaMaxProbeS

Number of keep-alive (KA) probes to be sent when not acknowledged, before assuming the peer to be down. Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 254

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-KaProbeInterval

Time interval, in seconds, before the next keep-alive (KA) probe, if the peer does not respond. Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 4095

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-KaProbeUpdatelastactivity

Update last activity for the connection after receiving keep-alive (KA) probes. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MaxBurst

Maximum number of TCP segments allowed in a burst. Default value: 6 Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 255

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MaxCwnd

TCP Maximum Congestion Window. Default value: 524288 Minimum value = 8190 Maximum value = 20971520

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MaxPktpermss

Maximum number of TCP packets allowed per maximum segment size (MSS). Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 1460

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MinRto

Minimum retransmission timeout, in milliseconds, specified in 10-millisecond increments (value must yield a whole number if divided by 10). Default value: 1000 Minimum value = 10 Maximum value = 64000

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Mpcapablecbit

Set C bit in MP-CAPABLE Syn-Ack sent by Citrix ADC. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MpTCP

Enable or disable Multipath TCP. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MpTCPDropDataOnpreestsf

Enable or disable silently dropping the data on Pre-Established subflow. When enabled, DSS data packets are dropped silently instead of dropping the connection when data is received on pre established subflow. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MpTCPFastopen

Enable or disable Multipath TCP fastopen. When enabled, DSS data packets are accepted before receiving the third ack of SYN handshake. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MpTCPSessionTimeout

MPTCP session timeout in seconds. If this value is not set, idle MPTCP sessions are flushed after vserver's client idle timeout. Default value: 0 Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 86400

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Mss

Maximum number of octets to allow in a TCP data segment. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_CLIENT_MSS Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 9176

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Nagle

Enable or disable the Nagle algorithm on TCP connections. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

Name for a TCP profile. Must begin with a letter, number, or the underscore \(_\) character. Other characters allowed, after the first character, are the hyphen \(-\), period \(.\), hash \(#\), space \( \), at \(@\), colon \(:\), and equal \(=\) characters. The name of a TCP profile cannot be changed after it is created. CLI Users: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks \(for example, "my tcp profile" or 'my tcp profile'\). Minimum length = 1 Maximum length = 127

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Oooqsize

Maximum size of out-of-order packets queue. A value of 0 means no limit. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_MAX_OOO_PKTS Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 65535

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Pktperretx

Maximum limit on the number of packets that should be retransmitted on receiving a partial ACK. Default value: 1 Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 512

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RateqMax

Maximum connection queue size in bytes, when BurstRateControl is used. Default value: 0 Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 1000000000

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Rfc5961compliance

Enable or disable RFC 5961 compliance to protect against tcp spoofing(RST/SYN/Data). When enabled, will be compliant with RFC 5961. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RstMaxAck

Enable or disable acceptance of RST that is out of window yet echoes highest ACK sequence number. Useful only in proxy mode. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Rstwindowattenuate

Enable or disable RST window attenuation to protect against spoofing. When enabled, will reply with corrective ACK when a sequence number is invalid. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Sack

Enable or disable Selective ACKnowledgement (SACK). Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Sendbuffsize

TCP Send Buffer Size. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_SENDBUFFSIZE Minimum value = 8190 Maximum value = 20971520

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SendClientPortInTCPOption

Send Client Port number along with Client IP in TCP-Options. ClientIpTcpOption must be ENABLED. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Slowstartincr

Multiplier that determines the rate at which slow start increases the size of the TCP transmission window after each acknowledgement of successful transmission. Default value: 2 Minimum value = 1 Maximum value = 100

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SlowstartThreshold

TCP Slow Start Threhsold Value. Default value: 524288 Minimum value = 8190 Maximum value = 20971520

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Spoofsyndrop

Enable or disable drop of invalid SYN packets to protect against spoofing. When disabled, established connections will be reset when a SYN packet is received. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SynCookie

Enable or disable the SYNCOOKIE mechanism for TCP handshake with clients. Disabling SYNCOOKIE prevents SYN attack protection on the Citrix ADC. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TaillossProbe

TCP tail loss probe optimizations. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TCPFastopen

Enable or disable TCP Fastopen. When enabled, NS can receive or send Data in SYN or SYN-ACK packets. Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TCPFastopenCookieSize

TCP FastOpen Cookie size. This accepts only even numbers. Odd number is trimmed down to nearest even number. Default value: 8 Minimum value = 4 Maximum value = 16

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TCPMode

TCP Optimization modes TRANSPARENT / ENDPOINT. Default value: TRANSPARENT Possible values = TRANSPARENT, ENDPOINT

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TCPRate

TCP connection payload send rate in Kb/s. Default value: 0 Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 10000000

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TCPSegoffload

Offload TCP segmentation to the NIC. If set to AUTOMATIC, TCP segmentation will be offloaded to the NIC, if the NIC supports it. Default value: AUTOMATIC Possible values = AUTOMATIC, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Timestamp

Enable or Disable TCP Timestamp option (RFC 1323). Default value: DISABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Ws

Enable or disable window scaling. Default value: ENABLED Possible values = ENABLED, DISABLED

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Wsval

Factor used to calculate the new window size. This argument is needed only when window scaling is enabled. Default value: TCP_DEFAULT_WSVAL Minimum value = 0 Maximum value = 14

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Session

The NetScaler session. If omitted, the current default session is used.

Type: PSObject
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: (Get-NSSession)
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-IgnoreNotFound

Returns null instead of throwing for known NITRO not-found responses.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ReturnNullOnNotFound

Returns null instead of throwing for known NITRO not-found responses.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ThrowOnWarning

Treats NITRO warning responses as terminating errors.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PassThru

Returns the updated resource after the operation completes.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

NOTES

Generated from NetScaler NITRO API metadata. Generated: 2026-06-01 21:28 Supported metadata versions: 13.1, 14.1.