Hi Leon,
the counter are reflecting the drop policy actions.
Specifying a drop policy
The BIG-IP system drops packets whenever the specified rate limit is exceeded. A drop policy specifies the way that you want the system to drop packets. The default value is tail.
Possible values are:
- fred: Specifies that the system drops packets according to the type of traffic in the flow.
- red: Specifies that the system randomly drops packets.
- tail: Specifies that the system drops the end of the traffic stream.
You can create additional drop policies using the bigpipe utility or the Traffic Management shell (tmsh).
Information found at: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos_management_guide_10_1/tmos_rateshaping.html
Cheers, Kai
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