Global Counters report "No Destination Zone From Forwarding"

Global Counters report "No Destination Zone From Forwarding"

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Created On 07/21/20 03:01 AM - Last Modified 10/26/21 03:30 AM


Symptom


  • IPSec tunnel is configured between Palo Alto Firewalls
  • Traffic is getting dropped
  • Global counter (show counter global filter packet-filter yes delta yes) report drops traffic due to flow_policy_nofwd:
 
name                                   value     rate severity  category  aspect    description
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flow_policy_nofwd                          3        0 drop      flow      session   Session setup: no destination zone from forwarding
appid_ident_by_icmp                        3        0 info      appid     pktproc   Application identified by icmp type
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Note: Packet filter s must be configured correctly when using "show counter global filter...." command


Environment


  • IPsec tunnel on VM-series firewalls
  • IPsec tunnel on NGFW hardware
  • All versions of PAN-OS


Cause


  • On the transmitting firewall, this happens when the source of the traffic is in a different virtual router than the tunnel interface itself.
  • If the firewall is receiving tunnel traffic inbound, it fails for the same reason but reports a different drop type:
 
name                                   value     rate severity  category  aspect    description
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pkt_recv                                   2        0 info      packet    pktproc   Packets received
pkt_sent                                   3        0 info      packet    pktproc   Packets transmitted
session_allocated                          3        0 info      session   resource  Sessions allocated
session_installed                          3        0 info      session   resource  Sessions installed
flow_fwd_l3_noroute                        3        0 drop      flow      forward   Packets dropped: no route

 


Resolution


The destination interface on the firewall should be placed in the same virtual router as the tunnel interface.

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