> Any thoughts here? I know its a bit vague.
You're right, it's a bit vague. It's tough to give you real meaningful feedback without further info. At a high level, I suspect the connection points between the client and the LTM are different than when the client hits the Pool Member directly. If the retrans are between the client and the LTM, and you don't see any retrans between the LTM and the Pool Member, I would start examining the infrastructure between the LTM and the client. I've seen duplex mismatches between switches cause this type of problem lots of times.
If you are somewhat skilled with TCP analysis, you should also be able to confirm where the packet loss is occuring. You simply look for individual packets that are sent by the LTM and not received by the client. If you see the LTM sent a packet but it wasn't received, then you need to move down the chain to the next connection point and perform the same test. You can also use this methodology but starting from the client side of the connection. Keep moving down the connection chain (or up, depending on whether you start at the LTM or the client) until you isolate the point where packets are getting dropped.
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