Carbon Black Cloud: Sensor Install Hangs If Receive Segment Coalescing is Enabled

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Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Sensor: All Versions
• Microsoft Windows: Server 2012, Server 2016

Symptoms

• Sensor install hangs
• Sensor install log stops updating at the following point

  CA:Install: INSTALLFOLDER = C:\Program Files\Confer\

• Receive Segment Coalescing is enabled 

Cause

If the network interface card driver does not fully support Receive Segment Coalescing (RSC), this can cause issues with Carbon Black Cloud communications

Resolution

Disable RSC:

1. Open a PowerShell prompt as Administrator 
2. Run the following command

   Disable-NetAdapterRsc * 

3. Reboot system 
4. Open the Network Adapter properties > Advanced tab
5. Look for the following items to be marked as disabled

   Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4)
   Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv6)

6. Run sensor install as normal (Attended/Unattended Install)

Additional Notes

• Install may complete over several hours if RSC is not disabled
• Updating the NIC driver may also help alleviate the issue
• This has been historically seen with VirtIO Nutanix but may occur in other setups if the NIC driver does not properly support RSC.

Related Content

Carbon Black Cloud: How to Perform an Unattended Installation of the Windows Sensor
Endpoint Standard: How to perform an Attended Installation
Microsoft: Overview of RSC
TechTarget: RSC