IKEv1 phase-2 SAs increasing

[Farzana]

Hello,

We are trying to clear and initiate IPsec connection using the following commands: 

clear vpn ike-sa gateway <value>

clear vpn ipsec-sa tunnel <value>

test vpn ike-sa gateway <value>

test vpn ipsec-sa tunnel <value>

However, the SA’s are not clearing , instead they are increasing. Any idea how to stop and clear them?

IKEv1 phase-2 SAs
Gateway Name TnID Tunnel GwID/IP Role Algorithm SPI(in) SPI(out) MsgID ST Xt
------------ ---- ------ ------- ---- --------- ------- -------- ----- -- --
ABC-IKE-GW 7 ABC-IKE-Tunnel:defg 1 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 90091F68 6BD89E28 45C201A1 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 C5E7E2AA AAF9A197 6E9BB2BE 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 9EB26F76 AAF9A196 FE30C916 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 97F9ED21 AAF9A195 AA1E59F7 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 C7341C5C AAF9A194 5CDD1EBF 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 F369023B AAF9A192 E28DE38F 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 944E760D AAF9A191 7EF5B110 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 D241FB26 AAF9A190 31B577D9 9 1
ABC-North-East-IKE- 10 ABC-North-East-Tunn 2 Init ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 BA253926 AAF9A18C 47391E4D 9 1
ABC-South-West-IKE-GW 13 ABC-South-West-Tunnel: 3 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 ADA46287 37BD9032 307A1FF2 9 1
ABC-test-IKE-GW 16 ABC-test-Tunnel:test 4 Resp ESP/ DH2/tunl/SHA1 DD3B05E9 5FE62DF6 769AACB6 9 1

[Remo · Accepted solution]

Could it be that there constantly is traffic? So when you clear it the new SA's are already created when you enter the "show" command...