Sure it upsets. We have a bunch of average-populated 6500s, using the default max age (which was, as far as I remember, 5) made the switches very slow in responding to SNMP queries. set them to 10, and, Gotcha! everything works very well.
ivan > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:25:25 +0200 > From: Tassos Chatzithomaoglou <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Network management software with high detailed traffic > report > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > There is also CSCsg23226 which might be related. > > -- > Tassos > > > Nick Hilliard wrote on 23/11/2010 01:35: >> On 22/11/2010 22:56, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote: >>> Does "service counters max age" help in any way?* >>> *According to Cisco, setting it too low might upset the snmp counters.* >> >>> https://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/fundamentals/command/reference/cf_r1.html#wp1067159 >>> >> >> The "Usage Guidelines" are instructive. :-) >> >> Although the update interval defaults to 5 seconds, it still appears >> to update every 9 seconds on my boxes. >> >> Nick >> >>
