"Counter64" is what displayed.  My question is, is "Counter64" an acceptable 
display unit for users?  Or user expects to see "CounterBasedGauge64" instead?

Thanks!

> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:25:02 +0000
> Subject: Re: When use data type CounterBasedGauge64, what should be diplayed, 
> "Counter64" or "CounterBasedGauge64"?
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> 
> On 10 December 2010 06:54, W Z <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I need to use CounterBasedGauge64 for our own data, as there is no Gauge64.
> > In MIB file, the SYNTAX for the data is CounterBasedGauge64.  When doing a
> > snmpget for the data, what should be displayed:
> >  .1.x.x.x.x.x.x.x = Counter64: data_value; Or,
> >  .1.x.x.x.x.x.x.x = CounterBasedGauge6: data_value ?
> 
> I'd expect this to display "Counter64", since that's the underlying data type.
> "CounterBasedGauge64" is simply a Textual Convention, to amend the
> expected behaviour of such objects.  It's not really a separate type, so
> the low-level SNMP library doesn't know anything about it.  Such varbinds
> will be treated as the underlying type - i.e. Counter64
> 
> That would be my expectation, anyway.
> 
> Dave
                                          
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