For gigabit interface, 32bit space is too small for counters. Rollover caused gaps.
-----Original Message----- From: sysadmin-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:sysadmin-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jason King Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:17 AM To: melbogia Cc: sysadmin-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [sysadmin-discuss] 64 bit counters for snmp I'm not sure why you think you need a 64 bit counter -- it should rollover, and most packages should handle that... I think the net-snmp package bundled is a bit out of date, so that could be part of it... On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM, melbogia <melbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I originally posted this in opensolaris->discuss but that list seems > to be going downhill so I am reposting here > > I am using snmp to get a graph the network traffic from our servers. I > looked at /etc/sma/snmp/mibs/IF-MIB.txt and it mentions two counters > > ifInOctets Counter32 > ifHCInOctets Counter64 > > Since the interfaces are connected to gigE link I need the 64 bit > counter to get any valid data but it doesn't seem to be there when I > snmpwalk > > root:/etc/sma/snmp/mibs# snmpwalk -v1 -c public localhost iso | grep > -i octets > IF-MIB::ifInOctets.1 = Counter32: 0 > IF-MIB::ifInOctets.2 = Counter32: 2745997873 > IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.1 = Counter32: 0 > IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.2 = Counter32: 493562995 > > root:/etc/sma/snmp/mibs# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost iso | grep > -i octets > IF-MIB::ifInOctets.1 = Counter32: 0 > IF-MIB::ifInOctets.2 = Counter32: 2910951603 > IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.1 = Counter32: 0 > IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.2 = Counter32: 523063265 > > I could get it from kstats but I'll have to write a script and put it in snmpd.conf. But does anyone know why it's not in snmp already, or am I doing something wrong? > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > sysadmin-discuss mailing list > sysadmin-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sysadmin-discuss > _______________________________________________ sysadmin-discuss mailing list sysadmin-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sysadmin-discuss ------------------------------------------------------------ This email and any attachments are intended only for the named recipient and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized copying, dissemination or other use by a person other than the named recipient of this communication is prohibited. If you received this in error or are not named as a recipient, please notify the sender and destroy all copies of this email immediately. _______________________________________________ sysadmin-discuss mailing list sysadmin-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sysadmin-discuss
