I am getting gaps in my graph which is why I figured the counter size
was the problem. I am using the net-snmp package that comes with
snv_111b. How do I check the version?

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jung, Daniel <daniel.j...@icbc.com> wrote:
> 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 I think the net-snmp package bundled is a bit out of date, so that could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?
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