Re: [nsp] cisco usage stats

From: Barry L. Bruins (bbruins@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:55:05 EST


The values in the locIfInBitsSec are the 5 minute average values.
Check out: ftp://www.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v1/OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB.my

Barry
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>
> Currently developing a system to track usage stats on cisco interfaces in
> order to bill based on usage (burstable service).
>
> Pulling the IfOctets of total bytes, the stats seems to mysteriously reset
> to 0 on occasion. No reboots, etc.. throws the count off and makes one
> wonder how reliable the 'total bytes' stats are.
>
> What is the best method of getting reliable cisco usage stats, on a 5
> minute basis, over a long period. Prefer SNMP because of the low resource
> overhead vs. an expect script. Unable to find a SNMP variable that shows
> the 5-minute average as seen in 'sh int'.
>
> Stb
>
>



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