[nsp] SNMP ifInOctets/ifOutOctets

[Sean Mathias]

Can someone explain what unit an octet represents in the Cisco IF-MIB implementation?  I would assume it to be an 8-bit (octet) word, but based on the formula to compute bandwidth usage using SNMP on CCO, that appears to be wrong.

Here is the article:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a008009496e.shtml

The formula is:

max(Delta(ifInOctets), Delta(ifOutOctets)) x 8 x 100
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            (number of seconds) x ifSpeed

Where does the x 100 come from and what does it represent?

Sean Mathias
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