[c-nsp] SNMP question

[Bill Nash]

If memory serves, anything lower than 15 seconds will give you problems. 
This condition may persist up to a 30 second poll cycle, depending on 
conditions.

- billn


On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Sam Stickland wrote:

> Can anyone answer this question from a college of mine?
> 
> "Afternoon all. Does anyone know anything about the minimum poll period 
> for an OID on a Cisco box? For example, I'm polling a 6500 for the in 
> and out octets for a layer 2 interface and I periodically get a response 
> of 0. Even with a period of 5 seconds this still happens. I know that 
> this isn't a true reading of the in/out octets as the port connects to a 
> market-data firewall which is continuously streaming market -data.
>  
> Presumably it's a function of the H/W platform and/or the OS but I've 
> never been able to find any documentation on this. If anyone can shed 
> any light on this - oh so fascinating subject - I would be most grateful."
>  
> Thanks,
> 
> Sam
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