[c-nsp] SNMP question

[virendra rode //]

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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.
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Can you snmpwalk the device oid and confirm the output.


>  
> 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."
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You might want to check and see if you are polling the correct OID.

http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml


regards,
/virendra

>  
> Thanks,
> 
> Sam
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