[c-nsp] OID that measures total traffic?

[Lincoln Dale]

On 25/03/2010, at 7:40 PM, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:01:01PM +0100, Per Carlson wrote:
>>> Is there an SNMP OID that reports total traffic that passes through a
>>> router?
>> 
>>> From RFC1213-MIB:
>> 
>> ipForwDatagrams OBJECT-TYPE
>>    SYNTAX  Counter
> 
> Is that implemented in (common) Cisco gear?

software-based forwarding platforms: yes.
hardware-based forwarding platforms: no.

>  Is there a corresponding
> octet counter?  If yes, is there a 64bit counter?

there in lies the real issue: no 64 bit counter.
and on distributed h/w forwarding platforms, it'd be problematic to implement anyway.

then there is the case of whether one implements said counter with Cabletron logic or not.  i.e. count input and output. :)


cheers,

lincoln.