[c-nsp] Nexus 3064 - wrong interface traffic statistics

Jared Mauch jared at puck.nether.net
Tue Dec 17 07:03:06 EST 2013


On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org> wrote:

> On 16/12/2013 21:31, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>> first thing you want to do is set "load-interval 30" on both sides of the
>> link, then wait a couple of minutes, then re-read the interface counters.
> 
> err, got confused by Load-Interval #2 on the N3064 side.  n/m.
> 
> No idea which one is correct.  The 7600 is known to have interesting
> interpretations on how much traffic is flowing through its interfaces.
> Actually on the 7600, you might want to increase the load-interval to
> something larger than 30 seconds, because from what I remember this
> platform only reads from line cards every several seconds, which means that
> at a 30 second load interval, you'll end up with stepping problems causing
> incorrect readings.

You can adjust this time with the “service counters” setting. 

- Jared


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