[j-nsp] Interface tail drops vs. ifOutDiscards

[Clarke Morledge]

Really?

Is there any know way to measure tail drops via SNMP with Juniper?  In 
particular, I am wondering about the MX platform.

That is really odd.

Clarke Morledge
College of William and Mary
Information Technology - Network Engineering
Jones Hall (Room 18)
Williamsburg VA 23187


Nick says:

> That is known issue. and very irritating issue for me. Please make sure
> that your SE knows that you are not happy with that. Maybe some time in the
> future, J will fix it.
>
> Nick
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Antti Ristim?ki <antti.ristimaki at csc.fi>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It seems that ifq tail drops don't increment IF-MIB::ifOutDiscards
>> counter, whereas e.g. packets dropped by RED do. Has anyone else
>> encountered this and is this an expected behaviour or a known issue?
>>
>> -Antti