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Subject: Re: MIB Data Collection
From: zuffranieri@it.ibm.com
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:28:38 +0200

Hi all,

thanks for answer,
I have another problem: I put locIFInCRC in mib.coerce file and I verified
that now it behaves like a counter, but when I make an expression with this
MIB variable (for example multipling for 3600) the expression behaves like
an integer and when I collect it I cannot get its rate of change.
Is there I way  to force an expression containig locIfInCRC to behave like
a counter?
Thank you all

Fabio Zuffranieri
IBM Global Services-ITS
Via Sciangai 53-Rome 00144-ITALY
email:zuffranieri@it.ibm.com


>Yes, Jane is right,  locIfInCRC is defined as follows:
>
>locIfInCRC OBJECT-TYPE
>                   SYNTAX  INTEGER
>                   ACCESS  read-only
>                   STATUS  mandatory
>                   DESCRIPTION
>                           "Number of input packets which had cyclic
>                           redundancy checksum errors."
>                   ::= { lifEntry 12 }
>
>BTW, this MIB variable is in OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB which Cisco
>deprecated in IOS 12.0. They use equivalent or similar counters in newer
>MIB modules to provide the information.
>
>
>At 10:20 PM 14-05-01 +0100, Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk>
wrote:
>>I suspect the Cisco variable that you quote is defined as an INTEGER
type,
>>rather than a COUNTER (from the MIB Browser, drill down to your variable
and
>>use the "Describe" button).  A COUNTER is an increasing integer whereas
an
>>INTEGER is simply a snapshot value eg. a CPU MIB variable might be 5 on
one
>>sample, 95 on the next and back to 5 again on the next sample - that
would be
>>type INTEGER.
>>
>>If your Cisco variable is defined as an INTEGER but behaves as a COUNTER,
you
>>can use /usr/OV/conf/mib.coerce to force NetView to treat it as a COUNTER
-
>>then I think you will find it behaves the same way in
>/usr/OV/databases/snmpCollect as your real COUNTER variables.
>
>zuffranieri@it.ibm.com wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> my environment is Netview Aix 6.0.1 on Aix 4.3.3.
>> I'm collecting certain Mibs for performance reports. When I collect any
>> MIB2 variable, like ifInErrors or ifInOctets, I find in row data (I see
it
>> in  /usr/OV/databases/snmpcollect with snmpColDump)  the rate of change
of
>> MIB variable.
>> The problem is this: when I collect Cisco MIB variables, in particular
>> locIfInCRC (1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.2.1.1.12), I find the absolute value. Does
>> anyone know why? How could I do to get rate of change value?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Fabio Zuffranieri
>> IBM Global Services-ITS
>> Via Sciangai 53-Rome 00144-ITALY
>> email:zuffranieri@it.ibm.com
>>
>>
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