Last clearing of "show interface" counters 2d08
which is, of course, from another company.
Hopefully this will get pushed up the RFE tree a bit faster.
John W Baxter wrote:
>
> At 14:44 -1000 3/4/99, I don't work for Lucent RABU wrote:
> > Someone else had mentioned a second counter that could be reset. I like
> > this idea. That way you have the original so you have total and though
> > the PMxs don't have time a utility you use to grab these stats could
> > timestamp the reset time etc..
>
> One could also make an argument (however feeble) that if the user has
> elected to turn off the SNMP module in the PortMaster, the PM no
> longer has to comply with the SNMP RFCs (except for what to do on
> that port of one doesn't do SNMP), and *could* allow counter
> resetting.
>
> But we don't find it very hard to keep a series of past counts (we
> generate counts during the cron-driven daily processing). And
> software could then give you "Sync errors since Tuesday," bytes out
> through this port since Saturday," "for three days this modem has
> been taking more calls than its neighbors," etc...which is more
> difficult if you promiscuously reset counters (not bad if you do it
> on a schedule and record the pre-reset values, but why bother).
>
> --John
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> John Baxter jwblist@olympus.net Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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