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July 4th, 2008 06:00
Dell PowerConnect 6024F SNMP 64-bit Counters
Hello. It was recently purchased by us switch Dell PowerConnect 6024F. It has Firmware Version 2.0.0.15. In this Firmware SNMP 64-bit Counters on interfaces are absent. We have a necessity to make monitoring of traffic on ports, this functional simply needs for us! Is it possible to get Firmware, where this functional will be accessible?
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Dell-Steve A
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July 7th, 2008 16:00
jgreco
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July 25th, 2008 02:00
Yeah, that's kind of unfortunate, seeing as how it's trivial to do 64-bit counters in software for gigabit ports, assuming you have working 32-bit counters.
The trick is to periodically (every 30 seconds is completely adequate for gigE) check to see if the 32-bit counter has rolled over. If so, increment another 32-bit counter. Together, the two counters form your
64-bit counter. You also need to perform the check when querying the counter, of course, plus a few other housekeeping chores. But it's trivial to implement.
Not providing the functionality is one of those things vendors frequently do while claiming that it is something that the hardware doesn't support, because the hardware isn't their "high end" stuff. The reality is that 64-bit isn't rough to support, but rather that only certain classes of people are interested in it.