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SNMPWALK For Serial Interface Utilizatio

This document describes how to perform an SNMP walk to retrieve serial interface utilization statistics from a Cisco router. It explains that the 64-bit HC counters for octets are not implemented on serial interfaces with speeds under 20 Mbps, so they will return "no such instance". The workaround is to use the 32-bit ifOutOctets and ifInOctets counters instead, which will return the serial interface statistics. It provides a sample configuration and output to demonstrate performing an SNMP walk to retrieve serial interface utilization data from the router.

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SNMPWALK For Serial Interface Utilizatio

This document describes how to perform an SNMP walk to retrieve serial interface utilization statistics from a Cisco router. It explains that the 64-bit HC counters for octets are not implemented on serial interfaces with speeds under 20 Mbps, so they will return "no such instance". The workaround is to use the 32-bit ifOutOctets and ifInOctets counters instead, which will return the serial interface statistics. It provides a sample configuration and output to demonstrate performing an SNMP walk to retrieve serial interface utilization data from the router.

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Contents

Introduction
Prerequisites
Requirements
Components Used
Background
Configure
Configuration on the router
Workaround:
Related Information
Related Cisco Support Community Discussions

Introduction
This document describes how to perform Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Walk for
Serial Interface Utilization on Cisco Routers.

Prerequisites
Requirements

Cisco recommends that you meet these requirements before you attempt this configuration:

● Server from where you are polling the router is reachable


● Correct read-write SNMP community configured on the router

Components Used

This document is created using a Cisco 1941 router with VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1. However, this
document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of
the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is
live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

Background
This document helps a technician to understand why SNMP walk to poll Serial Interface Utilization
using ifHCInOctets and ifHCOutOctets does not work and what is the workaround in such
situations.

Configure
Note: Use the Command Lookup Tool (registered customers only) in order to obtain more
information on the commands used in this section.

Configuration on the router

A sample of the configuration on Cisco 1941 router on which we poll ifHCInOctets / ifHCOutOctets
on the serial interface of VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1 card:

NAS(config)#snmp-server community test RW

NAS#show ip interface brief | e un


Interface IP-Address OK? Method
Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet0/1 10.106.65.131 YES DHCP
up up

NAS#sh snmp mib ifmib ifindex g0/1


Interface = GigabitEthernet0/1, Ifindex = 3

NAS#sh snmp mib ifmib ifindex serial 0/1/0:30


Interface = Serial0/1/0:30, Ifindex = 11

ifHCInOctets: .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6
ifHCOutOctets: .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131


.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.3
IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.3 = Counter64: 1712486

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131


.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.11
IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.11 = No Such Instance currently exists at this OID

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131


.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.11
IF-MIB::ifHCOutOctets.11 = No Such Instance currently exists at this OID

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131


.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.3
IF-MIB::ifHCOutOctets.3 = Counter64: 1063644

As we can see above, SNMP poll returns “No Such Instance currently exists at this OID” for serial
interface, while it returns the correct value for GigabitEthernet interface.

For Serial interfaces with speeds/bandwidth less than 20 Mbps, HC counters for Octets are not
implemented. Hence it is expected that SNMP polling returns "no such instance" error.

Workaround:

Use 32bit version – ifOutOctets/ ifInOctets. This works with both SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 as shown
below:

ifOutOctets- 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16
ifInOctets- 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10

NAS#sh snmp mib ifmib ifindex serial 0/1/0:30


Interface = Serial0/1/0:30, Ifindex = 7

SNMPv2:

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.7


IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.7 = Counter32: 1874894

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v2c -c test 10.106.65.131 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.7


IF-MIB::ifInOctets.7 = Counter32: 2275304

SNMPv3:

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v3 -u ciscouser -A ciscopwd 10.106.65.201


1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.7
IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.7 = Counter32: 5030145

snmp-server% snmpwalk -v3 -u ciscouser -A ciscopwd 10.106.65.201


1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.7
IF-MIB::ifInOctets.7 = Counter32: 6126029

Note: For configurations regarding SNMPv3, please refer to SNMPv3 configurations

Related Information
• How To Calculate Bandwidth Utilization Using SNMP
• SNMP v3 configurations
• Frame Relay 64-Bit Counters
• MIB Locator
• Performance Management: Best Practices White Paper
• Technical Support - Cisco Systems

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