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  • saweron
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 5

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    Zabbix vs. SNMPwalk - different values?

    Zabbix 1.8.3 on Solaris 10 x86

    I have a firewall which I monitor in zabbix over SNMP for which I try to monitor the bandwidht on a certain interface.

    The data returned via SNMP is a Counter64

    # snmpwalk -v 2c -c BLAH fw IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.3
    IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.3 = Counter64: 263157545561

    This is my item definition in zabbix:

    ---
    SNMP OID: IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.3
    Key: ifHCInOctets.3
    Type of information: numeric (unsigned)
    Data type: Decimal
    Units: bps
    Update interval (in sec): 300
    Use custom multiplier: 8
    Store value: Delta (speed per second)
    ---

    That all seems to work well until we noted a spike which exceeded the physical capacity of that port so we set out to investigate.

    The first thing I did was to add another item which just stores the value as is

    ---
    SNMP OID: .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.3
    Key: .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.3
    Type of information: numeric (unsigned)
    Data type: Decimal
    Update interval (in sec): 300
    Store value: As Is
    ---

    The strange thing is if I compare the values zabbix stores and the ones I get back from a SNMP walk they differ for any gives time by a factor 2


    Zabbix:

    Description Last check Last value
    ifHCInOctets.3.values 15 Jun 2011 17:38:34 525168136921

    SNMP

    Wed Jun 15 17:38:34 CEST 2011
    IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.3 = Counter64: 263175131805

    Can anyone point out what I am overseeing please?


    Gregory
    Last edited by saweron; 20-06-2011, 09:32.
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