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RE: [802.3ae] MIB-II ifSpeed 32-bit limitation for 10G




Danny,
Can you please send a pointer in regards to this
MIB-II definition? Where this definitions can be
found?
Thank you,
James


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Lobo [mailto:lobod@netscout.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:15 PM
> To: stds-802-3-hssg@ieee.org
> Subject: [802.3ae] MIB-II ifSpeed 32-bit limitation
for 10G
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The ifSpeed object defined in MIB-II's ifTable is
32-bits 
> wide and so will
> hold only upto 4.2 Gbits/s. This works fine for
existing, 
> relatively slower
> topologies such as Fast Ethernet. However, due to
the 32-bit 
> constraint, it
> cannot be used for 10 GBE.
> Any suggestions on how to overcome this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Danny Lobo
> NetScout Systems Inc
> 310 Littleton Rd.,
> Westford, MA 01886. USA
> 978-614-4309
> 

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