| Description | The total number of octets contained in the valid
frames that have been received on the ports in
this repeater, modulo 2**32. That is, it contains
the upper 32 bits of a 64-bit counter, of which
the lower 32 bits are contained in the
rptrMonTotalOctets object. If an implementation
can not obtain a count of octets as seen
by the repeater itself, the 64-bit value
may be the summation of the values of the
rptrMonitorPortReadableOctets counters combined
with the corresponding rptrMonitorPortUpper32Octets
counters for all of the ports in the repeater.
This statistic provides an indicator of the total
data transferred within the repeater.
This two-counter mechanism is provided for those
network management protocols that do not support
64-bit counters (e.g. SNMP V1) and are used to
manage a repeater type of 100Mb/s.
Conformance clauses for this MIB are defined such
that implementation of this object is not required
in a system which does not support 100Mb/s.
However, systems with mixed 10 and 100Mb/s ports
may implement this object across all ports,
including 10Mb/s. If this object is implemented,
it must be according to the definition in the first
paragraph of this description; that is, the value
of this object MUST be a valid count. |