| Description | A count of the number of frames that were dropped by the OAM
multiplexer. Since the OAM multiplexer has multiple inputs
and a single output, there may be cases where frames are
dropped due to transmit resource contention. This counter is
incremented whenever a frame is dropped by the OAM layer.
Note that any Ethernet frame, not just OAMPDUs, may be dropped
by the OAM layer. This can occur when an OAMPDU takes
precedence over a 'normal' frame resulting in the 'normal'
frame being dropped.
When this counter is incremented, no other counters in this
MIB are incremented.
Discontinuities of this counter can occur at re-initialization
of the management system, and at other times as indicated by
the value of the ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |