CISCO-CEF-MIB :: cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host

Module: CISCO-CEF-MIB

OID (symbolic): CISCO-CEF-MIB::cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2.1.8

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter64

Access: read-only

Description: Number of packets that could not be switched in the normal path and were punted to the host (process switching path).

For most of the switching paths, the value of this object may be similar to cefSwitchingPunt. This object is a 64-bit version of cefSwitchingPunt2Host.

What is cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host?

This is the 64-bit version of cefSwitchingPunt2Host, counting packets punted to host or process switching on platforms with enough traffic to overflow the 32-bit counter. On a heavily loaded router, tracking this 64-bit counter's rate of change is one of the most direct ways to correlate a CPU spike with a specific traffic pattern escaping fast-path CEF entirely. A NOC correlating a CPU alert with this counter jumping by several million packets in the same window would have strong evidence the CPU spike is forwarding-related, not a control-plane process issue.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2.1.8
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-CEF-MIB::cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2.1.8.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-CEF-MIB::cefSwitchingHCPunt2Host.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9ciscoCAT2600-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9ciscoMgmtCISCO-SMI
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492ciscoCefMIBCISCO-CEF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1ciscoCefMIBObjectsCISCO-CEF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8cefStatsCISCO-CEF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2cefSwitchingStatsTableCISCO-CEF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2.1cefSwitchingStatsEntryCISCO-CEF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.492.1.8.2.1.8cefSwitchingHCPunt2HostCISCO-CEF-MIB