CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB :: cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts

Module: CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB

OID (symbolic): CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3.1.10

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of received packets with bad MAC addresses information for the port.

What is cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts?

This Counter32 counts VSL packets received that carried bad MAC address information. Since the VSL protocol uses MAC address data to identify the peer switch and its ports, packets with bad MAC information can indicate hardware corruption or a cabling mismatch on the link. An admin would correlate an increase here with cvsVSLLinkPeerInterface to verify the VSL is actually connected to the intended peer port.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3.1.10
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3.1.10.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPkts.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388ciscoVirtualSwitchMIBCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1ciscoVirtualSwitchMIBObjectsCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3cvsVSLObjectsCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3cvsVSLPortStatsTableCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3.1cvsVSLPortStatsEntryCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.3.3.1.10cvsVSLPortRxBadMacAddressPktsCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB