PRVT-SWITCH-MIB :: reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

All MIBsPRVT-SWITCH-MIBreportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents

reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents

Module: PRVT-SWITCH-MIB

OID (symbolic): PRVT-SWITCH-MIB::reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1.1.23

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The total number of events in which packets were dropped by the probe due to lack of resources. Note that this number is not necessarily the number of packets dropped; it is just the number of times this condition has been detected.

What is reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents?

This counts the number of times the device dropped packets due to internal resource shortage, noting that this tallies drop *events*, not the raw number of packets dropped in each event — a rising count means the port is regularly hitting a resource ceiling.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1.1.23
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> PRVT-SWITCH-MIB::reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1.1.23.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> PRVT-SWITCH-MIB::reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEvents.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (7 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
1.3.6.1.4.1.738privateVendorOIDPRIV-VENDORDEF-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1prvt_productsPRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5switchPRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100prvtSwitchMibPRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3reportsPRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1reportsL2PRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1reportsL2IfaceTablePRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1.1reportsL2IfaceEntryPRVT-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.100.3.1.1.1.23reportsL2IfaceStatsDropEventsPRVT-SWITCH-MIB