SL-ETH-MIB :: ethCurrentRxDropEvents

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 21, 2026

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ethCurrentRxDropEvents

Module: SL-ETH-MIB

OID (symbolic): SL-ETH-MIB::ethCurrentRxDropEvents

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2.1.2

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter64

Access: read-only

Description: The total number of events in which packets were dropped by the probe due to lack of Ingress resources during this sampling interval. 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 ethCurrentRxDropEvents?

Counts how many times, during the current sampling interval, the probe dropped packets due to a lack of ingress buffering resources; it counts drop events, not the number of packets actually dropped. Admins watch this for a rising count as a sign the port is being oversubscribed faster than it can process incoming traffic.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2.1.2
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> SL-ETH-MIB::ethCurrentRxDropEvents

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2.1.2.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> SL-ETH-MIB::ethCurrentRxDropEvents.1

Start monitoring Smartoptics SiteLight optical transport equipment, Ethernet service interface (transceiver/auto-neg/PM status) with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor. Create custom SNMP monitor using the SL-ETH-MIB::ethCurrentRxDropEvents OID value, configure state conditions and alerts, and monitor any Smartoptics SiteLight optical transport equipment, Ethernet service interface (transceiver/auto-neg/PM status) from a single console.

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a Smartoptics SiteLight optical transport equipment, Ethernet service interface (transceiver/auto-neg/PM status) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type ethCurrentRxDropEvents into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The total number of events in which packets were dropped by the probe due to lack of Ingress resources during this sampling interval. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter64-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases between polls, since a rising count of errors, failures, or discards often points to a real underlying problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (9 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
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515smartopticsSL-NE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1sitelightSL-NE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1slServiceSL-NE-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1slEthernetSL-ETH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2ethCurrentTableSL-ETH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2.1ethCurrentEntrySL-ETH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.4515.1.1.1.2.1.2ethCurrentRxDropEventsSL-ETH-MIB