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snmpInTooBigs
Module: SNMPv2-MIB
OID (symbolic): SNMPv2-MIB::snmpInTooBigs
OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.11.8
Node type: OBJECT-TYPE
Type: Counter32
Access: read-only
Description:
The total number of SNMP PDUs which were delivered to the SNMP protocol entity and for which the value of the error-status field was `tooBig'.
What is snmpInTooBigs?
This is a running count of incoming SNMP queries that were too large for the device to answer in one response. High counts indicate network problems or query tools asking for too much data at once. Engineers use this to troubleshoot monitoring tool timeouts.
Examples
Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.11.8 snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> SNMPv2-MIB::snmpInTooBigs
Get a specific instance (index 1):
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.11.8.1 snmpget -v2c -c public <target> SNMPv2-MIB::snmpInTooBigs.1