XSWITCH-MIB :: scEthPortDropEvents

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 02, 2026

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scEthPortDropEvents

Module: XSWITCH-MIB

OID (symbolic): XSWITCH-MIB::scEthPortDropEvents

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1.1.34

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter

Access: read-only

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

What is scEthPortDropEvents?

A count of how many times this port's monitoring probe had to skip counting packets due to a lack of internal resources; a rising count signals the probe is overloaded, not necessarily that traffic was lost.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1.1.34
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> XSWITCH-MIB::scEthPortDropEvents

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1.1.34.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> XSWITCH-MIB::scEthPortDropEvents.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.81lannetGEN-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28switchChipXSWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2scEthXSWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1scEthPortXSWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1scEthPortTableXSWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1.1scEthPortEntryXSWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.81.28.2.1.1.1.34scEthPortDropEventsXSWITCH-MIB