I have a question about snmp settings in Windows Server 2022.

Question

The server monitoring system is monitoring the server where Windows Server 2022 is installed.

After setting snmp to monitor the server network traffic, the server monitoring system calls snmp.

IF-MIB::ifInOctets.6 = Counter32: 323027411 is called like this

Our server network card is a 1G card, so the call must be 64bit.

Is there a way to set snmp call value to 64bit in windows server?

Answer 1

Hello there,

This article describes how to configure the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Service in Windows Server 2003. This article describes how to configure SNMP agent properties, SNMP traps, and SNMP security. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/configure-snmp-service

The SNMP Service, when configured for an agent, generates trap messages that are sent to a trap destination, if any specific events occur. For example, you can configure the SNMP service to send a trap when it receives a request for information that does not contain the correct community name and does not match an accepted host name for the service.

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Answer 2

IETF defined 64 bit counters for the scenario you described,

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/simple-network-management-protocol-snmp/26007-faq-snmpcounter.html

So ifHCInOctets should be queried instead of ifInOctets.