I am looking to get some help with creating an advanced alert that will correlate interface errors with ignored packets. Right now I am getting way to many alerts that tell me that my interface is receiving errors on a regular basis. Unfortunately, those errors are due to traffic bursts on the interface. I would like to create an advance alert that will look at the errors over a determined time period, and also look at the ignored packets during that same time period. If they are both incrementing, I will assume that the interface is receiving bursty traffic, and I don't want to get an alert for it. I was able to find the MIB for ignored packets on that interface, but unfortunately, it is a count of the amount Solarwinds has recorded since looking at the interface. (OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.2.1.1.15). I need to find out if there is a way to get the information for only the same time period as the interface errors (5 minute intervals).
