There was this question back in 2015 and I have the same problem with Cisco Nexus 3K.
I do understand that this question is rather for Cisco and not for Solarwinds.
How to monitor Flow Control and MAC Pause frames on a Cisco Nexus 5000
The mentioned thread does not have the answer that I need.
I did some google research and I found some OIDs but they are not the right ones.
They return:
1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.3.xxxxxx = COUNTER32: 7129991
1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.5.xxxxxx = COUNTER32: 7129991
The name of the interface in question (I know the interface name that I am looking at in the Nexus 3K device) is coming from this OID:
1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1.xxxxxx = STRING: "Ethernet1a/b/c"
a,b,c and xxxxxx are some real values that I did not want to show for security reasons.
But the problem is that "7129991" is not the correct value. When I do "show interface" and "show interface counters" - I don't see "7129991" anywhere on the CLI.
What is interesting : there is just one specific interface "Ethernet a/b/c" with non-zero value for both ".1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.3." and "1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.5.". And this is exactly the interface that was having the Rx pause values increased and having issues seen in the CLI output! But again, the Rx pause value is not "7129991", it is something very different.
So, this non-zero value "7129991" is not close to anything relevant. It is just non-zero and looks random value to me.
There is also OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.4.1.1.19 - but this one is for Cisco Catalyst and it cannot poll Cisco Nexus whatsoever.
For the reference, below are the three relevant MIB entries:
EtherLike-MIB:dot3InPauseFrames OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.3
Access: Read-Only
Type: Counter32
A count of MAC Control frames received on this
interface with an opcode indicating the PAUSE
operation.
This counter does not increment when the
interface is operating in half-duplex mode.
For interfaces operating at 10 Gb/s , this
counter can roll over in less than 5 minutes if
it is incrementing at its maximum rate. Since
that amount of time could be less than a
management station's poll cycle time , in order
to avoid a loss of information , a management
station is advised to poll the
dot3HCInPauseFrames object for 10 Gb/s or
faster interfaces.
Discontinuities in the value of this counter can
occur at re-initialization of the management
system , and at other times as indicated by the
value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.
EtherLike-MIB:dot3HCInPauseFrames OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.10.7.10.1.5
Access: Read-Only
Type: Counter64
A count of MAC Control frames received on this
interface with an opcode indicating the PAUSE
operation.
This counter does not increment when the
interface is operating in half-duplex mode.
This counter is a 64 bit version of
dot3InPauseFrames. It should be used on
interfaces operating at 10 Gb/s or faster.
Discontinuities in the value of this counter can
occur at re-initialization of the management
system , and at other times as indicated by the
value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime.
| CISCO-STACK-MIB:portMacControlPauseTransmitFrames OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.4.1.1.19 |
Access: Read-Only
Type: Counter32
The total number of PAUSE frames passed to
the MAC sublayer for transmission.
