Re: 32-bit and 64-bit counters

[Dinakaran Joseph <dinakar@us.ibm.com>]

Hi Randy,

> I think the primary thrust of the statement in
the MIB review guidelines
> was to remove the prohibition against using Counter64 for things
> that might take more than an hour to wrap as Counter32.  The
secondary
> question is whether the redundant Counter32 objects can now be
> avoided.  In my opinion the answer should be "yes",
but I don't think
> the MIB review guidelines as currently written directly answer this
question.

Correct. The MIB review guidelines do not directly answer this question.
One of the things that complicate this situation further, is the fact that
there are still a lot of SNMPv1 managers in the field. They will not be
able to understand Counter64 objects. So can it be assumed that standard
mibs do not have to worry about them ?

Thanks,
Dinakaran