7100/S/N/K-Series ifOutMulticastPkts MIB displays Broadcast packets instead

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Article ID: 16100

Products
7100-Series, firmware 7.91.02.0006 and lower
S-Series, firmware 8.02.01.0012 and lower
Matrix N-Series DFE, firmware 5.21.25 through 7.62.04.0002
K-Series, firmware 8.02.01.0012 and lower

Symptoms

code:

OutMulticastPkts

(under the

code:

if-MIB

) does not count multicasts.
SNMP queries of the

code:

ifOutMulticastPkts

MIB retrieve

code:

ifOutBroadcastPkts

data instead.
Port interface output multicast statistics are actually broadcast statistics.

Solution
For the 7100-Series, upgrade to firmware 7.91.03.0007 or higher.
Release notes state, in the '

code:

MIB Problems Corrected in 7.91.03.0007

' section:

code:

ifMIB: ifOutMulticastPkts displays ifOutBroadcastPkts counter.

For the S-Series, upgrade to firmware 8.11.01.0014 or higher.
For the N-Series, upgrade to firmware 7.62.06.0004 or higher.
For the K-Series, upgrade to firmware 8.11.03.0005 or higher.