[rtg] Flipping ifOutOctects and ifInOctects

Chris Miller cmiller at servermotion.com
Mon Dec 17 13:21:28 EST 2007


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On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Steve Finkelstein wrote:
> Since I'm polling switches, instead of routers, inbound and  
> outbound tends
> to confuse some folks since l2 switches see these 'reversed'  
> compared to
> true routers.

Switches are no different than routers when polling. Ingress traffic  
is ingress torward the port, just like on a big router. Egress is  
egress on the port, also just like a big router.
Thanks,

Chris Miller
ServerMotion
www.servermotion.com
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