Cannot see network interface counters under Solaris 10 with Sun SMA

Question

Hi,
Noticed this a few weeks ago. When I do a discovery of a Sun server running the Net-SNMP SMA that is a zone, I can see the network interfaces:
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1 = STRING: lo0:1
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.2 = STRING: ipge1:1
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.1 = INTEGER: softwareLoopback(24)
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2 = INTEGER: ethernetCsmacd(6)
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.4.1 = INTEGER: 8232
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.4.2 = INTEGER: 1500
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.5.1 = Gauge32: 127000000
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.5.2 = Gauge32: 100000000
But the counters all come up as 0:
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.1 = INTEGER: up(1)
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.2 = INTEGER: up(1)
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.9.1 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.9.2 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.11.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.11.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.12.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.12.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.15.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.15.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.17.1 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.17.2 = Counter32: 0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.18.1 = Counter32: 0
This happens consistently across all zones we have running. We can monitor traffic for a zone via the hwardware node SNMP daemon, but certainly seems like we should be able to also monitor network interface utilization via SNMP from any zone as well.
Has anyone encountered this / know of a fix or workaround for this? We have a valid Sun support contract but they unfortunately have been REALLY BAD about answering questions related to the SMA Net-SNMP agent thus far.
- Max

Answer 1

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>tcbarrett wrote on Fri, 28 October 2005 15:37</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
SunOS Release 5.10 Version s10_69 64-bit
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Why are you trying to run an old obsolete pre-release version of Solaris 10?
I'd suggest that you install the final released product.