Why do SNMP network counters roll at 32-bit integers in RHEL?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We observed that the counters in /proc/net/snmp seem to roll at 32bit (ie > 2147483647)
  • We hit this number every couple days and it messes up some monitoring and checking we do.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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