Does "rate severity" add context to the value from interface counter?

[ChrisRussell]

When one is looking at interface counters, does "rate severity" provide context for the "value"?

Since in some cases 1000 drops is not a big deal while others it may be. 

name                                   value     rate severity  category  aspect    description

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

session_state_error                    27215        0 drop      session   pktproc   Session state error

session_dup_pkt_drop                  838866        0 drop      session   resource  Duplicate packet: Applies only for multi-DP platform with

[gwesson]

Those are actually two different fields.

Rate is the number of packets per second for the duration you've run.

So if you run the counter command after 5 seconds and the total number of counters is 1000, then your rate would be 200 (1000/5 seconds).

Severity is the type of counter: flow, drop, error, info, etc.

In your example, the first counter has 27215 as the value, 0 as the rate (none incremented since the last time the counters were displayed) and drop is the severity. Same explanation for the 2nd counter.

Hope this helps,

Greg

[ChrisRussell]

Thanks, that makes sense. I knew you could see the difference  in counters from each time it was checked with

> show counter global filter severity drop

> show counter global filter delta yes severity drop

But I didn't know the "rate" was tied to that as well. 

Thanks.