protocol Dist Control Table

1.3.6.1.2.1.16.12.1

Controls the setup of protocol type distribution statistics tables. Implementations are encouraged to add an entry per monitored interface upon initialization so that a default collection of protocol statistics is available. Rationale: This table controls collection of very basic statistics for any or all of the protocols detected on a given interface. An NMS can use this table to quickly determine bandwidth allocation utilized by different protocols. A media-specific statistics collection could also be configured (e.g. etherStats, trPStats) to easily obtain total frame, octet, and droppedEvents for the same interface.