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  1. ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
  2. ZBXNEXT-5080

allow to tune SNMP bulk mode for zabbix user - adjust MAX_SNMP_ITEMS on host interface level

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      There were number of cases, when MAX_SNMP_ITEMS in 128 was too much to be working, which caused different problems (tooBig(1) error).

      A few possible reasons: different OIDs length, included response etc, which leas to UDP packet overcome MTU packet size, which leads to troubles in UDP-SNMP protocol which works not well for many devices.
      As a result - bulk mode works bad or almost does not work.

      I saw that some devices can nicely send fragmented response split to a few UDP packets (see attached example), which in total are higher that MTU, and they reconstructed on server side. I saw that on captured dumps on server side. But it happens not for all devices (snmp agents). I'm not 100% sure I understand this correctly.

      How it could be improved - if you enable the bulk mode for SNMP interface, then one more input field appears or right (with default value 128) but you can set an arbitrary number in range 2-128. I mean user can decrease the upper limit manually.
      I can imagine even implementation without changing current DB schema, we could use existing "bulk" column.

      The level how I could recommend to decrease the value when set manually - 50-60. It's based on my own experience, when troubleshooting different issues.
      If it does not help, decrease by 10 for each step.

      Related discussions:
      https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-8528#comment-119477
      https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-12956  (about tooBig)
      and other.

      To filter such errors in Wireshark, use filter "(snmp.error_status == 1)"
      https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3416

        1. example-fragmented.png
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        2. fragmented-UDP-SNMPv1-126OIDs-failed-halvedto63-then-successful.pcap
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        3. fragmented-UDP-SNMPv1-126OIDs-successful.pcap
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        4. limit_snmp_oids_to50.patch
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            wiper Andris Zeila
            zalex_ua Oleksii Zagorskyi
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