---
oid: "1.3.6.1.2.1.40.1.5"
short-description: "flowFloodMark OBJECT-TYPE"
last-modified: "2020-10-02"
parent-oid: "1.3.6.1.2.1.40.1"
---

## OID: `1.3.6.1.2.1.40.1.5`

```asn1
{iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) mgmt(2) mib-2(1) flowMIB(40) flowControl(1) flowFloodMark(5)}
```

### Description

```asn1
flowFloodMark OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..100)
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A value expressed as a percentage, interpreted by the meter
as an indication of how full the flow table should be before
it should take some action to avoid running out of resources
to handle new flows, as discussed in section 4.6 (Handling
Increasing Traffic Levels) of the RTFM Architecture RFC
[RTFM-ARC].
Values of 0% or 100% disable the checking represented by
this variable."
DEFVAL { 95 } -- Enabled by default.
```

**Classification:** MIB object for network management

### Supplementary information

Automatically extracted from IETF [RFC 2720](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2720.html).

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