. . "The number of outbound packets that were chosen to be\ndiscarded even though no errors had been detected to\nprevent their being transmitted. One possible reason\nfor discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer\nspace.\n\nDiscontinuities in the value of this counter can occur\nat re-initialization of the management system, and at\nother times as indicated by the value of\n'last-clear'." . . "Reference : RFC 2863: The Interfaces Group MIB - ifOutDiscards" .