Intel 10/100 manual Snmp Commands, Snmp community strings, Get-comm, Set-comm

C H A P T E R 3 Intel Express 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch

SNMP Commands

Use these commands to configure the SNMP agent itself — access and trap configuration.

SNMP community strings

SNMP community strings authenticate access to the Management Information Base (MIB). Community strings function as “passwords” embedded in every SNMP packet. The community string must match a community strings configured in the switch before the message can be processed. There are two community strings, one for the two types of access:

•read mode permits read access to all the objects in the MIB, but doesn’t allow write access.

•write mode permits read and write access to all objects in the MIB.

get-comm

get-comm {readwrite*}

Displays the SNMP community string for a given access mode (read or write). If the access mode is specified as *, both read and write community strings are displayed.

SYS_console> get-comm *

Current read community is: < public >

Current write community is: < private >

set-comm

set-comm {readwrite} <community-string>

Specifies the SNMP community string for either of the two access modes (read and write).

SYS_console> set-comm write password

New write community is: < password >

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