Motorola P880 manual Setting Up Snmp Communities, Community String field, enter a community name

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5.Set port parameters for the selected ports, as described in “Viewing Switch Port Parameters”, earlier in this chapter.

6.Click APPLY to save your changes, or CANCEL to restore previous settings.

Setting Up SNMP Communities

SNMP communities are the SNMP values that an SNMP manager uses to manage the switch. SNMP Version 2c is supported.

	Table 19. SNMP Communities Parameters
Parameter	Definition
Community	This string serves as a password that you enter at
String	the network management station. It provides the
	level of access to the switch that you specify on
	this page.
IP Address	Allows you to send SNMP responses only to a
	station with any or a particular IP address.
Access	Helps provide security when you use SNMP to
	manage the network from a single workstation.
	Refer to Table20 for more information on Access
	options. The default is Read-Write.
Security	Allows you to select the security level for this
Level	community string. Refer to Table21 for more
	information on security level options. The default
	is Normal.
Trap	Allows you to enable or disable the transmission
Receiver	of traps to the selected IP address. The default is
	Disable.

To set SNMP communities:

1.In the System Configuration section of the Web Agent window, select SNMP Administration. The SNMP Community Management dialog box opens.

2.Click CREATE. The Create SNMP Community dialog box opens.

3.In the Community String field, enter a community name.

4.From the IP Address pull-down menu, select Any for any IP address or Specific and enter an IP Address in the appropriate fields.

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