Setting Up SNMP Management 51
Setting Up SNMP | Any network management application running the Simple Network |
Management | Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage a Switch if: |
| ■ The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the |
| management workstation. |
| ■ The management workstation is connected to the Switch using a port |
| in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the Switch are in |
| VLAN 1. |
| You can use the 3Com Network Supervisor application that is provided on |
| the |
| management for your Switch. If you use 3Com Network Supervisor it |
| automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your |
| workstation. |
| ■ Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management |
| application software. |
| To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management |
| application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users |
| defined on the Switch. You can do this using the command line interface |
| system management snmp community command — refer to the |
| command line interface section of the “Management Interface Reference |
| Guide” for more information. |
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Default Users and | If you intend to manage the Switch using the web interface or the |
Passwords | command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to |
| log in with a valid user name and password. The Switch has three default |
| user names, and each user name has a different password and level of |
| access. These default users are listed in Table 9. |
| CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must |
| change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not |
| intend to actively manage your Switch |