12SNMP tab settings | HP ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server guide

CAUTION: Hewlett-Packard recommends using HP Web Jetadmin to configure SNMP v3 and other security settings on the print server.

If you use the HP Embedded Web Server, existing SNMP v3 accounts are removed. In addition, you must implement the SNMP v3 account information on the SNMP management application. For more information, see SNMP v3 on page 99.

Table 4-12SNMP tab settings

Item	Description

Enable SNMPv1/v2	Select the check box to enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. Configure custom
read-write access	community names to control management access to the print server.
	Set Community Name is a password to send (or write) SNMP information on the HP Jetdirect
	print server.
	Get Community Name is a password to retrieve (or read) SNMP information on the
	HP Jetdirect print server.
	An incoming SNMP SetRequest or GetRequest command must contain the appropriate Set or
	Get community name for the print server to respond.
	Enter up to 255 alphanumeric characters for the community names.
	Select the check box to disable the default Get community name public.
	NOTE: If public is disabled, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not operate
	properly.

Enable SNMPv1/v2	Enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server, but limit access to read-only. Write-
read-only access	access is disabled. The default Get community name public is automatically enabled.

Disable SNMPv1/v2	Disable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. This is recommended for secure
	environments.
	NOTE: If you disable SNMP v1/v2c, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not
	operate correctly.

Enable SNMPv3	(Full-featured HP Jetdirect print servers only) Enable the SNMP v3 agent on the print server.
	You must create an SNMP v3 account on the print server, and implement the account
	information on the SNMP v3 management application. To create the account, provide the
	following information:
	User Name SNMP v3 account user name.
	Authentication Key A 16 byte (MD5) hexadecimal value used to validate credentials.
	Privacy Key A 16 byte hexadecimal value used to encrypt the data portion of the packet
	using the data encryption standard (DES) algorithm.
	Context Name Context in which this user can access SNMP objects. This is always Jetdirect.

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ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server specifications

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Table 4-12SNMP tab settings

Enable SNMPv1/v2

read-write access

Disable SNMPv1/v2

Enable SNMPv3

ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server specifications