Menu Items

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SNMP, continued Access control. The Access Control section of the SNMP menu identifies the current settings for all four SNMP channels and provides the configurable values for a selected channel.

Item

Definition

 

 

 

The password that the NMS (identified by the NMS IP option)

Community Name

must use for SNMP access to the MasterSwitch PDU. The

allowed access type is defined by the Access Type option.

 

Maximum: 15 characters.

 

 

 

Limits access to the NMS or NMSs specified. You specify the

 

value as a specific IP address for one NMS or as an IP address

 

filter for multiple IP addresses. For example:

 

• 159.215.12.1 allows only the NMS with the specific IP address

 

of 159.215.12.1 to have access.

NMS IP

• 159.215.12.255 allows access for any NMS on the 159.215.12

segment.

 

 

• 159.215.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 159.215

 

segment.

 

• 159.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 159

 

segment.

 

• 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS.

 

 

 

Defines what actions the NMS that is identified by the NMS IP

 

option can perform:

Access Type

• Write: The NMS can use GETs and SETs.

 

• Read: The NMS can use only GETs.

 

• Disabled: The NMS can use neither GETs nor SETs.

 

 

Trap Receiver. The Trap Receiver section of the SNMP menu identifies the current settings for all four trap receivers and allows you to change the values for a selected trap receiver.

Item

Definition

 

 

 

The password that the MasterSwitch PDU uses when it

Community Name

sends traps to the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS IP

option.

 

Maximum: 15 characters.

 

 

 

The IP address of the NMS that will receive traps sent by

Receiver NMS IP

the MasterSwitch PDU.

Note: To send no traps to any NMS, set 0.0.0.0 as the

 

 

Trap Receiver IP.

 

 

 

Enables or Disables the ability of the MasterSwitch PDU

Trap Generation

to send traps to the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS

 

IP option.

 

 

 

Enables or Disables the ability of the MasterSwitch PDU

Authentication Traps

to send authentication traps to the NMS identified by the

 

Receiver NMS IP option.

 

 

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