Console Management
Setting Community Strings
To change the IntraSwitch 5308FL’s community strings:
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Open the SNMP Parameter Menu by typing n in the Configuration Menu.
Type r to change the read community string or w to change the write community string.
Type a new community string at the prompt.
To cancel a selected option, press
4 Press return.
The IntraSwitch 5308FL’s community strings are configured.
Enabling Authentication Traps
The IntraSwitch 5308FL can be set to generate authentication traps.
Authentication traps are messages sent across the network to an SNMP network management application (such as AsantéView or IntraSpection). They occur when a network management station with an invalid community string attempts to access the IntraSwitch 5308FL.
To set the IntraSwitch 5308FL to generate authentication traps:
1 | Open the SNMP Parameter Menu by typing n |
| on the Configuration Menu. |
2 | Type t on the SNMP Parameter Menu to tog- |
| gle trap authentication from disabled to |
| enabled. |
3 | Make sure there is a least one trap receiver |
| entry. (See “Adding a Trap Receiver Entry” on |
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