Asante Technologies FM2017 user manual Agent Config Screen, SNMP Management, Boot Method

Agent Config Screen

In the Agent Config page, the switch’s current configurations are displayed. You can refer to the following Agent Config page for your own setting.

Boot Method

There are three modes of Boot Method:

•FLASH: Boot your system by flash settings. Flash memory resides in a chip and holds its content without power. Software images can be stored, booted and rewritten as necessary

•BOOTP: Boot your system from BOOTP server (Bootstrap Protocol). A TCP/IP protocol used by a diskless workstation or network computer to obtain its IP address and other network information such as server address and default gateway

•DHCP: Boot your system from DHCP server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Software automatically assigns IP addresses to client stations logging onto a TCP/IP network

SNMP Management

You can manage the switch using a third-party SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent. Access rights to the SNMP agent are controlled by community strings.

The switch provides up to 4 IP addresses for the access of trap managers. You can submit community strings on GetCommunity, SetCommunity and TrapCommunity to authorize management access. The default community strings for the above three items are all public. For security, you should change them to prevent unauthorized access.

GetCommunity: (Read-only access) means that a member of community can view the information but cannot make changes to the configuration.

SetCommunity: (Read/Write access) allows the member of the community to view and make changes to the configuration.

TrapCommunity: (Read/Write access) allows a manager to receive trap events (alarms).

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