Cabletron Systems 2E43-27R, 2E42-27R manual Establishing Community Names

Chapter 5: Local Management

The following explains each SNMP Community Names screen field:

Community Name (Modifiable)

Displays the user-defined name through which a user accesses the 2E4X-27 SNMP Management. Any community name assigned here acts as a password to Local/Remote Management.

Access Policy (Read-Only)

Indicates the access accorded each community name. Possible selections are as follows:

read-only	This community name gives the user read-only
	access to the 2E4X-27 MIB objects, and
	excludes access to security-protected fields of
	read-write or super-user authorization.
read-write	This community name gives the user read-write
	access to the 2E4X-27 MIB objects, excluding
	security protected fields for Super-User access
	only.
super-user	This community name gives the user read-write
	access to the 2E4X-27 MIB objects and allows
	the user to change all modifiable parameters
	including community names, IP addresses,
	traps, and SNMP objects.

5.8.1Establishing Community Names

The password used to access Local Management at the Password Screen must have super-user access to view and edit the SNMP Community Names screen. Using a password with read-only or read-write access does not allow the user to view or edit the SNMP Community Names screen.

NOTE

Any community name assigned in the SNMP Community Names screen is a password to its corresponding level of access to Local Management. The community name assigned super-user access is the only one that gives the user complete access to Local Management.

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