Carrier Access AB II manual Configuring System Group Information

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2.1.5.3 Configuring System Group Information

The values that can be configured are:

System Name

The system Name is a string of 1-123 characters that is the administrative assigned name for this managed node.

Location

This is a string of 1-123 characters that describes the physical location of this node.

Contact

This is a string of 1-123 characters that identifies the contact person for this managed node, together with infor- mation on how to contact this person.

2.1.5.4 Security

The SNMP agent supported by the Access Bank II includes authentication. An authentication assures a recipi- ent that a message is from the source it claims to be from.

Get Community

Every SNMP message from a management station to an agent includes a community string. This name func- tions as a password and the message is assumed to be authentic if the sender knows the password.

Set Community

In order to allow a Network Manager for SNMP to alter your local parameters. You must add a string here. By default, this read/write access is disabled. Adding a string enables this capability, and the network manager must know the keyword to perform sets.

Trap Community

When an extraordinary event occurs at the agent, the managed node usually sends a single, simple trap message to the Network Manager. Traps are asynchronous notifications that are predefined in the MIB and must be known to both the agent and the Network Manager.

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