HP ProCurve 2500 SNMP Communities, To View, Edit, or Add SNMP Communities:, Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities, the, Switch, and Managing, Switch Configuration

and Managing	Switch
Monitoring	the

Configuring for Network Management Applications

SNMP Communities

SNMP CommunitiesSNMP Community Features

Feature	Default	Menu	CLI	Web
show community name	n/a	page 8-6	page 8-8	—
configure identity information	none	—	page 8-9
configure community names	public	page 8-6	page 8-9	—

MIB view for a community name		"	"
(operator, manager)	manager	"	"
write access for default			"
community name	unrestricted	"	"

	Use SNMP communities to restrict access to the switch by SNMP management
	stations by adding, editing, or deleting SNMP communities. You can configure
	up to five SNMP communities, each with either an operator-level or a manager-
	level view, and either restricted or unrestricted write access.
	Using SNMP requires that the switch have an IP address and subnet mask
	compatible with your network.
C a u t i o n	Deleting or changing the community named “public” prevents network man-
	agement applications (such as auto-discovery, traffic monitoring, SNMP trap
	generation, and threshold setting) from operating in the switch. (Changing or
	deleting the “public” name also generates an Event Log message.) If security
	for network management is a concern, it is recommended that you change the
	write access for the “public” community to “Restricted”.
	Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities

To View, Edit, or Add SNMP Communities:

1.From the Main Menu, Select:

2.Switch Configuration...

6.SNMP Community Names

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