Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

SNMP Community Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

 

 

 

 

 

show SNMP communities

n/a

page

page

 

 

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configure identity information

none

page

 

 

 

 

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configure community names

public

page

page

MIB view for a community name

 

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(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

For ProCurve Manager (PCM) version 1.5 or earlier (or any TopTools version),

 

deleting the “public” community disables some network management

 

functions (such as traffic monitoring, SNMP trap generation, and threshold

 

setting). If network management security is a concern, and you are using the

 

above software versions, ProCurve recommends that you change the write

 

access for the “public” community to “Restricted”.

 

Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP version 3

 

 

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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