Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

Group Access Levels

The switch supports eight predefined group access levels. There are four levels for use with version 3 users and four are used for access by version 2c or version 1 management applications.

Group Name

Group Access Type

Group Read View

Group Write View

managerpriv

Ver3 Must have Authentication

ManagerReadView

ManagerWriteView

 

and Privacy

 

 

managerauth

Ver3 Must have Authentication

ManagerReadView

ManagerWriteView

operatorauth

Ver3 Must have Authentication

OperatorReadView

DiscoveryView

operatornoauth

Ver3 No Authentication

OperatorReadView

DiscoveryView

commanagerrw

Ver2c or Ver1

ManagerReadView

ManagerWriteView

commanagerr

Ver2c or Ver1

ManagerReadView

DiscoveryView

comoperatorrw

Ver2c or Ver1

OperatorReadView

OperatorReadView

comoperatorr

Ver2c or Ver1

OperatorReadView

DiscoveryView

 

 

 

 

Each view allows you to view or modify a different set of MIBs.

Manager Read View – access to all managed objects

Manager Write View – access to all managed objects except the follow­ ing: vacmContextTable, vacmAccessTable, vacmViewTreeFamilyTable

OperatorReadView – no access to icfSecurityMIB, hpSwitchIpTftp- Mode, vacmContextTable, vacmAccessTable, vacmViewTreeFami­ lyTable, usmUserTable, snmpCommunityTable

Discovery View – Access limited to samplingProbe MIB.

N o t e

All access groups and views are predefined on the switch. There is no method

 

to modify or add groups or views to those that are pre-defined on the switch.

 

 

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