Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

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 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

Note: This screen gives an overview of the SNMP communities that are currently configured. All fields in this screen are read- only.

Add and Edit options are used to modify the SNMP options. See figure 8-2.

Figure 13-5. The SNMP Communities Screen (Default Values)

2.Press [A] (for Add) to display the following screen:

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