Table 4-12SNMP tab settings

Item

Description

 

 

Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-

Select the check box to enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. Configure

write access

custom community names to control management access to the print server.

 

Set Community Name is a password to send (or write) SNMP information on the

 

HP Jetdirect print server.

 

Confirm Set Community Name reenter to confirm the password entered for Set

 

Community Name

 

Get Community Name is a password to retrieve (or read) SNMP information on the

 

HP Jetdirect print server.

 

Confirm Get Community Name reenter to confirm the password entered for Get

 

Community Name

 

An incoming SNMP SetRequest or GetRequest command must contain the appropriate Set

 

or Get community name for the print server to respond.

 

Enter up to 255 alphanumeric characters for the community names.

 

Select the check box Disable SNMPv1/v2 default Get Community Name of “public” to

 

disable the default get community name public.

 

NOTE: If public is disabled, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not operate

 

properly.

 

 

Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-

Enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server, but limit access to read-only. Write-

only access

access is disabled. The default Get community name public is automatically enabled.

 

 

Disable SNMPv1/v2

Disable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. This is recommended for secure

 

environments.

 

NOTE: If you disable SNMP v1/v2c, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not

 

operate correctly.

 

 

Enable SNMPv3

(Full-featured HP Jetdirect print servers only) Enable the SNMP v3 agent on the print server.

 

You must create an SNMP v3 account on the print server, and implement the account

 

information on the SNMP v3 management application. To create the account, provide the

 

following information:

 

User Name SNMP v3 account user name.

 

Authentication Passphrase A 16 byte (MD5) hexadecimal value used to validate

 

credentials.

 

Privacy Passphrase A 16 byte hexadecimal value used to encrypt the data portion of the

 

packet using the data encryption standard (DES) algorithm.

 

Context Name Context in which this user can access SNMP objects. This is always

 

Jetdirect.

 

 

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