HP Netsight manual Autofill Community Name fields, Confirm Shutdown, Network Options

Overview of NetSight Element Manager

Autofill Community Name fields

When this option is selected, the community name text set via the Network options (or via the Welcome Wizard) will be automatically entered in any field that requires a community name.

Confirm Shutdown

By default, when you shut down NetSight Element Manager (via the File—>Exitmenu option, the Exit toolbar icon, or the Close button in the main application window), a message window opens asking you to confirm your action with a Yes (exit) or No (remain open). Deselecting this option will cause the confirmation window to be suppressed and the application will immediately shut down; leaving it selected will cause the confirmation window to be displayed.

Network Options

The Network options (Figure 2-8) allow you to set the default Community Name, IP Address prefix, and Address Mask that will be used when you attempt to add entries into the node database (either manually or through a discovery).

TIP

TIP

When you initialize NetSight Element Manager for the first time, a Welcome Wizard will guide you through setting up the product. The information entered through the Welcome Wizard appears (and can be edited) here.

Community Name

The Community Name is a basic security mechanism implemented in SNMP. It acts as both a local and remote password for IP devices, and provides different levels of access (i.e., read only, read-write, and super user) to the device’s information. Community names and their level of access must be configured at each device. Generally, the default community names for a device are set at “public” for all levels of access.

If you have adequate privileges, there are several ways you can edit a device’s community name: via Local Management, as described in your local management documentation; via any MIB utility — like NetSight Element Manager’s MIB Tools suite — that allows you to perform SNMP GETs and SETs; or via the Community Names component of the Remote Administration Tools.

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