HP Network Direr Software Products manual Components

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To change the community strings on a device:

1Click on the icon for the device in the 3Com Network Director map to select it.

2Select the Device > Properties menu option to launch the Properties dialog box.

3Select the Security tab. This shows the tab shown in Figure 117.

4If you do not want to use the default community strings for that device, click the Specify option. This enables the Read and Write fields.

5Enter the new community strings in the Read and Write sections.

6Click OK to validate your changes.

3Com Network Director attempts to use the specified community strings to communicate with the device. If the strings provided are not accepted by the device, 3Com Network Director shows the dialog box in

Figure 118. If you want to return to the existing community strings, select Ignore the new settings and click OK; if you still want to use the community strings you specified, select Apply the new settings and click OK.