C H A P T E R 5

Intel Express 460T Standalone Switch Users Guide

LOCATION

Main Menu

Configure Management

Community Strings and . . .

NOTE

These are the traps supported by the switch:

Power to the switch was cycled or reset.

Link, speed, or other status changes on a port.

A port is partitioned.

Authentication failure.

A security violation occurs on the port.

Community Strings & Trap Receivers

Description

Use this screen to send alerts to PCs with SNMP management applications (such as OpenView*) installed.

Community Strings

Current read community: Sets a password for viewing (not changing) the switch configuration. The string you define here must match the read community string defined in an SNMP application. The default read community string is “public.”

Current write community: Sets a password for viewing and changing the switch configuration. The string you define here must match the write community string defined in an SNMP application. The default write community string is “private.”

Trap receiving stations: When an event occurs, the switch automatically alerts the SNMP management application by sending a trap to the SNMP management stations (for example, PCs) defined here.

Station IP address: The IP addresses of PCs with SNMP applications (such as Intel® Device View or LANDesk® Network Manager) installed.

State: Enables or disables sending of traps to the specified trap receiver.

Community string: Type a string for the trap that matches the community string defined in the SNMP management application. The default is “public.”

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