NetComm NP2624M manual SNMP/Trap Manager, System Options, Community Strings

2.5.10. SNMP/Trap Manager

Any Network Management platform running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage the switch, provided the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed correctly on the management station. The SNMP is a Protocol that governs the transfer of information between management station and agent.

1.System Options:

Use this page to define management stations as trap managers and to enter SNMP community strings. Users can also define a name, location, and contact person for the switch. Fill in the system options data, and then click Apply to update the changes on this page.

Name:	Enter a name to be used for the switch.
Location:	Enter the location of the switch.
Contact:	Enter the name of a person or organisation.

2.Community Strings

Community Strings serve as passwords and can be entered as one of the following:

RO:	Read only. Enables requests accompanied by this
RW:	string to display MIB-object information.
	Read write. Enables requests accompanied by this
	string to display MIB-object information and to set
	MIB objects.

3.Trap Manager

A trap manager is a management station that receives traps, the system alerts generated by the switch. If no trap manager is defined, no traps are issued. Create a trap manager by entering the IP address of the station and a community string.

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