Nortel Networks 1000BASE-SX manual System Characteristics screen, Field Description Read-Write

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Table 11 SNMP Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field	Description
Read-Write	The community string used for in-band read-write SNMP operations.
Community String	Default Value	private
	Range	Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters
Trap #1 IP Address1	Number one of four trap IP addresses. Successive trap IP address fields
	are numbered 2, 3, and 4. Each trap address has an associated community
	string (see Community String).
	Default Value	0.0.0.0 (no IP address assigned)
	Range	Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is
		represented as a decimal value, separated by a decimal
		point
Community String	The community string associated with one of the four trap IP addresses
	(see Trap #1 IP Address).
	Default Value	Zero-length string
	Range	Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters
Authentication Trap	Determines whether a trap will be sent when there is an SNMP
	authentication failure.
	Default Value	Enabled
	Range	Enabled, Disabled
Autotopology	Allows you to enable or disable the switch participation in autotopology,
	which allows network topology mapping of other switches in your network.
	Default Value	Enabled
	Range	Disabled

1The Trap IP Address and Community String fields can be set using a MIB table (in a Nortel Networks proprietary MIB). The status of the row in the MIB table can be set to Ignore. If the row status is set to Ignore, the fields appear to be set when viewed from the console terminal; however, no traps will be sent to that address until the row status is set to Valid.

System Characteristics screen

The System Characteristics screen (Figure 43) allows you to view system characteristics and contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation.

To open the System Characteristics screen:

Choose System Characteristics (or press s) from the main menu.

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