42Chapter 3 Device Manager basics
Table 2 Properties dialog box items (continued)
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SNMP | Retry Count | Number of times Device Manager retransmits polling information. |
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| Timeout | Length of each retry of each polling waiting period. When accessing the |
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| device through a slow link, you may want to increase the timeout interval |
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| and then change the Retransmission Strategy to superlinear. |
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| Trace | Enables (checked) or disables (not checked) SNMP tracing. When Trace |
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| is selected, SNMP protocol data units (PDUs) are displayed in the |
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| Device > Log dialog box. |
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| Register for Traps | Specifies whether or not Device Manager should automatically register to |
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| receive traps when Device Manager is launched against a switch. |
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| Listen for Traps | Specifies whether or not Device Manager should automatically listen for |
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| traps when Device Manager is launched against a switch. |
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| Max Traps in Log | Specifies the maximum number of traps that can exist in the trap log |
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| (default is 500). |
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| Trap Port | Specifies the UDP port that Device Manager will listen on to receive |
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| SNMP traps. |
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| Listen for Syslogs | This feature is inactive and not available. |
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| Confirm row | When this check box is selected, a confirmation dialog box is displayed |
| deletion | when you try to delete a row from a Device Manager table. |
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| Default Read | Specifies the default read community, either public or private. |
| Community |
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| Default Write | Specifies the default write community, either public or private. |
| Community |
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Opening a device
“Opening” a device displays the device view, a picture of the device. To open the device view, you must enter community strings that determine the access level granted to the device. Table 3 shows the default access community strings for the Device Manager software.
Table 3 SNMP community string default values
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public | |
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Read/write | private |
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