Nortel Networks 4050 Configuring the Snmp community using the CLI, Cfg/sys/adm/snmp/community

622Chapter 12 Configuring SNMP

The SNMPv2-MIBmenu includes the following options:

/cfg/sys/adm/snmp/snmpv2-mib followed by:

sysContact <contact> Designates a contact person for the managed Nortel

SNAS 4050 cluster.

•contact is a string specifying the designated contact person’s name, together with information about how to contact this person.

snmpEnable	Enables or disables generating authentication failure
disabledenabled	traps. The default is disabled.

Configuring the SNMP community using the CLI

To configure the community aspects of SNMP monitoring, use the following command:

/cfg/sys/adm/snmp/community

The SNMP Community menu displays.

The SNMP Community menu includes the following options:

/cfg/sys/adm/snmp/community followed by:

read <name>	Specifies the monitor community name that grants read
	access to the MIB. If you do not specify a monitor
	community name, read access is not granted.
	The default monitor community name is public.
write <name>	Specifies the control community name that grants read
	and write access to the MIB. If you do not specify a
	control community name, neither read nor write access
	is granted.
trap <name>	Specifies the trap community name that accompanies
	trap messages sent to the SNMP manager. If you do
	not specify a trap community name, the sending of trap
	messages is disabled.
	The default trap community name is trap.

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