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4. Configuration Options

Configuring General SNMP Management

Using SNMP protocols, the FrameSaver unit can be managed as an NMS SNMP agent. You must have Level-1 access to display or configure these options.

Select General SNMP Management to add, change, or delete configuration information (see Table 4-20, General SNMP Management Options).

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General SNMP Management

Table 4-20. General SNMP Management Options (1 of 2)

Determines whether→the FrameSaver→unit can be managed as an SNMP agent→by an

SNMP-compatible NMS.

SNMP Management

Possible Settings: Enable, Disable

Default Setting: Enable

Enable – Can be managed as an SNMP agent.

Disable – Cannot be managed as an SNMP agent. The FrameSaver unit will not respond to SNMP messages or send SNMP traps.

Community Name 1

Possible Settings: ASCII text entry, Clear

Default Setting: Public

Specifies the first of two names that are allowed to access the objects in the FrameSaver unit’s MIB. The community name must be supplied by an external SNMP manager whenever the manager tries to access a MIB object.

ASCII text entry – Add or change Community Name 1 (maximum 255 characters).

Clear – Clears Community Name 1 field.

Name 1 Access

Possible Settings: Read, Read/Write

Default Setting: Read/Write

Specifies the type of MIB access allowed. With this access type, SNMP managers can externally access MIB objects, using Community Name 1.

Read – Allows read-only access (SNMP Get command). This includes all MIB RFCs objects specified as either read-only or read/write.

Read/Write – Allows read and write access (SNMP Get and Set commands).

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