Chapter 22 SNMP

SNMP communities act like passwords and are used to define the security parameters of SNMP clients in an SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c environments. The default SNMP community is “public” for both SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.

Figure 79 Community Name

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 45 Community Name

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Community Name Settings

 

 

Community

Enter a Community string, this will act as a password for requests from

String

the management station.

 

An SNMP community string is a text string that acts as a password. It is

 

used to authenticate messages that are sent between the management

 

station (the SNMP manager) and the device (the SNMP agent). The

 

community string is included in every packet that is transmitted between

 

the SNMP manager and the SNMP agent.

 

 

Rights

Select Read-Only to allow the SNMP manager using this string to collect

 

information from the Switch.

 

Select Read-Write to allow the SNMP manager using this string to create

 

or edit MIBs (configure settings on the Switch).

 

 

Network ID of

Type the IP address of the remote SNMP management station in dotted

Trusted Host

decimal notation, for example 192.168.1.1.

 

 

Mask

Type the subnet mask for the IP address of the remote SNMP

 

management station in dotted decimal notation, for example

 

255.255.255.0.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save any changes to the Switch.

 

 

Refresh

Click this to reset the contents of the text boxes.

 

 

Community Name List

 

 

No.

This field indicates the community number. It is used for identification

 

only. Click on the individual community number to edit the community

 

settings.

 

 

Community

This field displays the SNMP community string. An SNMP community

String

string is a text string that acts as a password.

 

 

 

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