Chapter 38 Access Control

38.3.4 Configuring SNMP

Click Management > Access Control > SNMP to view the screen as shown. Use this screen to configure your SNMP settings.

Figure 174 Management > Access Control > SNMP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 125 Management > Access Control > SNMP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

General SettingUse this section to specify the SNMP version and community (password) values.

 

 

Version

Select the SNMP version for the Switch. The SNMP version on the Switch must match the

 

version on the SNMP manager. Choose SNMP version 2c (v2c), SNMP version 3 (v3) or

 

both (v3v2c).

 

Note: SNMP version 2c is backwards compatible with SNMP version 1.

 

 

Get CommunityEnter the Get Community string, which is the password for the incoming Get- and

 

GetNext- requests from the management station.

 

The Get Community string is only used by SNMP managers using SNMP version 2c or

 

lower.

 

 

Set Community

Enter the Set Community, which is the password for incoming Set- requests from the

 

management station.

 

The Set Community string is only used by SNMP managers using SNMP version 2c or

 

lower.

 

 

Trap Community

Enter the Trap Community string, which is the password sent with each trap to the

 

SNMP manager.

 

The Trap Community string is only used by SNMP managers using SNMP version 2c or

 

lower.

 

 

Trap DestinationUse this section to configure where to send SNMP traps from the Switch.

 

 

Version

Specify the version of the SNMP trap messages.

 

 

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