Chapter 39 Access Control

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 131 Management > Access Control > SNMP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

General Setting

Use 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 Community

Enter 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

Enter the Trap Community string, which is the password sent with

Community

each trap to the SNMP manager.

 

The Trap Community string is only used by SNMP managers using

 

SNMP version 2c or lower.

 

 

Trap

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

Destination

 

 

 

Version

Specify the version of the SNMP trap messages.

 

 

IP

Enter the IP addresses of up to four managers to send your SNMP traps

 

to.

 

 

Port

Enter the port number upon which the manager listens for SNMP traps.

 

 

Username

Enter the username to be sent to the SNMP manager along with the

 

SNMP v3 trap.

 

Note: This username must match an existing account on the Switch

 

(configured in Management > Access Control > Logins

 

screen).

 

 

User

Use this section to configure users for authentication with managers

Information

using SNMP v3.

 

Note: Use the username and password of the login accounts you

 

specify in this section to create accounts on the SNMP v3

 

manager.

 

 

Index

This is a read-only number identifying a login account on the Switch.

 

 

Username

This field displays the username of a login account on the Switch.

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