Configuring snmp community names, Uses – Paradyne COMSPHERE 6700 SERIES User Manual

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SNMP Settings

4-2

Issue 2 December 1996

Configuring SNMP Community
Names

Use Community Names... on the SNMP menu to configure
SNMP community names for use by the COMSPHERE
6700 Series SNMP Proxy Agent.

Uses

The SNMP Proxy Agent uses these names to:

G

Determine which SNMP messages to process

G

Determine how to identify itself when issuing SNMP Trap
messages to an SNMP Manager

G

Provide a limited security function, when used in
conjunction with the Authorized Managers table

The NMS Read and Write Community names control access to
the 6700 Series NMS MIB. The Base Read and Write
Community names control access to the 6700 Series Device
MIB.

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