Limiting snmp access through ip addresses – Paradyne T1 T1 Access Mux 926x User Manual

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Security

6-7

9161-A2-GH30-30

April 1998

5. Press Ctrl-a to switch to the screen function key area.

6. To save changes, select Save and press Return.

7. Select the configuration area where you want to save the changes to and

press Return.

Save Configuration To

[Current Configuration/

Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]

When Save is complete, Command Complete appears at the bottom of the
screen.

Refer to

Setting Up for SNMP Management

in Chapter 5,

Setting Up, for more

information about SNMP configuration options.

Limiting SNMP Access Through IP Addresses

The access unit provides an additional level of security by:

H

Limiting the IP addresses of the NMSs that can access the unit.

H

Performing validation checks on the IP address of SNMP management
systems attempting to access the unit.

H

Specifying the access allowed for the authorized NMS when IP address
validation is performed.

The SNMP NMS Security Options screen provides the configuration options that
determine whether security checking is performed on the IP address of SNMP
management systems attempting to communicate with the unit.

Make sure that the SNMP Management configuration option is set to Enable.

Menu selection sequence:
Main Menu

Configuration

Desired configuration area

Management and Communication

General SNMP Management

SNMP Management

Enable

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Procedure

To limit SNMP access through IP addresses:

1. Follow this menu selection sequence:

Main Menu

Configuration

2. Select the desired configuration area and press Return.

Load Configuration From

[Current Configuration/

Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]

3. Follow this menu selection sequence, pressing Return after each selection:

Configuration Edit/Display

Management and Communication

SNMP NMS Security

The SNMP NMS Security Options screen appears.

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