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Chapter 4: Web-Based Management
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Community Strings
Community strings serve as passwords. See the table below.
Figure 28: Community strings interface
This page includes the following fields:
OBJECT DESCRIPTION
Community Strings
Here you can define the new community string set and remove the
unwanted community string.
• String: Fill the name string.
• RO: Read only. Enables requests accompanied by this community
string to display MIB-object information.
• RW: Read/write. Enables requests accompanied by this community
string to display MIB-object information and to set MIB objects.
ADD button
Press the button to add the management SNMP community strings on
the Managed Switch.
REMOVE button
Press the button to remove the management SNMP community strings
that you defined before on the Managed Switch.
Trap Managers
A trap manager is a management station that receives the trap messages generated
by the switch. If no trap manager is defined, no traps will be issued. To define a
management station as a trap manager, assign an IP address, enter the SNMP
community strings, and select the SNMP trap version.
Figure 29: Trap managers interface