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Simple Network Management Protocol
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a communication protocol
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You may configure up to five community strings authorized for management
access. All community strings used for IP Trap Managers should be listed in this
table. For security reasons, you should consider removing the default strings.
Command Attributes
• SNMP Community Capability – Indicates that the switch supports up to five
community strings.
• Community String – A community string that acts like a password and permits
access to the SNMP protocol.
Default strings: “public” (read-only access), “private” (read/write access) Range:
1-32 characters, case sensitive
• Access Mode
- Read-Only – Specifies read-only access. Authorized management stations are
only able to retrieve MIB objects.
- Read/Write – Specifies read-write access. Authorized management stations are
able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects.
Web – Click SNMP, Configuration. Add new community strings as required, select
the access rights from
click Add.
designed specifically for managing devices on a network. Equipment common
managed with SNMP includes switches, routers and host computers. SN
typically used to c
environment, as well as to monitor them to evaluate performance or detect
potential problems.
The switch includes an onboard SNMP agent that contin
status of its hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network
management station can access this information using software such as HP
OpenView. Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled
strings.
To communicate with the switch, the management station must first submit a valid
community string for authentication. The options for configuring community strings,
trap functions, and restricting access to clients with specified IP addresses are
described in the followi
Setting Community Access Strings
the Access Mode drop-down list, then
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