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4.9 SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol used for exchanging
management information between network devices and is a member of the
TCP/IP protocol suite. The switch series support SNMP v1 and v2c and V3.
An SNMP managed network consists of two main components: agents and a
manager. An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed
switch. An agent translates the local management information from the managed
device into a SNMP compatible format. The manager is the console through the
network.
Following commands are included in this section:
4.9.1
SNMP Configuration
4.9.2 SNMPv3 Profile
4.9.3 SNMP Traps
4.9.4 SNMP CLI Commands for SNMP
4.9.1 SNMP Configuration
This page allows users to configure SNMP V1/V2c Community. The community
string can be viewed as the password because SNMP V1/V2c doesn’t request you
to enter password before you try to access SNMP agent.
The community includes two privileges, Read Only and Read and Write.
With Read Only privilege, you only have the ability to read the values of MIB
tables. Default community string is Public.
With Read and Write privilege, you have the ability to read and set the values of
MIB tables. Default community string is Private.
The switch allows users to assign four community strings. Type the community
string and select the privilege. Then press Apply.
Note: When you first install the device in your network, we highly recommend
you to change the community string. Since most SNMP management application
uses Public and Private as their default community name, this might be the
leakage of the network security.