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SNMP communities act like passwords and are used to define the security
parameters of SNMP clients in an SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c environments. The
default SNMP community is “public” for both SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.
Figure 79 Community Name
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 45 Community Name
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Community Name Settings
Community
String
Enter a Community string, this will act as a password for requests from
the management station.
An SNMP community string is a text string that acts as a password. It is
used to authenticate messages that are sent between the management
station (the SNMP manager) and the device (the SNMP agent). The
community string is included in every packet that is transmitted between
the SNMP manager and the SNMP agent.
Rights Select Read-Only to allow the SNMP manager using this string to collect
information from the Switch.
Select Read-Write to allow the SNMP manager using this string to create
or edit MIBs (configure settings on the Switch).
Network ID of
Trusted Host
Type the IP address of the remote SNMP management station in dotted
decimal notation, for example 192.168.1.1.
Mask Type the subnet mask for the IP address of the remote SNMP
management station in dotted decimal notation, for example
255.255.255.0.
Apply Click this to save any changes to the Switch.
Refresh Click this to reset the contents of the text boxes.
Community Name List
No. This field indicates the community number. It is used for identification
only. Click on the individual community number to edit the community
settings.
Community
String
This field displays the SNMP community string. An SNMP community
string is a text string that acts as a password.
