Cisco ESW 500 - Defining SNMP Communities

Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP Security
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• Group Name — Displays the user-defined group to which access control rules
are applied. The field range is up to 30 characters.
• Security Model — Defines the SNMP version attached to the group. The
possible field values are:
- SNMPv1 — SNMPv1 is defined for the group.
- SNMPv2 — SNMPv2 is defined for the group.
- SNMPv3 — SNMPv3 is defined for the group.
• Security Level — Defines the security level attached to the group. Security
levels apply to SNMPv3 only.
- No Authentication — Neither the Authentication nor the Privacy security
levels are assigned to the group.
- Authentication — Authenticates SNMP messages, and ensures the
SNMP messages origin is authenticated.
- Privacy — Encrypts SNMP message.
• Operation — Defines the group access rights. The options for Read, Write, and
Notify operations are as follows:
- Default — Defines the default group access rights.
- DefaultSuper — Defines the default group access rights for
administrator.
- Read — The management access is restricted to read-only, and
changes cannot be made to the assigned SNMP view.
- Write — The management access is read-write and changes can be
made to the assigned SNMP view.
- Notify — Sends traps for the assigned SNMP view.
STEP 3 Define the relevant fields.
STEP 4 Click Apply. The SNMP Group Profile is modified, and the device is updated.
Defining SNMP Communities
The Access rights are managed by defining communities in the SNMP
Communities Page
. When the community names are changed, access rights are
also changed. SNMP communities are defined only for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.