Configuring SNMP
Defining SNMP Communities
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The
Communities Page
associates communities with access rights, either directly
(Basic mode) or through groups (Advanced mode):
• Basic mode - The access rights of a community can configure with Read
Only, Read Write, or SNMP Admin. In addition, you can restrict the access to
the community to only certain MIB objects using a view. views are defined in
the SNMP Views Page
• Advanced Mode - The access rights to a community is defined by a group.
You can configure the group with a specific security model. The access
rights in a group is defined by the Read, Write, and Notify access to the
desired views Groups are defined in the SNMP Views Page.
To define SNMP communities:
STEP 1 Click SNMP > Communities. The
Communities Page
opens.
This page displays the Basic and Advanced tables.
STEP 2 Click Add. The
Add SNMP Community Page
opens.
This page enables network managers to define and configure new SNMP
communities.
STEP 3 SNMP Management Station—Click User defined to enter the management
station IP address that can access the SNMP community. Or click All to indicate
that any IP device can access the SNMP community.
• IP Version—Select either IPv4 or IPv6.
• IPv6 Address Type—Select the supported IPv6 address type if IPv6 is
used). The options are:
- Link Local—The IPv6 address uniquely identifies hosts on a single
network link. A link local address has a prefix of FE80, is not routable, and
can be used for communication only on the local network. Only one link
local address is supported. If a link local address exists on the interface,
this entry replaces the address in the configuration.
- Global—The IPv6 address is a global Unicast IPV6 type that is visible and
reachable from other networks.
• Link Local Interface—If the IPv6 address type is Link Local, select whether
it is received through VLAN2 or ISATAP.
• IP Address—Enter the SNMP management station IPv4 address.
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