SNMP
Communities
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• Advanced Table
The Communities Parameters area contains the following fields:
• SNMP Management Station — Defines the management station IP address
for which the advanced SNMP community is defined. There are two
definition options:
- Define the management station IP address.
- Select All, which includes all management station IP addresses.
• Community String — Defines the password used to authenticate the
management station to the device.
• Basic — Enables
SNMP Basic mode for a selected community and contains
the Access Mode and View Name fields.
• Access Mode — Defines the access rights of the community. The possible
field values are:
-
Read Only
— Management access is restricted to read-only, and
changes cannot be made to the community.
-
Read Write
— Management access is read-write and changes can be
made to the device configuration, but not to the community.
-
SNMP Admin
— User has access to all device configuration options, as
well as permissions to modify the community.
• View Name — Contains a list of user-defined SNMP views. The possible
values are:
-
Default
— View that defines the default group access rights.
-
DefaultSuper
— View that defines the default group access rights for
administrator.
- If additional SNMP views have been defined, they also appear in this list.
• Advanced — Enables
SNMP Advanced mode for a selected community
and contains the following field:
-
Group Name
— Assigns the SNMP community to a specific group.
STEP 2 Define the relevant fields.
STEP 3 Click Add to List. The new community is displayed in either the Basic Table or
Advanced Table at the bottom of the screen.