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SNMP Community, SNMP &gt, Community

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Chapter 18 SNMP 18.4 SNMP Community 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 before SNMP v3 is enabled. Once SNMP v3 is enabled, the communities of SNMP v1 and v2c have to be unique and cannot be shared. Use the SNMP Community screen to create SNMP communities and associate SNMP groups to them. Click SNMP > Community to view the screen as shown. Figure 67 SNMP Community The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 47 SNMP Community LABEL DESCRIPTION Community ID Select the SNMP community you want to edit. Create New Community Click this to configure a new SNMP community. Community ID 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 indicates the SNMP community string. 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. Remote Station IP This field displays the IP address of the remote SNMP management station. Group Name This field indicates the group which is part of this SNMP community. Previous Page/ Next Page Use these navigation links to browse all of your SNMP groups. 114 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide

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Chapter 18 SNMP
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18.4
SNMP Community
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 before SNMP
v3 is enabled. Once SNMP v3 is enabled, the communities of SNMP v1 and v2c
have to be unique and cannot be shared. Use the
SNMP Community
screen to
create SNMP communities and associate SNMP groups to them. Click
SNMP >
Community
to view the screen as shown.
Figure 67
SNMP Community
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 47
SNMP Community
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Community
ID
Select the SNMP community you want to edit.
Create New
Community
Click this to configure a new SNMP community.
Community
ID
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 indicates the SNMP community string. 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.
Remote
Station IP
This field displays the IP address of the remote SNMP management
station.
Group Name
This field indicates the group which is part of this SNMP community.
Previous
Page/ Next
Page
Use these navigation links to browse all of your SNMP groups.